For the two or so people who check my blog, you know I'm, well... lazy...when it comes to blogging. In that spirit, I cut and paste the post from my friend Hilary's blog about my amazing trip to Hawaii with my college roomies.
A big shout out to Bjorn and his parents for taking great care of the kids while I was partying in paradise. I even came home to a very clean house thanks to my mother-in-law, Veronika.
Highlights: Polynesian Cultural Center, Pear Harbor, flying out of Honolulu just a few hours before the Tsunami warning was issued, snorkeling, Akaka Falls, the boiling pots, Rainbow Falls, Waipio Valley, Kona Stake Conference, attending the Kona Temple, The City of Refuge, the beach, whale watching, and seeing dolphins and sea turtles in the wild.
Here is Hawaii by the numbers:
5 -number of times we told fellow travelers we had 25 kids between the 6 of us and were roommates in college 15 years ago.
1 -number of fellow travelers who were actually glad we told them our story unsolicited. (We stopped after the 2nd day)
30 seconds -amount of time it took for us to pick up and be ready to go to the next location. Having 6 Moms and no kids is a LOT easier than having 1 Mom with 3-6 kids.
1 Tsunami warning issued while on the Big Island of Hawaii
3 -number of husbands who called in the wee hours of the morning after said Tsunami warning was issued
10 -number of times we repeated the word "Aloha" back to the speaker during the Kona Stake Conference we attended.
1 -number of picnic lunches we "crashed" after said Stake Conference. It was yummy and yes, a few of us even had seconds.
4 -number of times we had to stop for cabbage leaves.
40 -number of K-1 trivia questions submitted for our personal trivia game.
3 -number of questions Cyd got right. We are just glad she remembers us because she certainly didn't remember much of our time together in college.
48 -number of random wikipedia-like facts Heather gave us during our week together. Her new nickname? "Wiki"
1 -number of times someone on the beach came up and said he had just bet his wife 20 bucks we were from a particular state that will remain nameless at this time. Kaylynn's response was, "Is it that obvious?" He was very happy to have won the bet. I guess we did kind of stick out like sore thumbs.
942 -approx. number of pictures taken by the 6 of us during our week in Hawaii.
102 -approx. number of pictures we have each appeared in during the last 10 years of our lives. We are usually the ones taking the pictures, not being in the pictures.
64- number of times we used the word "charmed" during our trip
6 -number of AWESOME husbands who essentially said, "Go. Have fun with your friends for a week and don't worry about anything here." Seriously, they were SO great.
4 -number of minutes used up on the camcorder of us walking away from the camera so we could see what our own walk looks like. Just one of the many super dorky things we did during our time together.
4 -number of clear syllables in the way Heather says the word "interesting". In-TER-est-ing. The rest of us only use 3. In-trest-ing. Interesting, isn't it?? (Or is it "in-TER-esting?" You be the judge.)
8/ ea. -number of post cards Malinda and Kaylynn mailed to their kids.
35 -number of times Cyd spontaneously bursted out into song.
3 -number of injuries I sustained while snorkeling/playing in the ocean.
0 -number of injuries everyone else sustained put together.
6 -number of minutes Ker-dog and Cyd spent trying to speak "whale" (think Dorie in "Finding Nemo") in an effort to get the whales to jump out of the ocean. It must have worked because we saw a LOT of whales during our trip.
2015 -the year we want to go on our next trip!!
The trip was such a success we decided to go on another one in 5 years. That will give Keri time to move to a new location so we can go and visit her all over again. She was definitely the "Hostess with the Mostest" that is for sure.
Highlights: Polynesian Cultural Center, Pear Harbor, flying out of Honolulu just a few hours before the Tsunami warning was issued, snorkeling, Akaka Falls, the boiling pots, Rainbow Falls, Waipio Valley, Kona Stake Conference, attending the Kona Temple, The City of Refuge, the beach, whale watching, and seeing dolphins and sea turtles in the wild.
Here is Hawaii by the numbers:
5 -number of times we told fellow travelers we had 25 kids between the 6 of us and were roommates in college 15 years ago.
1 -number of fellow travelers who were actually glad we told them our story unsolicited. (We stopped after the 2nd day)
30 seconds -amount of time it took for us to pick up and be ready to go to the next location. Having 6 Moms and no kids is a LOT easier than having 1 Mom with 3-6 kids.
1 Tsunami warning issued while on the Big Island of Hawaii
3 -number of husbands who called in the wee hours of the morning after said Tsunami warning was issued
10 -number of times we repeated the word "Aloha" back to the speaker during the Kona Stake Conference we attended.
1 -number of picnic lunches we "crashed" after said Stake Conference. It was yummy and yes, a few of us even had seconds.
4 -number of times we had to stop for cabbage leaves.
40 -number of K-1 trivia questions submitted for our personal trivia game.
3 -number of questions Cyd got right. We are just glad she remembers us because she certainly didn't remember much of our time together in college.
48 -number of random wikipedia-like facts Heather gave us during our week together. Her new nickname? "Wiki"
1 -number of times someone on the beach came up and said he had just bet his wife 20 bucks we were from a particular state that will remain nameless at this time. Kaylynn's response was, "Is it that obvious?" He was very happy to have won the bet. I guess we did kind of stick out like sore thumbs.
942 -approx. number of pictures taken by the 6 of us during our week in Hawaii.
102 -approx. number of pictures we have each appeared in during the last 10 years of our lives. We are usually the ones taking the pictures, not being in the pictures.
64- number of times we used the word "charmed" during our trip
6 -number of AWESOME husbands who essentially said, "Go. Have fun with your friends for a week and don't worry about anything here." Seriously, they were SO great.
4 -number of minutes used up on the camcorder of us walking away from the camera so we could see what our own walk looks like. Just one of the many super dorky things we did during our time together.
4 -number of clear syllables in the way Heather says the word "interesting". In-TER-est-ing. The rest of us only use 3. In-trest-ing. Interesting, isn't it?? (Or is it "in-TER-esting?" You be the judge.)
8/ ea. -number of post cards Malinda and Kaylynn mailed to their kids.
35 -number of times Cyd spontaneously bursted out into song.
3 -number of injuries I sustained while snorkeling/playing in the ocean.
0 -number of injuries everyone else sustained put together.
6 -number of minutes Ker-dog and Cyd spent trying to speak "whale" (think Dorie in "Finding Nemo") in an effort to get the whales to jump out of the ocean. It must have worked because we saw a LOT of whales during our trip.
2015 -the year we want to go on our next trip!!
The trip was such a success we decided to go on another one in 5 years. That will give Keri time to move to a new location so we can go and visit her all over again. She was definitely the "Hostess with the Mostest" that is for sure.
