Day 45: August 2, 2013

They're here!! I spent the morning trying to get to the very busy commissary and pick up the extra car from Tripler Tom's Auto, but finally made it to the airport at noon to pick up my visitors... and guess what?!?! A SURPRISE! Sarah came along for the trip! I was so extremely happy to see family :) We drove back to Tripler and took a little driving tour and then headed to Hickam Air Force Base beach. It was super relaxing and a great day to catch up in person (as if I don't talk to them daily hehe). Around 4 pm, we decided we wanted to try paddle boarding, but the rental stand had just closed for the day. As we were walking away, a woman overheard us and let us use her board. We tried to sit on it and go all together and it was HILARIOUS! We just kept laughing and getting off balance. My dad was on the shore getting pretty nervous because we went so far out, but it was really fun! I tried by myself afterwards and I can see why people do this everyday for a workout. It really takes your whole body to balance! We drove back to Tripler and grilled with my very tired family (it was like 2 in the morning for them!). They stayed at Tripler with us for the first night before their Hilton room started on Saturday. It was pretty cozy! We have tons of pictures, but most of them are on my mom's camera, so I'll post what I can this week.