Hawaiians in the OTHER Washington

Good morning!

Just a quick update; I started an email this morning, and realized it sounded more like a blogpost, so thought I'd get that urge out of my system. :p

Very quickly, we've obviously arrived safe and sound; the girls are thrilled to be here.  It was definitely a long day; our flight left at 10:30ish Sunday night, and we arrived 9ish Monday morning.  (And what was I thinking, booking a red-eye again. Ugh.)  Anyway, I sent out the "We're here!" text while girls and I waited for Daniel's flight to arrive; we found a cozy little spot, broke out the bento lunches I’d packed, and finished off the movies they started on the plane. I did my best to keep my eyelids raised; none of us got very much sleep, with the exception of Malia, lucky girl. Finally got to the hotel around 11ish, unpacked, grabbed some lunch at the grill downstairs, and then came back up to the room and crashed. That, of course, made for a very late bedtime last night (this morning?), so the girls are still asleep now. 

I anticipated a late start today, so we'll just hang out at the hotel, taking care of #1 on the girls' priority list: the pool. :p  It's a beautiful day here, tempting me to take the girls out and explore first, but I know that will not fly with the Mini-Me's; they love the pool as much as I did at their ages.

Hm.  I thought I saw them taking pictures in the airport, but I can't find them now.  I'll have to ask them about that.  Okay, off to start my day; will post more later!