Mind you, Thursday night Bethany and I were in Urgent care at 2 in the morning and didn't get home until 5 am. She ended up having a bad ear infection and with the flight, we went ahead and got her some antibiotics to clear that up faster. I didn't get a chance to go back to bed, being that I had to be up at 5:30 to get ready for work. With some drama with Matthew the nights before by Saturday, I was exhausted!
This morning was consumed by last minute packing and rearranging bags and dropping vehicles off to the shop to be worked on while we are gone. The Schroeder's arrived to pick us up and take us to the airport.
The line at counter is nonexistent. We check in all our bags just fine, including the toiletry bag that I was planning on carrying on. Silly me completely forgot about the restrictions on everything, including the liquids and sharp objects and...well...any and all restrictions. Don't know how that slipped my mind. So in went the toiletry bag, not a problem. Our enormous black Duffle bag was obviously too heavy-11 pounds over. So, because we now had an extra carry on, we were able to pull the Camelback hiking bag out of it and Bethany carried that on. That took care of the 11 pounds. By the time we had checked in the line was wrapped around and extending out of the lane/line guards...
We headed up to the gate through security. Again, no line when we got there. By the time we had taken our shoes off, unloaded the laptop, dvd player and all of our still existing liquids, we had again held up the entire flow of traffic. Security line now extended beyond the point where you could see the end...
Well, we finally got ourselves back together and headed towards the gate. We got settled into some seats to wait. Grabbed dinner at The Burger King there, ate dinner, watched the planes and Bethany and I painted our nails and passed time until it was time to board.
Before we knew it the planes doors were closing and we were on our way to Hawaii! When we took off down the runway, the kids shouted in glee at the force of the speed pushing their bodies against the seats. Bethany let out a scream in delight, like she was on a roller coaster or something. It was pretty funny to watch them. You could tell they hadn't flown in quite a while.
We settled in for the 6 hour flight....The kids did really well. The movie was No Reservations. About 4 hours into the flight, I checked the time thinking we must be almost there....Ugh! Another 2 hours to go! That was disappointing. It was a LONG flight....But...we got there and it was so exciting to step off the plane into the airport in Kahului!! It was about 9:00 Hawaii time. We got our bags and met up with my dad and Kristi. It was so cool to see grass everywhere and cool plants. We couldn't see a whole lot on the drive to Kihei because of it being dark, but it was such a surreal feeling to be driving in the darkness and the only indication that you were on some tropical island were the fun names of the streets and the Hawaii License plates on all of the cars.
We got to the condo, more grass and beautiful plants, cool breeze... We unloaded and got the kids to bed so they'd be ready for a great time in the morning! The grown-ups stayed up, had some Mai Tais and got to see almost everyone as they trickled in and out-Brad and Andrea...Sarah and Dave...Amber and we got to meet Jesse...Greg came down, but Jen was up with Ava, who was already in bed...Then we decided that we were all beat and headed to bed.
Plans for the morning-Greg, Jenn, and Sarah are running in a marathon in Lahaina at 6 am. Some are going to cheer them on and then it's back to the condo for breakfast and a day on the beach!
Yeay! We are sooo excited to be here!
This morning was consumed by last minute packing and rearranging bags and dropping vehicles off to the shop to be worked on while we are gone. The Schroeder's arrived to pick us up and take us to the airport.
The line at counter is nonexistent. We check in all our bags just fine, including the toiletry bag that I was planning on carrying on. Silly me completely forgot about the restrictions on everything, including the liquids and sharp objects and...well...any and all restrictions. Don't know how that slipped my mind. So in went the toiletry bag, not a problem. Our enormous black Duffle bag was obviously too heavy-11 pounds over. So, because we now had an extra carry on, we were able to pull the Camelback hiking bag out of it and Bethany carried that on. That took care of the 11 pounds. By the time we had checked in the line was wrapped around and extending out of the lane/line guards...
We headed up to the gate through security. Again, no line when we got there. By the time we had taken our shoes off, unloaded the laptop, dvd player and all of our still existing liquids, we had again held up the entire flow of traffic. Security line now extended beyond the point where you could see the end...
Well, we finally got ourselves back together and headed towards the gate. We got settled into some seats to wait. Grabbed dinner at The Burger King there, ate dinner, watched the planes and Bethany and I painted our nails and passed time until it was time to board.
Before we knew it the planes doors were closing and we were on our way to Hawaii! When we took off down the runway, the kids shouted in glee at the force of the speed pushing their bodies against the seats. Bethany let out a scream in delight, like she was on a roller coaster or something. It was pretty funny to watch them. You could tell they hadn't flown in quite a while.
We settled in for the 6 hour flight....The kids did really well. The movie was No Reservations. About 4 hours into the flight, I checked the time thinking we must be almost there....Ugh! Another 2 hours to go! That was disappointing. It was a LONG flight....But...we got there and it was so exciting to step off the plane into the airport in Kahului!! It was about 9:00 Hawaii time. We got our bags and met up with my dad and Kristi. It was so cool to see grass everywhere and cool plants. We couldn't see a whole lot on the drive to Kihei because of it being dark, but it was such a surreal feeling to be driving in the darkness and the only indication that you were on some tropical island were the fun names of the streets and the Hawaii License plates on all of the cars.
We got to the condo, more grass and beautiful plants, cool breeze...
Plans for the morning-Greg, Jenn, and Sarah are running in a marathon in Lahaina at 6 am. Some are going to cheer them on and then it's back to the condo for breakfast and a day on the beach!
Yeay! We are sooo excited to be here!
1 comment:
WOW!!! Mike and Adriana you are amazing! I just read your journal from start to finish and I can hear the laughter and see Bethany, Niko, Matthew and Ava all playing, dancing, swimming, singing together... everything cousins should get to do! The adventures of the Biddle clan are great to remember! Life moves too fast and it is important to slow down and enjoy each other. We are very blessed! Aloha Kristi and Dad
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