aloooha!

Aloha!

That's what I said to my mom on the phone yesterday morning when B and I done at the dr.

Why you might ask?

Well yesterday, my deserving parentals flew to the big island of Hawaii to begin their amazing 6 night trip from Ellen!

I can't even tell you how excited I am for them, you would think I was going, but i'm not!

I'm just SOOOOOO excited for them. 

It's like at Chirstmas, when you are excited to give gifts just as much as you are to receive them, you know what I mean, you just want to see how they react and hear how much they love it, you know!

I didn't think I'd be freaking out like I am, but I want to hear every single thing about their flight, their amazing room, everything! I've almost called them so many times, but I finally googled the time in Hawaii, when it said it was only 5:48AM, I realized I have to chill out! (though they could be up because of jet lag you know, oh my gosh...i'm not going to call yet)

So, why a trip to Hawaii you might ask?

I remember a couple years ago when I was talking to my mom, I think I was up visiting from AZ, I was pregnant at the time. Spencer and I had been married about 6 months or so and things weren't going as we had planned. I quit my job up here to move to az when we got married because we thought we had a job lined up for Spence, a great deal on a place for us to live, etc. Anyway, those fell through and nothing seemed to be working out for us.

Anyway, one day my mom and I were running errands together and I remember her telling me a story.

See when my mom was in her early 20's, she was in a bad car accident, like really bad. She was in the hospital for months, she had a lot of surgery's, etc. I can't remember what happened with insurance but the remaining balance was really expensive. My mom being a young college student didn't have the money to cover the remaining balance. My grandparents stepped in and helped her by taking care of all of her hospital bills.

It wasn't until years later, when my parents were married and had some of us young kids. They had saved enough money to do something nice for her parents for taking care of all of those hospital bills years ago.

She organized and booked a trip for 2 to Hawaii. She sent my grandparents to Hawaii on an all expense paid trip. I don't think she even told them about it, she set it all up and gave them the tickets.

My parents have helped us. They helped us when we were desperate and when we were put into a situation that we had no control over, but we climbed out of it, with their help.

Funny thing about parents is, I never asked my parents for money. 

They knew.

They saw what I guess was pretty obvious, we were newlyweds who were pregnant and jobless. 

I still look back and don't know how we survived, I would only spend $30 at the grocery store (no coupons), I don't know what we ate, I don't think we really did. (I couldn't keep anything down anyway). 

We never went out, I remember one 'date' was to QT gas station to get a drink. 

We lived over 500 miles away but they took care of us. 

I hated taking money and they knew that, they always said don't worry about paying us back right away, just do this for your own kids when they need it.

I have literally dreamed of the day when I could book a trip to Hawaii for my parents, give them their tickets, and the remaining balance of what we owed them in cash for spending money. I thought about how we would do it and what it would be like.

I never dreamed it would come already, and they are there right now.

Maybe that is why I am so excited for them, even though I only had a small role in this trip, sending them to hawaii as a thank you is a dream come true for me.

Not only are they there, but they are at the Four Season's Resort where the room they are staying in is $1,500 per night!!
They also get a breakfast buffet that is worth over $650.00. (I don't know what they serve at breakfast but it must be amazing, we joked they'll probably only be eating one meal a day if breakfast is over $100 each day!)

My parents have taught me so much by their example, I hope to be half of the example to my children that they are to me.

So, mom and dad, ENJOY HAWAII! 

YOU DESERVE THIS!

You always put us kids and our spouses first. 

You are the most selfless people I have ever known.

HAVE FUN THIS WEEK, DO WHAT YOU WANT TO DO AND ENJOY EVERY MINUTE OF IT.

I think I can speak for all of us kids and our spouses by saying thank you, and please for once, think of yourselves!!!

I AM BEYOND EXCITED FOR YOU! 

We love you so much and THANK YOU for your selfless example, and for everything you have done for us, we honestly don't know where we'd be without you!

Hil, Spence, Blayke