Saturday, July 29, 2006

Home.... Finally!

And so began the long journey home.

So long a journey that we were all far too tired to take pictures of it except this one... it's the only way to fly!



As soon as we arrived home, I couldn't wait to pull out the two older ukuleles and compare their sound to the new uke on the right...



Cari was about to jump in the shower and was so excited to see her tan in the mirror that she wanted me to take a picture of her dark arms against the part of her body covered by her shirt...



It's not a great picture but it was the only one appropriate for a family blog. However, for $39.95 there is a DVD you can order.

As everyone was too tired to cook or make anything, we headed off to a brand new family restaurant right down the road. As you can see, Malia still eats her hot dogs in a most unusual way...



She thinks the bun is just for holding the hot dog...



I think our family has found a new diner for quick dinners -- Bob's Big Boy...



Unfortunately, Alyssa didn't join us for dinner because she said she wasn't feeling well. Either that, or she was just off being a teenager.

'Nuff said about that.

We let the kids watch television (something they really haven't done at all over the last three weeks) so we could get busy with the first phase of unpacking. We have so many suitcases that we're doing it in phases!

So it was only about 6 p.m. at home -- and really only 3 p.m. in Hawaii, but I think the last three weeks or so has finally caught up with Nalani...



And David...



And Kekoa -- look at how bright it is with the sun shining in the windows...



And even Bretty...



Who somehow managed to continue to hold the remote control even in his sleep.

In Hawaii, I had the opportunity to dig through an old box of stuff my mom had left downstairs in the Rumpus Room. We brought back a lot of it with us.

Unfortunately, there wasn't anywhere to display the stuff.

Or more appropriately, there wasn't anywhere Cari wanted to display the stuff.

So it was off to Home Depot to buy some new shelves to be built in the only room Cari would let me put this stuff out...



An homage to that greatest of all teams...



Books, videos, DVDs, collectors isues of Sports Illustrated, and classic playing cards of the Dallas Cowboys!

It's so very good to be home. Of course, central a/c kinda helps too.