...Until We Meet Again...ALOHA Hawaii!!!

On our final day in Hawaii we decided to visit the Polynesian Cultural Center one last time to fish and see a new addition.  Brayden caught a fish!  He was super excited!

 The excitement was in the air as we packed up the car and backed out of the driveway for the final time.  We made a final stop for shave ice in Haleiwa and got to the airport.  I won't sugarcoat it.  We were at the airport two and a half hours early. Getting our bags checked and passing through security was a NIGHTMARE.  It took forever and by the time we got to our gate we only had abougt 15 minutes to board.  Not enough time to get food and use the potty.  But, somehow we made it on the plane and the kids did AWESOME!!!

 Our flight left at 9 PM and landed at 7 AM (3 AM Hawaiian time).  But, we were going on pure adreneline.  You can see in the next two pictures that the kids are exhausted.

 We were welcomed home be my parents and great friends.  Bo posted this on Facebook and it is exactly how I felt:

Celeste and I want to thank everyone for the incredible welcome home we received yesterday. I'm sure we'll never fully know just how much was done to help us feel welcomed but it was a huge load off to come home to our lawn mowed, boxes moved from our storage unit to our house, basics already unboxed and put away, meals in the fridge and a huge surprise welcome home party that waited for us even after we stopped for lunch in IF and took a detour through Rigby on our drive home.

We felt so loved and that was just what we needed when we got back.  Thank you to anyone who did anything to help while we were away.  I'm sure we will never know everything everybody did.