Tom was only home for about 5-6 days from Afghanistan before having to leave for Hawaii to accept an award as the Reserve FTS Junior Officer of the Year. It's a pretty great honor. What's even greater is that I got to go to Hawaii with him!
As I write this, we're sitting in our hotel room overlooking the Pacific Ocean. It's beautiful. We're having a great time. We wish our two boys could be here, but it has been nice to reconnect just the two of us. We've been laying on the beach, working out, and eating pinnapple and shaved ice. We went to a luau and tomorrow we're going to hike Diamondhead. My mom is watching the boys, and they are having a good time with her. We'll be home in a few days and then we're taking the boys to Hershey Park in Pennsylvania for a little family vacation. DJ is excited to ride the rollar coasters. He's just tall enough where he'll be able to ride a few of them. And they have lots of kid rides and fun things to do. We are having a great time, but we miss the boys and can't wait to see them.
