hawaii part one.

traveling with our kids was... well... interesting. serena was pretty easy. harper was unpredictable. she was perfectly calm and slept on the first flight from SLC to LA. she was whiny and irritable on the long flight to honolulu. on the way home, all heck broke loose. she cried, and i mean BAWLED, for a full hour at the beginning of the flight to san francisco. worst hour of her parents' lives. seriously. i actually was glad that our flight to SLC was cancelled. my kids were DONE with flying. anywho- back to the fun stuff!

{asleep on grandma & heather- a few stress-free moments for us!}

sunset from the balcony on our first night.

on our first morning, my mom, serena & i went to laie and watched the sunrise at the beach {we were still on utah time!}. it was the most beautiful morning!! and it was serena's very first time at the beach. a few more:






then the whole fam ventured to shark's cove where harper had her very first sand experience. she hated it. then she liked it. and then she ate probably a whole pound of it.


also on the second day, we went to the famous giovanni's for lunch and ate lots of yummy garlic shrimp. nothin' like eating shrimp out of truck on a paper plate. gooood stuff.


and THEN we all went to haleiwa for a shave ice.

and THEN played with grandma & grandpa at beach part in haleiwa.

a few pictures of the house: