So, we left MN and all that cold and snow Tues. morning around 8:45am and had about an hour layover in Salt Lake City, then it was on to a 6 1/2 hour flight with 4 kiddos and 2 parents … sounds like possible drama, ha? But honestly we can not even explain how proud we are of the kids … one lady working at security even looked shocked as we walked up and the kids all started to load their own stuff on their shoes … they work really well together. We are so blessed by our kiddos!
Here are a few of the travel day photos:
Good bye snow!
Z. and Elmo love the the airplane safty cards ... for some silly reason Z calls them "LegoLand Cards".
On our flt. to Salt Lake City ... playing cards
View as we landed in Salt Lake City
Z. was very entertained looking out airport window ... so much to see!
While we got situated in our seats for the long flight, Z. (our Mr. Fix it) decided something was wrong with this seat ... so he went to "me fix it"
We got Z. all set up for loooong flight
But as we were taxing away from the gate ... he closed his eyes and they stayed that way for the next two hours
About 3 minutes after take off O. fell asleep, too
Good bye Salt Lake and snowy mountains!
Travel tip from a good friend ... play dough! Used for an hour and a half after the boys naps on the plane. We cleared security with it just fine in Mpls. but when we had to clear security again in Maui, they were going to take it away from us ... apparently play dough and clay are on the "not allowed" list. But a nice grandmotherly security person looked thru our play dough bag and said, just let them through with it. 
After hours of looking out the window and saying "i see ocean ...I see clouds" Z. finally got to say "I see Hawaii" I'm going to try post the video clip of that later ... very cute!
Look how green Hawaii is!
Z. got new sunglasses just for this trip and G. taught him to say "cool dude!" He does think he is pretty cool. And we are lucky that G. loves to chase after his little brother when he gets loose :-)
I'm so cute, ha?
We had time during our layover in Maui to take a little walk outside, after we claimed our luggage and checked it in on Hawaiian Airlines for our flight over to Oahu 
Just lovin' my new shades!
Parenting/travel mistake of the day ... letting the two year old taste an iced mocha! Yep Z loves anything with coffee taste!
Here are the kids waiting in the Honolulu airport with the luggage, while dad went to get the rental vehicle ... looks like alot, dosn't it?
And again ... we are so lucky that G. will go chase Z. down when he gets in a running mood (like after mom lets him drink coffee)
