Hawaii was a total blast!! WE had so much fun laying on the beach, swimming in the pool, playing with our Taylor girl, and enjoying the
Hawaiian lifestyle for a little while! A little recap of our trip and some of the highlights:
The flight over went really good (
especially compared to the flight home...)
Preslee (my cousin) came along to help with the boys and SHE WAS WONDERFUL!! An extra hand makes a huge difference!
Dave's golf clubs didn't make it to Hawaii the same time we did so we had a very grumpy dad who was worried sick about his clubs...and I've never seen him so relieved when they finally arrived the next day- he even tried to sleep with them! The hotel was really nice- they had live parrots in the lobby every day that would say "aloha" if you were lucky- so everyday
Cade and Austin would be screaming "ALOHA" or "hello-ha/Hi-ha" (as
cade would say) to try to get the birds to respond. The pool was fabulous! They had a fun water slide and and the boys loved it! You could only go down one at a time, so after some coaxing we finally got
Cade to do it- and yes he loved it. Austin learned some great swimming moves(as long as he had his life jacket on)- and I was really proud of him! The beaches were
gorgeous the waves Huge, and Dave even jumped off a pretty big cliff/rock- we were so proud! We went to the Polynesian Cultural Center and we got POURED on! I've never seen it rain so hard! But it was still fun! Austin liked learning about the
Hawaiian food and one of the guys weaved him a cool hat out of a leaf- he felt pretty special! The night show was cool- lots of muscly guys, and of course the guy who danced with FIRE was a big hit!
We went to Pearl Harbor- It was neat to see it, but hard to get the full effect with kids- We made it to the swap meet where Austin and
Cade found some
Ukuleles that they both love (at least for one day, right?), we had yummy
icee's at
mastumodos(Spelling?), saw the turtles on the beach, ate banana pancakes at the
Hukilau Cafe (remember 50 first dates?), and the girls made it to
Nordstroms (always time to shop!),
dave golfed, we played guitar hero at Cassie's, we walked around the beautiful temple, and last but not least, I almost got eaten alive by a
cockroach!! it was huge!!!
Thanks Cass, Brett, and Taylor for lots of fun!! we love and miss you already!!!
