Homecoming??? Part 5- Last day in Guam, 1st day in Hawaii & a note for Bri.

When I last left off our plane was broken and we were stuck in Guam for a second night and told to check with the terminal at 6am the next morning for a status update. What I didn't tell you was that in order for our plane to be fixed they had to order a part from California. Now I tried to remain as calm as possible but all I kept thinking to myself was How in the hell are they gonna get a part here from California by tomorrow? It's not like we were someplace close like Arizona, we were in Guam. Even still, when we left the terminal that afternoon Charlie and I were okay.

Sierra on the other hand was balling her eyes out.

When we called the next morning they told us that rollcall for our flight would be at 9:25pm. So we did what anyone in our position would do and made the most of our day.

Charlie and Sierra got to see a few critters up close and personal courtesy of Moses & Kim's front yard.

Then we took the girls to a waterpark that one of the wives told us about (Thanks Christine!!) and had a great time. Charlie and Sierra went down a few waterslides with Daddy and I took Sierra on the lazy river. But mostly we just hung out as a family and had a good time. We figured if our pre-vacation was gonna be in Guam we may as well enjoy it.

After we left the waterpark we had lunch at the beach.

We even saw a chicken and her little chicks.

After a good nap and a great dinner (thanks Moses) we were ready to head back to the terminal.

Sierra and Charlie got to see one last critter before we left Moses & Kim's place.

We made it back to the terminal and finally boarded our plane at around 11pm Monday night.

The beautiful thing though about traveling across the ocean is that you also travel across time zones. So we went to sleep on the plane late Monday night in Guam, and woke up on the plane Monday morning in Hawaii.

We didn't waste any time- We immediately took a cab to our hotel and by 10:30am we were on the beach. We spent the whole day there until the girls we exhausted and and had to take their naps. It's ~4pm right now. We're going to a luau at 5 and tomorrow we catch our flight at 3p.

Here are our pictures from today!

The View from our hotel room.

My favorite people in the world walking to the beach.

The girls.

Hot Mama.

Oh and here's a special note for Bri regarding Charlie's hair. You know I wouldn't do my girls like that! My intention was to braid all of Charlie's hair at once. When I ran out of time I put the unbraided portion in a ponytail fully expecting to go back to it. But once we started going through all the drama with our flights I was more worried about keeping the girls in a good mood than anything else. So when I asked her if she wanted me to finish her hair -and believe me I asked her many, many times- and she said, "No", I figured I'd let her be happy rather than force her to sit and get her hair done. :)

Homecoming??? Part 4- Pictures & Updates

As promised, here are the pictures from our day in Guam.
I mentioned in the last post that we got a chance to take the girls to the ocean and to a small aquarium called Underwater World before we went to the terminal to catch our flight.
Here are my favorite photos from today.

As we walked to the ocean we passed by some creepy cars that looked like they had been abandoned years ago.

The sun was extremely bright so I borrowed a pair of shades- they did nothing for my face but kept the sun out.

Charlie and Sierra

Yes, that's Sierra falling in the second picture.

We made it to the water and it was beautiful.

There was even a waterfall.

Here are the girls on the way to Underwater world.

We passed by the park.

Marcus and his girls.

Charlie chillin' on the stairs.

We caught a sea turtle eating lunch.

Charlie and Sierra snapped a few pics with Nemo, a starfish and a giant crab.

This was supposed to be a picture of garden eels but my flash caught the reflection of my girls instead.

Here's a shrimp, a dragon eel, and some other exotic fish that I thought was really pretty.

On our way out we were treated to a little trivia.

Wanna know what's behind the panel...

Me!

By the way, I wish I could tell you I was writing this post from Hawaii but I can't cause I'm writing it from Moses & Kim's couch in Guam. After we checked in, checked our bags and received our boarding passes we were notified that our plane was broken and that we'd have to come back tomorrow. Yes, you read that right and yes I'm dead serious.

We find out what the status of the plane is tomorrow at 6am.

This is so ridiculous it's almost funny... almost.