Chapter 59. Wrap up session #1.
First i will wrap up the what if trip.
off the bat a lesson learned.
Lesson Learned: a vacation with family is fun, but a 2 plus week trip with family (extended family ie. in laws and such) is a little much.
We were all a little tired of each other by the end of the trip...but we wont dwell on it.
another good lesson learned.
Lesson learned: it doesnt have to be somewhere fancy or tropical just getting away and spending time with your family without any other distractions is key. it is one of the greatest things i can take away from the trip.
there were funny/scary events that we will never forget no matter how hard we try.
first time experiences that i am glad i tried.
paddle boarding
about the best i did on surfing,
even though i wasnt good at it, i still had a blast.
one of my highlights was the snorkling and the snuba adventure that we had.
pictures of our little man just enjoying life and soaking it all in, will he remember it who knows, does he still talk about it, absolutely.
i believe that if he keeps looking at pictures and talking about it that he most certainly can remember key points of the trip as he grows up.
and of course we always have the pictures and video to share with him.
the pool time and just playing with him and not worrying about anything else was awesome.
images like this were ones that will always stay in my memory even without seeing them on a screen or in print.
and who could forget the huge balcony and the view that we had each day.
even mickey made the long trek over the sea with us.
he had to scope out the what if for a future disney location.
sunsets where not a bad thing to look at each night either.
and of course i was able to meet a very nice DIS friend on the way to start our trip.
the little annoyances with the rest of the family and people getting on each others nerves about what to do that day and what to do the next day far outway the pluses on the trip.
food prices even at the grocery stores was very outragious, and somehow the local grown maui pineapple was 3 dollars more than the maui pineapple i buy in the story 2 minutes from my house...
how does that make sense, no import export of the pineapple just take it down to the store.
surprisingly, booze was the the only thing that wasnt really more expensive there than it is here, maybe $1 more a case which wasnt bad at all.
so solution eat less drink more save money.
we wont go into how much was saved by drinking more and eating less.
would i do the trip again absolutely will it be anytime soon, nope.
will we do it again with kids probably not, it was fun with parker but it would be fun to be just candi and I and be able to stay out later at night and do more adult things lay by the pool if you want for an hour and not worry about having to watch anyone.
my favorite memory from the trip
---family time
my favorite thing we toured
---the road to hana
my favorite meal we had
---bubba gumps, it was a very nice evening with candi on the water just being adults
my favorite activity
---snuba and snorkling
my favorite drink
---my morning bloody mary on the balcony watching the sunrise
favorite beach time activity
---building valcanoes for parker to climb up and fill in then dig out again.
scariest event
---candi getting stung
funniest event
---having to filler up (the cup) to take away her sting
i think that about wraps it up, if you have any questions feel free to ask, and i will do my best to answer them.
coming up next final wrap up #2 with our trip outtake on the disney trip.
thanks for reading along with all of them. 
