Hawaii update

Oh how I love Hawaii...or maybe I love the idea of it! Don't get me wrong, I am loving being out of Utah and I love the beautiful island but this trip has had its ups and downs! My room is perfect, I even discovered today that I have a separate AC unit in my room...and I am blasting it cold, just how daddy likes it!

We got in Saturday evening and everything was great. We kept the kids up as late as possible

baby woke up at 4 am

the rest of the kids woke up at 5:30

I like to sleep in

No such luck

We get ready for church and I discovered I am in love with Hawaii wards. In fact I want to move here just because of the spirit I felt in that ward building. But after church we face a problem

How do you distract 3 kids from wanting to swim??

Solution: lets go for a drive!

Well this idea was a mistake!

A fun one but still not the best idea

We end up on the Hana highway

And let me say YUCK!!! Curviest rode i have ever been on. We stopped in the rain forest and saw so many beautiful things.

We should have turned around there

But no...we went all the way to Hana

Everyone was car sick and we were lucky no one threw up. I ha both girls curled up next to me with their heads in my lap.

I'm such a good pillow :)

Well later that night Haley comes out crying, and i smell throw up! ICKY

So we get her all cleaned up and she soon falls asleep on the couch. Well the next morning i wake up and feel sick to my stomach. After Violin practice we head to the pool. I am out there maybe an hour when I can't take it anymore. I bring Austin up for his morning nap and before I know it I have made a comfy spot on the bathroom floor and I have a new best friend! So all day Monday was spent in bed or in the bathroom! Not how I wanted my Hawaii trip to go.

But the sun came out today and I felt so good! I went for a jog, got some sun. Everything seemed on the up and up!

Then I got a call

Hillary had to take James to Insta-care, he had a fever of 103

Did I forget to mention that he started coughing on Sunday???

It is the worst cough I have ever heard from such a tiny man.

Well turns out he has a sinus infection!

His face was totally swollen and the sunburn was making him look worse! (while I was sick on Monday so was Hillary. She felt the same without the throwing up! So no one was really on top of the sunscreen!)

But we have medicine now and they had an amazing night of swimming and watching American idol.

Now by no means am I complaining about being out of Utah on a BEAUTIFUL island. But it sure hasn't been without incident. Now that things can only get better I cant wait for the rest of the trip!

This picture is from the first night. My little bugs all snug on Sophie's bed.