Aloha Will

Yesterday we headed down to Portland to deliver Will to the airport for his trip to Hawaii with my parents. Since they had to be at the ticket counter 3 hours early it meant having them there at 6am. So we decided we'd better spend the night.

We spent the day on Wednesday shopping around town and using gift cards we got for Christmas. We all had lots of fun buying books at Barnes and Noble and going to lunch at Costco. I can't believe the hot dogs/pop is still only $1.50! We also got to go see my dad's new fence at the creek property and having pizza for supper with Grandpa and Grandma. We did not have so much fun replacing a headlight in the van (ok, only Chris and my dad did that) or getting up at 5am. :o)

packin up

at the airport

After taking the travelers to the airport we headed to Grandma Ide's for breakfast. Yes, she got up really early so she could make an egg bake for us when we got there! After breakfast we just hung out for a while and tried not to fall asleep.

trying to stay awake

Then we headed out to see the cousins. First to the Dorrs to have lunch and then to the Rohrer's to see Amy and Ada. We also got to see their house for the first time! It's beautiful! They have such a great backyard and all the work they've done on the house looks great!

Charlie and his hat

"Come play with me Andy!"

Fun with Ada (she has the cutest expressions)

Before taking Grandma home, she treated us to supper at the Olive Garden. Yummy! We were all stuffed! Yes, even Zack and Andy couldn't eat another bite!

A thick fog settled in and made the interstate a parking lot, so we decided to kill time by stopping at Harbor Freight for tools and then to Goodwill for just stuff. We got lots of really good deals, but even good deals add up fast! LOL But the greatest thing we bought was a set of mutes for Andy's drums! They are truly a beautiful thing!

On the way home we talked to Will in Hawaii. The flight was a little bumpy the second half, but he didn't get sick. PTL! They were greeted with leis and 80 degree weather on arrival in Honolulu. When I talked to him he had just gotten out of the pool which he told me was colder than the ocean that he had swam in earlier. Then they were headed to a restaurant for dinner where you could eat surrounded by sting rays in a big aquarium bubble over the dining room! I am pretty sure he is going to have a FANTASTIC time in Hawaii!!!