Waking up in Hawaii is an amazing feeling! Everyone is in love with Hawaii. The kids are already talking about their college options here. Plan for today, beach and hiking Diamond Head before we head out to Kauai. I forgot my tennis shoes!! Let's hope I make it up and down Diamond Head in one piece. It cautions no sandals or flip flops. I'll have to buy some cheapie shoes for hiking in Kauai. I was going on three days of limited sleep when we packed for our t...

We made it! Diamond Head is a pretty easy hike, less than a mile but straight up at the very end over 100 stairs. What an amazing view of Waikiki and the coastline. It was well worth the quick hike. It still takes about 30 minutes each way and is a popular hike with tourists and locals. Hilarious moment of the hike - opening my Map this Run app and apparently I hadn't shut it down from my last run, so it showed 3,712 miles for my run. Man I'm tired! Scary m...

We finally made it!!! Super long flight on the oldest planes possible, but we made it all in one piece! Seriously though, Delta, any journey over 6 hours should require a TV system that works!!!!! Brutal!!! Hawaii is always beautiful and even though it was raining, it was a warm gorgeous night. We flew in just as the sun was setting, and were all excited about the beach. We hopped on over to our car rental company, got our car and hit up L&L for dinner. ...