Five Years. Hawaii.

Rich and I were married five years ago. Today. {How does five years happen to pass by like that?} After the wedding, we spent almost two weeks vacationing on some of the lovely islands of Hawaii. And do you know what we decided after that? We vowed to return to Hawaii in five years. Do you see where this is going?

Okay, clearly I am not in Hawaii right now. Oh, how I wish I was. The warm sun warming my shoulders. Giggling girls digging through tropical sand. Returning to Hawaii this year wasn't even an option that was discussed. It was a given that with the girls and everything else going on in our lives that it would be near impossible to make such a trip.

But this week, I allowed my mind to wander and thought about the what ifs. My first mistake was looking online. As a PSA, I warn you that if there is a vacation that you cannot take, do not open the internet. Turn on the television. Read a book. Do NOT open the internet. You may see hotels such as this or this and that is not a good thing.

So I really started thinking about logistics. What if? Could Rich and I even pull off a trip like that? With the girls? I mean, if we are going to go to Hawaii, we surely cannot leave the girls here with Grammy. That would just be cruel. And I think that they would enjoy Hawaii. They are old enough. We would have to bring Grammy along because she has never been to Hawaii and well, that would just be cruel not to bring her. Plus, having another adult around is always a good thing.

What about carseats? I know that rental car companies have them but after some online searching, the statements "not guaranteed" and "available on a first come first serve basis" kept appearing. Hmmmm, I didn't feel warm and fuzzy reading that. And what about Anna's medication. Can you carry liquid medication onto a plane? We would have to. And we would have to ensure that a pharmacy near the hotel(s) would be able to fill it if needed. We've had enough spilling incidents for me not to know better. And we also have Anna's cathing kits. One of our carry-on bags would have to just be her kits. I wouldn't trust to have them shipped to the hotel or even leave my sight. Without those, we are in BIG trouble.

So many little things to think of when you consider travel with little ones. I stopped there. I didn't even want to think about sleeping arrangements. Let's just say that the girls will be well acclimated to big girl beds before any overnight trips are planned.

Oh, I almost forgot. I was going to post some pictures from our honeymoon but guess what happened? That's right - crazy, sick, teething toddlers. Rich and I are both still sick and need to head to bed as soon as possible. All of our honeymoon pictures are from film and my scanner is approximately seven years old and HORRIBLE. Pictures look so much better if I just take a digital picture of it and post that way. Maybe some day when I don't have a blog post planned, I'll do that.

Ahola!