The Last Dayz of Spring Break...
To end the break we took the kids, loaded up the van and headed for Cali. where we were going to meet mom who was with John for a basketball tournament.
The kids were so excited to know that this was a 12 hour trip. Lucky for them they didn't have to drive. Poor Kaai he drove the whole trip both ways. But I am proud to say that I stayed up the whole way both ways, which is a milestone for me since I usally fall asleep just driving for 30 minutes.
To take a break we stopped in Cedar for a little while to see Jared. He was nice enough to buy us some snacks. So what do we get.. all the mento hawaiians get ice cream bars at like 12 something in 30 degree weather. We stood outside chevron eating ice cream laugh about mom saying mahalo every where so goes in the mainland and people looking at her funny. You had to be there to laugh. It was a nice stop.
We stopped in Vegas and got some sleep at some random motel. It was kinda creepy but all part of the fun of a road trip. The next day we drove through to Cali. and made good time thanks to our good driver and our trusty old skool GPS (A giant road map book). We found mom and picked her up said hello to John and headed for our hotel, bought our tickets to DisneyLand and made our way there. It was totally packed and the lines were long but we tried to make the most of our couple hours before we had to go to Johns game.
(And yes i am pregnant not fat, incase anyone was wondering)
Disney was really fun. Even though it was packed we made the best of it. We took Kalei to ride the toon car ride in toon town and she totally freaked out. Then we took her on the choo-choo train which was the hightlight of her day. We went around the park like two times. After Johns game we went back to the park, just Nai'a, Kani Kaai and me to try to get in a few rides before the park closed. It was great! It was Nai'a first time and Kaleis but I think she still has another year before she will really enjoy it. Nai'a really liked it and I was glad that we got to be there for that. The next day we were lucky John had an early game so we had more time at the park. Kaai and Nai'a got to ride the California Scream'n and ride in the front. Kalei went with Grandma to ride the merry-go-round. The was great for her. We evern got to watch the parade with all her favorite characters like Cars, Buzz and Woody. Although she really did not like that they shot her with water. Not so fun for her. Not so fun for us either cause we just got off the rapids and were freezing since we all got soaked. BIG TIME!! after eating and mom taking Kalei back to the room the big kids went back again to rock the ride on last time. The boys rode the coaster, me and kani hit this little coaster which we thought would be buuble gum but man were we wrong. It had these crazy turns and this drop that came out of no where. BANANAS. After we hit the other side to rock splash mountain and acutally got to get on Space Mountain. The line was kinda long but it was well worth it.
Sadly John them lost the tournament but they got lucky and got to go to Six Flags, and we made Kaai and Nai'a to go with them cause that was what they really wanted to ride some good stuff. The girls went to eat at Olive Garden and go shopping. There was no reason for us to go cause none of us were going to ride or could ride so we did something fun for us. But the boys had a blast and now Nai'a had a good ending to his spring break story to tell his friends. Even though it was only 3 days this trip was one of the best trip we have had in a long time. For me and Kaai it was like reliving our honeymoon...kinda. We were so greatful to have spent that time with family and to just do some fun stuff. It was awesome and we are totally looking forward to the next family trip.
Thanks again Grandma...
The kids were so excited to know that this was a 12 hour trip. Lucky for them they didn't have to drive. Poor Kaai he drove the whole trip both ways. But I am proud to say that I stayed up the whole way both ways, which is a milestone for me since I usally fall asleep just driving for 30 minutes.
To take a break we stopped in Cedar for a little while to see Jared. He was nice enough to buy us some snacks. So what do we get.. all the mento hawaiians get ice cream bars at like 12 something in 30 degree weather. We stood outside chevron eating ice cream laugh about mom saying mahalo every where so goes in the mainland and people looking at her funny. You had to be there to laugh. It was a nice stop.
We stopped in Vegas and got some sleep at some random motel. It was kinda creepy but all part of the fun of a road trip. The next day we drove through to Cali. and made good time thanks to our good driver and our trusty old skool GPS (A giant road map book). We found mom and picked her up said hello to John and headed for our hotel, bought our tickets to DisneyLand and made our way there. It was totally packed and the lines were long but we tried to make the most of our couple hours before we had to go to Johns game.
(And yes i am pregnant not fat, incase anyone was wondering)
Disney was really fun. Even though it was packed we made the best of it. We took Kalei to ride the toon car ride in toon town and she totally freaked out. Then we took her on the choo-choo train which was the hightlight of her day. We went around the park like two times. After Johns game we went back to the park, just Nai'a, Kani Kaai and me to try to get in a few rides before the park closed. It was great! It was Nai'a first time and Kaleis but I think she still has another year before she will really enjoy it. Nai'a really liked it and I was glad that we got to be there for that. The next day we were lucky John had an early game so we had more time at the park. Kaai and Nai'a got to ride the California Scream'n and ride in the front. Kalei went with Grandma to ride the merry-go-round. The was great for her. We evern got to watch the parade with all her favorite characters like Cars, Buzz and Woody. Although she really did not like that they shot her with water. Not so fun for her. Not so fun for us either cause we just got off the rapids and were freezing since we all got soaked. BIG TIME!! after eating and mom taking Kalei back to the room the big kids went back again to rock the ride on last time. The boys rode the coaster, me and kani hit this little coaster which we thought would be buuble gum but man were we wrong. It had these crazy turns and this drop that came out of no where. BANANAS. After we hit the other side to rock splash mountain and acutally got to get on Space Mountain. The line was kinda long but it was well worth it.
Sadly John them lost the tournament but they got lucky and got to go to Six Flags, and we made Kaai and Nai'a to go with them cause that was what they really wanted to ride some good stuff. The girls went to eat at Olive Garden and go shopping. There was no reason for us to go cause none of us were going to ride or could ride so we did something fun for us. But the boys had a blast and now Nai'a had a good ending to his spring break story to tell his friends. Even though it was only 3 days this trip was one of the best trip we have had in a long time. For me and Kaai it was like reliving our honeymoon...kinda. We were so greatful to have spent that time with family and to just do some fun stuff. It was awesome and we are totally looking forward to the next family trip.
Thanks again Grandma...
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