Day 7

We checked out of our condo and prepared for our last day in Hawaii.  We had tickets to the Iolani Palace and I was excited.  We drove there, found a parking spot, checked in, and waited for our tour to begin.  They give you headsets to listen to the narrator through.  So we began in the main room and worked our way through the palace.  It was beautiful.

We learned a lot about the history of Hawaii.  It was a really cool tour and I'm glad we took the time to do it.

We then went to eat lunch and headed for the airport.  The rental car return was simple.  We parked it, took a picture of where it was parked, texted it to the owner, and then left the keys inside.  It was really slick and easy.

When we walked up to the airport terminals there was a long line outside.  We got in line and then Bryan walked around to make sure we were in the right place. Turns out, we weren't.  So we walked down to where we needed to be and there wasn't a line.  So we quickly checked in, got our luggage checked in, and went to the gate.  Again, we didn't have seat assignments.  Well, Bryan had a seat assignment but the kids and I didn't.  We thought it would be the same process as it was in Las Vegas so we sat down to wait for our names to be called.  Soon, I noticed a line starting to form.  I wasn't sure if we should get in the line or not so I stayed where I was.  When it was only about 45 minutes before our flight I decided to get in the long line.  The woman in front of me said that they didn't have seat assignments either and we figured out that, if you don't book directly with the airline, they didn't give you seats until you get to the gate.  So we stood in the long line.  The woman in front of us was told that she and her husband couldn't get seats together so I was gearing up for a fight because I didn't want us to sit all over the plane.  Turns out, they gave us seats together.  Well, the kids and I were together and Bryan was in the row in front of us.  But we were at the back of the plane without much room.  It wasn't as fun of a flight as the first one had been but we were on a plane.

The flight home was long.  Ethan and I weren't feeling too great.  Bryan had been feeling sick during the week but I thought it was just a cold or allergies.  Ethan and I had runny noses and our ears were plugged.  It made for a long flight home.

We landed around 11:30 pm (Vegas time) and found our luggage then loaded in our van for the drive home.  We arrived home around 3 am.  I took some NightQuil and we all went to bed.  It was a long rip and we are glad to be home but we had a lot of fun in Hawaii!