{"id":3318,"date":"2017-12-31T15:57:00","date_gmt":"2017-12-31T23:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jshox.com\/jay\/?p=3318"},"modified":"2025-11-06T13:42:55","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T21:42:55","slug":"2017-december-part-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jshox.com\/jay\/2017\/12\/31\/2017-december-part-7\/","title":{"rendered":"2017 – December part 7"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Maui!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We had a day layover that we built in to this crazy once-in-a-lifetime trip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We had people at the airport back in London and again in Dallas offer to change our flight directly to LAX. We politely declined.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here is something I found odd: The airport in Maui doesn’t have windows. I guess because the temp is so moderate in Hawaii they didn’t need to add them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We got our rental car and started our Journey. We decided to drive around the island and stop to see as much as we could along the way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>
\"\"<\/figure><\/div>
\"\"<\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The photo above with the stream and the rain and mountain – reminded our family of Jurassic Park. Truth be told, a lot of Jurassic was actually filmed in Hawaii so it stands as a reason.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Magical. I wish we had more time here. I never was a person who said “ohh I’d love to visit Hawaii” but only did so because if you can for free, why not do it? After visiting me and the wife decided that we would love to return and spend some extended time. It would be so nice to really dive in to this little area we never visited previously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The beaches and the weather were great. It felt relaxing. We took a loop of the whole island and got out where we could. The kids were not really wanting to get out (as seen from the photos) as they wanted to stay sleeping. I think they were mainly just jet-lagged. We didn’t want to push it as this was the least stressed time we planned. We let them enjoy it from the seat of the car as they wanted to – got McDonald’s and even splurged on a Pineapple Pie (instead of an apple pie) which Arabella loved. It was interesting to see all the uniqueness of offerings across the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure><\/div>
\"\"<\/figure>
\"\"<\/figure><\/div><\/div>
\"\"<\/figure><\/div>
\"\"<\/figure><\/div>
\"\"<\/figure><\/div>
\"\"<\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

There aren’t many (if any) night photos. At the time the sun started to set, we began to feel the craziness of all the time changes. We pulled over and took a nap for an hour in some park along the road. Once we woke up we made our way to the airport and boarded our flight back to Los Angeles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finally, the rest of the month!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We got back to Los Angeles and spent a good few days recovering from our trip. We didn’t travel much (nor did we have the urge to) for the final couple of weeks of the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Christmas was quickly approaching. We didn’t have our Univeral pass any longer, but the local church put on an even for Christmas Photos with the Grinch himself! This was a great way for the kids to take another picture with “Uncle Grinch”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finally, we have some photos of when my kids first learned about the kid’s cart at Home Depot (seriously they go bezerk for those things, especially since they both can drive with a steering wheel).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other photos include our annual trip to Naples to see the lights – our small (but affordable) Christmas tree. The parents opening a gift and finally, ending the year with Elijah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure><\/div>
\"\"<\/figure><\/div><\/div>
\"\"<\/figure><\/div>
\"\"<\/figure><\/div>
\"\"<\/figure><\/div><\/div>
\"\"<\/figure><\/div>
\"\"<\/figure><\/div>
\"\"<\/figure><\/div>
\"\"<\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

That last photo of Elijah with the glasses, each time I look at it I think he is saying “.. are you lookin’ at me?” as he was so serious. Here comes 2018!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

just Pray<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\n\n\n

note: this post was published on 08\/08\/22 but moved the publish date back to the end of December 2017 to keep chronological order.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Maui! We had a day layover that we built in to this crazy once-in-a-lifetime trip. We had people at the airport back in London and again in Dallas offer to change our flight directly to LAX. We politely declined. Here is something I found odd: The airport in Maui doesn’t have windows. I guess because…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3374,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jshox.com\/jay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/hanabeach.jpg?fit=1242%2C931&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3316,"url":"https:\/\/jshox.com\/jay\/2017\/12\/20\/2017-december-part-6\/","url_meta":{"origin":3318,"position":0},"title":"2017 – December part 6","author":"me@jshox.com","date":"December 20, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"We had major plans for our last day. We found that throughout the trip as we were so busy that we hardly had any time to get some souvenirs. I think we stopped at a Loch Ness store but other than that- nothing until we were at the airport shops.\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jshox.com\/jay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/view.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jshox.com\/jay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/view.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jshox.com\/jay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/view.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jshox.com\/jay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/view.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jshox.com\/jay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/view.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":9216,"url":"https:\/\/jshox.com\/jay\/2023\/08\/31\/2023-august-part-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":3318,"position":1},"title":"2023 – August part 2","author":"me@jshox.com","date":"August 31, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Hey again, As mentioned in the previous post, our car had a message come up. That meant we needed to take it to the dealer to get it fixed. Turns out it needs a new transmission (which includes some of the hybrid components). The ETA for this to be completed\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jshox.com\/jay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/aug25-hotel.jpg?fit=635%2C846&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jshox.com\/jay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/aug25-hotel.jpg?fit=635%2C846&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jshox.com\/jay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/aug25-hotel.jpg?fit=635%2C846&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":3179,"url":"https:\/\/jshox.com\/jay\/2017\/12\/03\/2017-december-part-1\/","url_meta":{"origin":3318,"position":2},"title":"2017 – December part 1","author":"me@jshox.com","date":"December 3, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"December! Be prepared for this to be broken out into many, many posts. This is a huge event. Started off the month by getting a haircut. Arabella was loving the extra time spent with her daddy, and she wanted to post a photo with her pig named \"what\". Then we\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jshox.com\/jay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/nyc.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jshox.com\/jay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/nyc.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jshox.com\/jay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/nyc.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jshox.com\/jay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/nyc.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jshox.com\/jay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/nyc.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":11532,"url":"https:\/\/jshox.com\/jay\/2025\/09\/22\/back-home\/","url_meta":{"origin":3318,"position":3},"title":"CVG to a PDX reunion","author":"me@jshox.com","date":"September 22, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"This morning, we were up before it was light outside. We took the hotel shuttle to the airport, and we were fortunate to arrive early. A few minutes after we arrived, the shuttle was full, and they had to turn some people away. When we arrived at the airport, we\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jshox.com\/jay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/sept12-airport.jpg?fit=1176%2C883&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jshox.com\/jay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/sept12-airport.jpg?fit=1176%2C883&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jshox.com\/jay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/sept12-airport.jpg?fit=1176%2C883&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jshox.com\/jay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/sept12-airport.jpg?fit=1176%2C883&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jshox.com\/jay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/sept12-airport.jpg?fit=1176%2C883&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":616,"url":"https:\/\/jshox.com\/jay\/2007\/04\/30\/616\/","url_meta":{"origin":3318,"position":4},"title":"HeyThis weekend was pretty good\u2026","author":"me@jshox.com","date":"April 30, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"HeyThis weekend was pretty good and it went a little like this....It started out by my family and I deciding to go to So. Cal for a day- that was about at 2am on Saturday morning.\u00a0 We booked the tickets and went to sleep.\u00a0 I got about 2 hours worth\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":580,"url":"https:\/\/jshox.com\/jay\/2007\/01\/12\/580\/","url_meta":{"origin":3318,"position":5},"title":"HeyAttempting to go to bed....\u2026","author":"me@jshox.com","date":"January 12, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"HeyAttempting to go to bed.... now?!I am hoping that these sleeping pills will kick in.So you ask, why? The voices trip.I need to be up at about 4am.. to be at the school at 5am.. so that we all can be at the airport bright.. or dark and early.And.. then\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jshox.com\/jay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3318","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jshox.com\/jay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jshox.com\/jay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jshox.com\/jay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jshox.com\/jay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3318"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jshox.com\/jay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3318\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11976,"href":"https:\/\/jshox.com\/jay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3318\/revisions\/11976"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jshox.com\/jay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jshox.com\/jay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jshox.com\/jay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jshox.com\/jay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}