Hawaii Family Vacation

Ok, so I'm not doing so well on getting this post up.  I realized that all of the pictures are on my hubby's computer and because he needs it for work a lot, I'm not able to access it all the time.  So, here is a start to the post:

On our way to Seattle

My cousin got engaged last year and had told us that she was planning a destination wedding.  It was really important to us to be there for her big day, so we started saving up well in advance so that we could make this a great trip!  Karalee and Ben planned to fly from Australia, so we all decided we'd make it a big family vacation.  It was highly anticipated by Landon as he asked everyday for a few months "Do I get to go to Hawaii on an airplane to see Uncle Ben and Auntie Kare today?".  He was so excited to take his suitcase and get to fly on an airplane to see his long lost Uncle and Auntie!  We were able to bring our wonderful friend and babysitter, Victoria, with us on the trip, which was such a huge blessing.

We drove to Seattle, spent the night and then flew out of Seattle the following day.  Landon literally skipped through the airport and when we got on the plane, he yelled as loud as he could "I'm going to Hawaii to see Uncle Ben and Auntie Kare!".  He thoroughly enjoyed the plane ride and was SOOOO good.  Liam on the other hand, well that's another story.  Let's just say, he's a one year old boy who doesn't like to sit still and has a bit of a temper! :) I was very glad when we landed in Maui!

Here is Liam playing at the beach

Building a castle with Uncle Ben

Playing with Papa in the pool

My sisters, mom, Auntie Judy and I at Becky's wedding

Fun with Auntie Kare

watching all the fish at the Maui Ocean Center

Haha our attempt at a family photo ;)

Playing with daddy in the water

Mommy and Liam

Building castles

SISTERS

Just chillin with his shades on

Walking with Uncle Andrew

Almost home after a long trip and fast asleep

I have some more pictures that I'd like to post too, so I will do that as soon as I am able to!  All in all, this was a wonderful trip.  Liam definately didn't travel as well as I had hoped, but he got 2 molars in the 9 days we were there! And as it is, he doesn't sleep well, so the time change and heat, plus sleeping in a playpen didn't make our nights very easy, but we made it work!  And I'm so thankful for all the extra helping hands we had during the trip.  Vacations with kids are not really "vacations", but watching it through their eyes was pretty fun!