Kauai or Bust!

This picture was taken at about 10:00pm on our "loading day." The first crew of helpers arrived at 8:00am and aside from a three-hour break in the afternoon, the entire day was spent loading! Several friends came to help and they were AWESOME! They all worked SO hard! We truly could not have done it without them. Thank you everyone!

Everything fit! EVERYTHING! I could not believe it! The guys worked really well together and managed to utilize every inch of the container. It was a sight to be seen, that's for sure!

6:30 am on Tuesday: Waiting in front of the airport hotel for the shuttle. We are SO glad we decided to drive down to LAX on Monday night. It worked out perfectly and we didn't have to deal with Tuesday's lovely LA rush-hour traffic!

The boys loved watching the planes and the luggage "trains" as we waited in Honolulu for our inter-island flight.

Daddy and the boys worked on a puzzle to pass the time.

Dave, Carolyn, and Lucas greeted us with lei's at the airport! They definitely made us feel welcome and it was so good to see them!

Grandma and Uncle Lucas were so excited to see the boys. It was actually Lucas' 16th birthday and he was such a trooper seeing how most of the day was focused on us. Poor guy! We're going to have a little party for him this weekend.

They looked so cute in their lei's! My little Hawaiian boys!

The boys got comfy quick with Grandma and Grandpa!


This pictures sums up perfectly how we ALL felt by about 5pm Hawaii time on Tuesday. We are SO thankful that we'll have two weeks before our container arrives. We'll have lots of time to rest and recooperate!