July 22, 2011

From Hawaii [Cinderella, Via Text]

7/7--We just landed.  It's beautiful out here.  Took pics from 10,000 above.  Flight wasn't bad.  Turns out 4 hrs is killer but 8 is nothin.

7/7--The plane is huge.  The seats are 2:3:2.  They are playing really annoying Hawaiian music on the plane.  We are alive!

7/7--I will call later.  Our flight was almost an hour early.  When you buy a new suitcase, I suggest getting a giraffe print one so it is easily recognized.  We've been...

...standing at the baggage claim for like 15 min and haven't seen our bags yet.

7/7--Just got them.  Off to our hotel. I have to go now.  Love u. Txt u l8r.

7/7--There are baby sharks at the hotel!!

7/8--Hi mom.  It's only 7:30 in Hawaii, but it's 1:30 your time.  Good night.  Don't be mad. :) We have 2 rooms.  Both have 2 balconies overlooking the ocean.  I...

...have lots of pics.  There are lots of manta rays and baby sharks and cool fish here.  We can see them over my and z's room balcony.  We are on the 14th floor, but...

...it's actually only the 13th floor because floor 13 got skipped because of superstitious people. We have a book of mormon and a bible in our room too...

...We can control all of the lights the climate and the phone with a touch screen thingie on the bedside table.  It's really cool. I tried a mango smoothie...
...and a strawberry banana smoothie and a pina colada.  All were served in chilled pineapple shells.  They were all super yummy.  They were served...

...by the pool.  I also got a yummy hot dog.  There were two weddings today on the beach.  We can see everything.  I LOVE Hawaii!!  Z and I can't find any outlets...


...in the room though.  Oh wait, she found one.  I am using all of her battery power to txt. The bathroom has 2 sinks, and a fancy glass...

...shower, plus a bathtub.  Don't worry, I took a shower and I put on sunscreen too.  We are parasailing tomorrow. We saw tons of cute little kids at the beach.Night!

7/8--Good morning.  Hawaii is still really beautiful when it's really dark at 5 in the morning.  Love you!

7/8--Yeah, we can't sleep anymore.  WE went to bed early, but it's still really early.  Z and I spent some quiet time on the balcony, now...

...we are getting dressed and watching tv.  It took us five tries to send that super long text last night.  We had to shorten it a bit too.

7/8--Breakfast we a-may-zing.  Yum.  We are going to watch the last space shuttle launch. :)  :(

7/8--No parasailing today.  Too windy.  Having seafood :( and snocones :) instead.

7/8--Got Snow White a shirt that says peace, love, and pineapples.  Perfect.  And lip gloss for Sleeping Beauty.

7/8--We are just getting dinner at a Hawaiian bbq.  Chicken and steamed rice.  Good night!

7/9  Just went parasailing.  It was fun.  I didn't throw up on the boat.  Z and I got Milano cookies and Ritz crackers.  I have major...

...tan lines.  We are going back to the beach now.  Breakfast was so yummy.  I would kill for some Chinese food right now.  What r u doing?

...Have fun!  Miss you...kind of.  Love you!

7/10--Can't call now.  No time.  We are going to see turtles.  Just stopped by the temple.  Beautiful. Haven't been around campus yet.  Church was ok.  Luau...

...was awesome.  But it started raining as we sat down to eat.  There was a bride in a wedding dress there.  She was crazy.  They handed out ponchos...
...when it was raining like they expected it to happen. Food was good.  I was sad to leave the hotel today because it was so awesome.  Excited for efy.  Would...

...kill for some chinese food right now.  You will have to take me in Utah.  WE just watched "City Slickers" at the g-parents house.  So funny.  Love you.  More later.  :)

7/10--I will tell you about how awful I was at snorkeling in Ut.  I am not very sunburned, only a little on my face.  At the Luau, we took pictures...

...holding real parrots.  All the girls got painted tattoos.  I will show you pics of both later. Bye.
7/12--Miss u.  Love u.  Txt u l8r.

7/15--WE are busy having a fabulous time!!  This is the best week of my ENTIRE LIFE!  Can't talk now.  See you later.  Luv ya!  Buh bye!

7/16--Flight delayed 15 min.  We met  group of 4 efy girls at the LA airport.  We talked. They were nice.  I wonder how many other efy kids...

...are on this plane cuz a lot of them were from UT.  See u soon!

7/16--We're here!  Will miss efy SO much.

July 11, 2011

Chicago

Last week, I flew to Texas to drop Cinderella off at our friends' house.  She and I stayed to visit for a couple of days, and she is in Hawaii with them this week.  Then, since Snow White and Sleeping Beauty didn't get to go to Hawaii, I met the girls and King in the next best place(?) for vacationing--Chicago. 

It's not a tropical paradise, but we had great weather and had a fabulous time.  The highlights were seeing our friends, Peter Pan, the Field Museum, the Shedd Aquarium, the Adler Planetarium, Navy Pier, Architecture Boat Tour, the American Girl Store, Chicago Style Pizza, Oberweis Ice Cream, parking, and freaking out while being honked at in downtown traffic.  (Okay, maybe that last two weren't so great.)

And, here is way more photographic proof of our adventures than you'd ever need....

Peter Pan

Parking in Chicago is SO much fun.
Sleeping Beauty thought taking a picture of Chicago's skyline was dumb.
Shedd Aquarium and Lake Michigan

 Views from Adler Planetarium




Moon Jump

UV-Ray detector beads
 Field Museum, including only a fraction of pictures the girls took of the animals.









We thought this guy looked like a Dr. Suess creature.






Don't ask me what King is doing in this picture...
Shedd Aquarium
That's a live little alligator!
The Jellyfish were awesome.


With the sharks.

Wish you could tell from the picture the amazing colors of coral.
We loved seeing our friends, the A's, again!
 Architecture Boat Tour





 Navy Pier
Just chatting with Bob Newhart
Downtown Chicago
Water Tower Pumping Station
Showing Cinderella that we saw Hawaiian girls, too. :)
The moms and the kids.  At Oberweis Ice Cream Shop.  Yum.
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