Summer 2017 - Hawaii to Korea Trip

June 15, 2017 Last minute cleaning and packing were done this morning.  The teenagers were told to pack up last night but they decided to stay up late and mess around instead.  So this morning, they were franticly looking for things and getting stressed out.  Somehow some of Joey's clothes went missing and no one seem to have them.  Eventually it will show up when everyone unpacks at home. We were all loaded in the car by 10am.  Russ and I drove Mom and Dad to the airport to catch a 1:45pm flight back to Oakland. Hanh and Moses' families are on the same flight.  David's flight's at 3:45pm.  It was too early to check in to Aulani so we met David at Koko Head Cafe for brunch instead.  Hanh and Moses raved about this restaurant so we wanted to try it out.  It's an Asian fusion brunch place and are known for their dumplings.  The food was quite expensive, the final bill was $270 for the 10 of us.  The food was ok, but the service wa...

June 14, 2017 It was decided last night that we were going to change the time of the Manoa Falls hike from 7am to 8am.  Unfortunately, Rebecca's text to Hanh didn't go through and Hanh thought she arrived "late" at 7:30am.  Everyone else arrived around 8:30am.  Adriane and Moses brought Malasadas from Leonard's for breakfast.  They were still warm and tasted sinful. Just as we started our hike, it started pouring cats and dogs.  The only person who had a rain jacket was Russell.  I had loaned mine to Jillian to go golfing with David.  The heavy rain didn't let up until we reached the waterfall, and that was an hour hike.  Soaking wet, we all took our dutiful picture in front of the majestic fall before we made our way down.  It was a much easier hike down without the challenge of the rain.  Realizing that this is the last hike in Hawaii as a family, we walked a little slower, had conversations with the little ones, took silly p...