yes

early squirrely
USS Bowfin {submarine tour, amazing}

ida slept between all the important parts...











aviation museum of the pacific play time
air traffic control tower

mighty MO!

the spot WWII ended.




national cemetery of the pacific


aloha.

we have been here a couple of days. man, is it nice. everyone, COME TO HAWAII.

we have decided that the answer to everything on this trip will be "yes".

do you want another lava flow? yes.

do you want to go swimming? yes.

do you want to go to another museum? yes.

can you believe how nice it is out? yes.

do you want to live here? yes.

let's eat? yes.

does this town remind you of long beach? yes.

did you get sunburned? yes.

did you see those crazy jellyfish at the aquarium? yes.

i loved pearl harbor, how about you? yes.

who wants to hike to a waterfall? yes.

did you see that tiny slammed mazda truck? there were 2 huge hawaiians in the front cab and 4 shoehorned into the back?!? flying along the highway?!?!!!! yes.

why doesn't anyone wearing helmets on their motorbikes around here, they must be crazy... yes.

it is amazing what you can do and get accomplished when you narrow the answer down to one word and the same word....

anyho, we are having a good time. the night we got here, we checked in, ordered room service making sure they included 3 lava flows. while the food was coming c.j. jumped on the beds and whooped and hollered, eli colored and ida ate bird poop on the balcony. everyone was in heaven. it was late to us with the time change but we had a party anyway.

since sunday night we have been waking at 6:00 am and going. going. going.

monday: pearl harbor {see photos}. it was inspiring. we were there all day, taking it all in. to top the day off we went to "the punchbowl", the national cemetery of the pacific. it was built in a crater, high above honolulu. it was so beautiful and peaceful and perfect.

tuesday: we tried to go to the Bishops Museum and Planetarium but hilariously it is closed on tuesdays {as of 6 months ago}. we headed to the Waikiki Aquarium instead. it was tiny but packed full of fun colorful fish. the kids enjoyed it. the rest of the day we spent at the pool and swam and talked to random people.

oh, holiday. i love you.