HE'S BACK!!!!
My husband is back from a year long deployment to Afghanistan, thank God! He actually came back at the end of April, but it still feels new. I'm not sure if I'll ever get used to picking up after him and cooking real meals. Wait, scratch that, I may get used to it, but I highly doubt I'll ever enjoy it. But don't get me wrong, I would much rather be picking up after him than have him gone again for a year.
Anyways, the homecoming day was extremely exciting and probably the longest day ever! We decided to take his leave days and go on vacation to Hawaii!! We stayed at the Hale Koa, the military resort. At first when someone mentioned the military resort to me I smiled and nodded politely, but in my head was saying "Why in the world would I go to HI on vacation and stay at a military hotel!?" But later when I looked it up online I was shocked. It was like an actual resort! AND they have a redeployment/ R&R deal, 30% off your stay, food and festivities going on at the hotel. I priced it out and it ended up being a really great deal. We flew to HI in early June and stayed for 10 days. We stayed on Waikkiki Beach at the Hale Hoa for 5 dyas and night, then stayed on post with friends for the last 5 days. We had the most amazing time! I reccomend the redployment deal to everyone!
We did lots of hiking, lots of beach'ing, swam with the sharks, saw huge sea turtles, went snorkelling, hore back riding, went on sunset dinner cruise topped with fireworks, toured the Dole Pineapple Plantation, and eneded our trip with a Hawaiin L'uau.
After HI, we also took a few small trips to Big Bear, CA, Houston, TX and to see my family in Cobourg, Ontario. More about these trip in the next posting.
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