Thursday, January 01, 2009

Male Kalikemaka

The traditional Hawaiian greeting on Christmas was so fantastic to hear this year while we spent some time on Oahu.
Our vacation started out with a great trip through the snow to the airport. We waited for hours in the terminal to board and followed it up with 3 hours on board the plane waiting for it to be de-iced. Try entertaining a 2 year old for 3 hours...on a plane. We took off at 10:30 and finally arrived in Hawaii at 2:30 local time. We then had to wait for 2.5 hours for the rental car agency to open before we could drive the 1 hour to our condo. If all this sounds like complaining, it isn't because Micah was so great during the adventure. His parents might not have arrived in Hawaii with the sanity intact if he had been anything but the gem he usually is.
Julie, Micah and I enjoyed the sun, the 18 hour island wide power outage, body surfing with friends, eating a Hula pie at Dukes, seeing a turtle, and watching our son enjoy the ocean.
Thanks to family and friends who helped us get to our favorite state and enjoy ourselves along the way. Here are a few pics that give the flavor of our trip.