We made it!

We, by the grace of God, made it to the airport with 2 hours to spare even though it was pouring rain on the 405 during the beginning of rush hour, only to learn that our flight left at 8:45 instead of 9:45 (it is going to be a good long while before someone lives that down). Amazingly enough we still got on the plane in time and all was well, except we didn't get our morning cup of coffee. The rest of our trip was uneventfully and we arrived to beautiful warm weather with just a touch of lovely Hawaii humidity. I could tell Jill was reaching the end of her travelling tolerance when she asked, as we were travelling down the highway, if she could drive the car and then burst out crying when we said no.

Our condo is decidedly not the lap of luxury but nice enough and the sound of the waves makes up for any shortcomings. As soon as we arrived Nathan took two very excited kids down to the beach. Lucas is all jazzed because he met a new friend whom (who?) he called Doug but his Grandma called him a diffrent name that I can't remember now so we will have to figure that one out today. We had dinner at John and Laura's with Randy and Kit, Colt O'Brien, and Steve (Miller). They have a really cute little house just a couple of blocks from us. We are looking forward to spending more time with them today!

One last note...when I woke Lucas yesterday, I whispered in his ear "time to go to Hawaii!" and almost before his eye opened he raised both hands above his head and said with a big smile, "Yes!". =)