Country Mice Hit the Big City!

This past weekend, we packed it up and headed to Honolulu to visit our dear friends, Wanee, Ivan, Noe, Elia and the soon to be baby girl Gomez. Before Lance came along, we made it out to see them a few times a year. Can you believe that it had been almost a year since we have seen them? way too long.
It was an awesome trip that included beach time, much needed shopping (for me) relaxing around the house, and Lance's first concert!
Lance did great with the lack of routine (a first for him) which gave me even more confidence to travel with him in the future.
He LOVED hanging out with the boys and got in lots of good playtime with Noe and Elia. I think we can safely say that they are both going to be amazing big brothers and I'm pretty sure Wanee and Ivan can count on Noe being completely in love with his little sister. Noe was always ready to show Lance toy he thought he'd like or just hang out with him on the ground where Lance spends most of this time...
We got in two days at the beach with jetskiing in an inflatable ski, paddleboarding and sand play.


We attended our third Kokua Fest, and got lucky enough to sit next to a photography student, who took these great pics for us! Lance perfected one of his latest moves while we were there- crawl to sitting and practiced it multiple times to a live soundtrack of Ziggy Marley and Jack Johnson, among others...
Unfortunately, there aren't any photos of my mad frenzy at the Nordstrom rack, trying to make up for over a year of lost shopping time while pregnant... for those of you who aren't familiar, Hilo doesn't have much to offer in terms of shopping. And by that, I mean that we don't even have the Gap. So, I am pleased to report that I came home with a few new items!

Most importantly, however, it was a great weekend spent reconnecting with our friends and making promises that we won't let another year go by without doing it again.