""When families go on vacation, they often post the highlight reel: angelic kids, joyful candids, gorgeous scenery. But this California couple decided to do the opposite. Reality TV producer Devin McGovern and his story editor wife Marlene Martinez took a family trip to Hawaii and created an Instagram reel that showed what it looks like when parents stop being polite and start getting real. There was screaming, crying, angst, despair - and yes, even a middle-of-the-night slap heard 'round the island.""
""Children are predictably unpredictable. So lo and behold, we had this kind of comedy of errors," Martinez says. "We took grandpa so that he can enjoy a peaceful Hawaiian vacation in his timeshare. He did not regret it and loved it, although he was very hesitant in perhaps joining us again." McGovern, who is a dad content creator, went into the trip intending to capture family footage ... and did he ever."
Devin McGovern and Marlene Martinez documented a chaotic family trip to Maui that included screaming, crying, tantrums, a middle-of-the-night slap and moments of comic despair alongside tropical sunsets. McGovern edited the footage with tense instrumental music into a sizzle-style reel that quickly earned nearly 400,000 likes. The couple traveled with their two daughters and Martinez's father to a timeshare he owns, a trip repeated before but unusually dramatic this time. Both parents noted the unpredictability of children, joked that Mai Tais eased tensions, and described needing a vacation after their vacation.
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