April 5, 2009

A couple more days in paradise! Aloha!

I AM EXHAUSTED. What a fun family trip. Flew into Seattle & crashed in our hotel. Here are a few more pictures from the week.
This was our favorite sunset.

A strawberry, cherry & watermelon shaved ice stop. YUMMY!!!!!
We survived the road to Hana.

This sunset was off a golf course. Our rental car got smacked with a golf ball while driving around.

Outback Steakhouse. Jacy's b-day dinner.
She told me that she will NEVER forget her 16th birthday.
Boogie boarding, pb&J sandwiches, snorkeling, hot tubing, Outback Steakhouse b-day choc. sunday, presents, cake, ice cream & a movie (she fell asleep about 5 min.'s into the movie!)
One of kelcey's many visits to the bathroom. She is famous for her potty breaks!

Down past McKenna Beach. Lava rocks everywhere! So beautiful. Trevor & Trent - the girls & Steve were snorkeling. They saw two more sea turtles while snorkeling here. We were trying to find the 'local' aquarium snorkeling spot, but it was closed till 2010 for regrowth. But - this spot, just N. of the Aquarium was great!

There were crabs everywhere.

I couldn't get Kelcey, Jacy & Steve out of the water! They loved to snorkel everywhere we went.

Big Beach. What a beautiful beach. The sand was perfect & as you can tell - the kids LOVED it!

All the kids trying to tackle Jacy & give her a b-day spanking. But she got away!

James. What can I say?!!!!!!!!!

James & Melinda. Big Beach. Steve wanted to go to Little Beach around the corner. BUT there was nudity at that beach & we needed to keep our trip PG with kids in tow. Maybe next time - Steve !!
Steve, Lisa, James & MelindaOur group picture. What a fun day!!!

The contrast between sand, ocean, mtns, trees was so beautiful. We also saw a whale jumping offshore at this beach.

Trent - can you see his two-tone forehead? He was in charge of sun screening his face & he missed!! Notice the fingerprints on his forehead? We called him two-tone the rest of the trip. Now his sunburn around fingerprints is peeling. What a nut!

Trevor - LOVED the beach!

Mariah - What a cutie pie!


Syd - She was in the ocean, boogie boarding & snorkeling every min.

Jacob - hated getting his picture taken. We had to sneak this one in. He was not happy!

Jacy & her sand jar. We went to Black Beach & she collected sand for a combo sand jar.
Will post some pictures after resting from our vacation. Whew!

4 comments:

Howard Jones said...

Enjoyed your new pics!
Hope you get rested.
Happy birthday tomorrow, Stephen.

Jill said...

What wonderful pictures!!! It looks like a fabulous vacation.

Fiauna said...

I think the sand jar is a great idea. If and when Aaron and I ever make to Maui (like we'd plan to do last year when the airlines went bankrupt and revoked out tickets), I think I'll do the sand jar thing.

Loren and Holli Family said...

Lisa,

Sure looks like you had fun! Thanks for inviting me to view your pictures.

Love,

Loren