Day 0- Travelling to Oahu, Hawaiii

We made it!

 It took us approximately 16 hours to make it to the place we are staying at in Oahu, Hawaii. Our journey started around 8:15am when we left to catch the 10:15 sailing to Tsawwassen. Once on the mainland we stopped at Tsawwassen Mills for a quick lunch and then headed for Vancouver Airport. There was no line getting our bag checked in and only a small line going through security and boarder control… though it did take a while to have all eight of us photographed. There was some confusion over Angeline and Samara and he asked if they were twins. We used to get that all the time when they were younger. Once we were through we waited for a bit at our gate and then took turns picking up some dinner at Tim Hortons (it never usually goes well ordering fast food for 8 people so we just divided up into 2 groups of 4). Once we finished an early dinner there wasn’t much longer until boarding so all in all the waiting of the day didn’t seem too bad considering that it was a whole day of waiting. It was a “hurry up and wait” sort of day. Waiting on the plane was probably the hardest and seemed the longest… about a six and a half hour flight. I don’t love flying (who does?) and it had been ten years since Jonathan and I were on a plane. Rebekah and David had both flown as toddlers, but it was a first flight experience for all the kids. It was neat to watch their excitement at take-off and landing. Landing was more challenging with three of them feeling unwell. Grammy and Grandpa met us at the Airport, which was super helpful because they got the luggage and took it to their rental car with the kids while we picked up the vehicle we rented for the week. At this point it was close to midnight “out time” and we were all beyond exhausted. Thankfully we only had about a 30 minute drive to our home for the next 2 weeks. Once beds were assigned, everyone settled in for the night, and I would say travel day was accomplished without a hitch, which feels like a pretty big accomplishment. So grateful for this opportunity to spend 2 weeks in the sun and sand of Hawaii.