McIlroy Family in Hawaii...

We arrived in Honolulu on Tuesday night September 23. Tears came immediately when we saw our Auntie Holly. She greeted us Aloha style with leis that smelled amazing. It has only been since May since we have seen Holly but it seems like forever as we have missed her tons! Just an FYI, Holly is one of my best friends that we were fortunate to have live with us over the past two years when she was going through a not so fun time in her life. She quickly became a member of our family and became our kids Godmother! I think she helped us more as she was such a great help to us during the birth of both of our children and always nice to have around as Nate was working a ton. Holly is now living in Hawaii and a friend of a friend bought a house in Hawaii and is traveling the world for a year and needed a house sitter. So, it's Holly! A house and two cars for a year. An opportunity she could not pass up! So, we are taking advantage as well and visiting her for a month. The last month of my maternity leave before I have to go back to work...

Holly lives on the windward side in Kaneohe, but closer to the town of Kailua. We went to dinner and called it a night. 

Wednesday, September 24... The kids were up at 5:30 am. uuugghhhh! Not quite yet adjusted to the time change. We journeyed into town and got our supplies at the only big store they have...Walmart! We then went grocery shopping and went back and took naps. Very uneventful day. Holly got home from work and took us down a couple miles down the road to Kailua Beach Park and then walked to the area where the stars live in Lani Kai. Nice beach, huge homes, very pretty. It was a very nice evening. We then went home made spaghetti and called it a night...

Thursday, Septmeber 25... The kids woke up at 7:30, yeah! We are now looking like we have adjusted to the time change. Today we decided to go to the Waikiki Aquarium and walk around Waikiki. The aquarium was very small but it only cost $9.00 t0 get in. Cheap entertainment that Cooper loved. He loved looking at the fish and they even had a couple of very sleepy seals to look at. From there we went to have lunch over looking the beach at Tiki Bar and Grill in one of the hotels along the beach. Not a very good lunch but nice atmosphere. We went to go feel the water amongst the sea of pasty white tourists in speedos and then ventured back to Holly's house. Holly came home after work and we went to go play tennis at the local community center. Free tennis courts, pool, park and recreation rooms with free classes. Cooper had fun at the park. There was only one friend to play with at the park. When it was time to leave Cooper said, "bye, I love you". He is so sweet! We then went to Teddy's Burgers for really good burgers. Cooper and Hayli fell asleep on the way home and are now in bed. Aaaahhhhh down time! We had a busy day. Looking forward to seeing my aunt tomorrow on the north shore.