This morning, after a breakfast of fresh pineapple and blueberry scones, we decided to spend the day at Ala Moana beach. It turned out to be a 45 minute downhill walk from the guest house. As soon as we arrived, Schäfer wanted to be buried.

Hubs now puts Schäfer in such a tight hole, he can

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We woke up at 8:00am. Alas, with children, we made it out the door at 9:30am on our way to climb Diamond Head Crater.

“No problem!” we said, “The bus will be quick!”

Unlike China, it seems that the buses do not run as often in Honolulu. We waited for 15 minutes before a bus came to

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First thing this morning, we checked out of the hotel room and moved into the guest house.

So long hotel.

Living in a hotel has some pros and cons.

PROS

fresh towels and sheets each day
shampoo with “Noni Papaya and Pineapple extracts” that makes my hair feel like it’s on vacation
a free paper each morning

CONS

putting the

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This morning, we woke up about 7:30am. Not bad. I think the jet lag + late nights are starting to wear off.

We asked Schäfer if he wanted to go to Jamba Juice for breakfast. He said, “No. Cook.” We explained that we’re in a hotel so we can’t cook.

We have had quite a few simple

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At 9:30am the kids were still sleeping soundly. I guess we’re wearing them out. To be honest, it’s strange not to have the kids wake us up at 5:20 (Sianna’s preferred time) or at the very least by 6am. We usually get a good 2 hours of family time together in the morning before our

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