Hawaii!!!

(I tried posting this last night but the pictures wouldn't load so here it is now...)

We are here in Hawaii and even though my eyes feel like they are going to close without my permission I am determined to put up some picutues of our trip so far. The clock says it's only 9:45pm but my body is telling me it's 3:45...that's a big difference.

So we got in yesterday after a very, very long flight in which we were delayed for an hour and a half on the plane in Atlanta. That delay meant we were on that particular plane for over 11 hours! I had to keep reminding myself we were really going land at some point and it really was going to be Hawaii. Yesterday after we arrived I felt so out of it that it all seemed sureal. Seriously I felt like we were in a place where they're trying to make you feel like you're in a place like Hawaii but you're not. No, I'm really in Hawaii I've concluded. This was confirmed today when we visited Pearl Harbor (Jess you would have been in heaven). I was a little distracted by my cranky baby and my cranky husband (he was sick...poor guy) but I did still get to take in the history and the beauty. It's always so neat to stand in a place you've heard about and read about and even seen movies about.

Tonight Jus had a reception for us at our hotel right next to the beach and it was such a beautiful setting. The weather was perfect and besides missing my husband who was in our room sick, it was a fun night. I really have to go to sleep so I will put up the pictures now.

Hanging out with Papa Ralph.

Maddie eating her first ice cream.

The USS Arizona Memorial we took a little boat out to. The remains of the ship are right below the memorial and part of it is sticking out of the water.

The view to the left when standing on a balcony on our floor of the hotel.

The view to the right when standing on that same balcony.