Headed home from Hawaii (Maui)

On Wednesday, September 4th, we work up early at 5am, and made our way back to the airport, leaving around 6am.  We bought Capri-Suns to have as a drink while we were in Maui (Costco size).  We only had 3 left the morning we left, so I had each of the boys drink one on our way out the door.

 The boys outside the hotel w/ our luggage, waiting while Steve went and grabbed the car for us. 

As we got closer to the airport, Hudson said his stomach hurt.  Then he started to throw up.  Luckily I had a quart size Ziploc in my backpack, so I turned around and gave it to him and he got the rest of it in the bag.  It was basically just liquid.  It must have been the Capri-Sun I just gave him.  Note to self: don't let the kids drink a large amount before driving in the car, especially early in the morning.  Steve pulled over and we cleaned him up, changed his clothes, and cleaned the car and car-seat best we could, then continued to the airport.  Thankfully this happened BEFORE we turned in our checked bags, and we had a change of clothes for him.

Beautiful sunrise as we got closer to the airport. 

All loaded and ready to go.  Thankfully we didn't have anyone sit next to us, so we were able to spread out a little on our long flight over to CA.  Hudson went back and forth between our 2 rows.

Leaving beautiful Hawaii/Maui!  Carter went to sleep shortly after we took off, and slept 2/3 of the way over to Oakland.  Hudson also took a nap on Steve.  While they slept, I worked on my Relief Society Lesson I was to teach on Sunday, most of the way, and got it pretty well completed.

We made good time to Oakland.  

After landing we went and got a quick bite to eat, then got ready to board again, going to SLC.

Our original departure time was to leave at 6:35pm.  We all boarded the plane, then a little while later the pilot came on the intercom and said they had a mechanical issue they were working on.

Well after 2 hours we finally got off our airplane, and then went to another gate to board another plane.  The original one we were on came from Dallas.  Apparently they had replaced a piece on the plane in Dallas and were clear to fly, but when they got to Oakland, they wanted them to replace it again.  So rather than wait, thankfully they found us another plane.

We finally left Oakland 2.5-3 hours later, and made it to SLC around midnight.  We were all SUPER tired, but we finally made it home.  Rob was kind enough to come get us again at the airport, even that late at night, in our Honda Pilot.  He had taken care of Piper while we were gone, which we were also grateful for.  She was super excited to have us home!

Our new take off time.  On another plane, a little tired and exhausted by now.

Though it was a LONG day getting to and from Hawaii, we all still had a very positive experience there and would definitely go back.  We really enjoyed our time there and are so grateful to have gone.  There is so much to learn in the world around us, and so many beautiful creations from our Heavenly Father to enjoy in this world.  We had a wonderful time together as a family, and can't wait for our next adventure.