June - Part One

 June was a great and crazy month.  At the beginning of the month we finally finished up the school year.  This meant the end of elementary school for Mia.  Of course I had to document. 

Making her last lunch. 

This was not Mia's favorite school year.  She is very excited to head to middle school.  Despite that there were a few tears on the last day.  It was fun to be there to see her out.  

A few times during the month Mia did some chalk art at our house.  She is so talented, I had to document it. 

Two days after school got out it was time to head to Hawaii.  We have been planning this trip with Brandon's family for a few years so it was crazy that it was finally here.  We started off with a bit of a rough start.  Our flight was delayed all day and then finally cancelled.  They were able to get us on another flight that night but sent us first to Detroit.  We then had a four hour layover before heading back to Hawaii on a nine hour flight.  It was a very long day but we go there! 

We had to document Mia's cute nails she did for Hawaii.  

After finally making it to Oahu we had to go take a peak at the ocean. It was worth all the time on the airplane! 

We actually saw a lot of rainbows while in Hawaii.  

And a few cockroaches.

We missed our reservations for Pearl Harbor but we were able to go the next day and wait in stand by.  It was very cool to see and a great experience overall.  

We also got to tour the Missouri.  It was also very cool. 

Later that day we took the trip to the North shore which was a bit of an endeavor.  Floods have made the roads and traffic really bad. Eventually we made it and eventually we got a parking spot. 

We had to trek to find food so we didn't lose our parking spots. 

The boys found some good cliff jumping. 

Mia and Alex were excited to try these weird ice cream things. 

Ripley was lucky enough to go stay with Gus and Indy while we were go.  She had lots of fun and it was so nice to know that she was well taken care of. 

The next day we were able to go to the temple.  The kids were able to do baptisms.  Alex and Mikah were able to baptism all of them.  It was a very cool temple and a very cool experience. 

After the temple it was time to head to Maui. 

After our very long plane trips to get to Hawaii the kids loved going on a smaller plane for a much shorter trip. 

Once we got to Hawaii Brandon went to a grocery store to stock up on some food. He was shocked at the prices.  A box of cereal was 17.00.  Luckily we discovered that other grocery stores, including Costco and Walmart were much cheaper. 

The first night I made a friend with a little cat.  

The next day we headed off to do some parasailing. I was so worried that the weather was going to make us cancel but we were able to do it! We all loved it and had so much fun. 

This picture isn't great but the view from our hotel was very cool. It was right on the ocean.  It was more like a condo with a kitchen and washer and dryer which was very nice. 

The next day most of us were able to ride bikes down a volcano.  Mia wasn't quite tall enough.  We had a lot of fun. 

Later in the day we headed to the beach again.  The boys were excited to try boogie boarding.  Unfortunately we chose a bad spot and everyone started getting cut from the coral.  Alex got cut pretty bad on his feet and legs.  

The view from the balcony of our condo. 

The next adventure was a trip to Lana'i on a catamaran to do some snorkling. It was a very bougie boat and trip.  We got snacks and drinks on the boat.  Did some snorkling on a private beach and then ate a delicious lunch on the island before heading back to Maui.  It was very cool. 

Some of us took a cat nap on the way. 

Beautiful views from the island. 

Finally, we finished up the night with shopping and a delicious dinner at Whaler's Village.