And so the journey ended..or did it just begin?

We left Hawaii on Monday night and arrived into Oklahoma on Tuesday morning. We had a great time and it turned out to be a very nice way to break up the trip so that the boys could transition slowly into the time changes. While in Hawaii, we spoke nine times but had a lot of free time to see the island. The boys loved going to the beach, of which we spent most of our time at Waikiki and the North Shore (Sunset Beach and the Banzai Pipeline).

Unfortunately the big waves are in the winter, so Aden and Wiley did not get an opportunity to ride the waves. I think they were too busy eating sand at each beach to care. Not sure what that's all about.

We drove around the entire island, went snorkeling at Hanauma Bay, rode a train and ran the pineapple maze at the Dole Plantation (and couldn't believe that they were selling pineapples at a price of 3 for $23 and people were buying them), visited Pearl Harbor/Arizona Memorial, and took in as many sunsets as we could.

On the Big Island, we drove around the entire island, as well as sampled Kona coffee (not the boys, it makes them too hyper), went to the southern most point of the US, saw the massive amount of black lava rock that cover the ground on this island, visited the Hawaii Volcano National Park (although the air quality was reported as being bad for infants and children, not to mention daddy, and we didn't stay too long) and finally...played on every playground that we saw.

It was a great time and one that I am sure the boys will both soon forget if they haven't already (because of their age, not because it wasn't memorable). It was fun to see them enjoying the moment though and I am sure they will never believe mommy and daddy when they tell them someday that they have both been all over Hawaii. In the words of Aden, we close by saying "Ah-woh-ha, Hawaii!" Although, for him I think that actually translates as "Is it time to get on another airplane yet?"