Hawaii

As many of you know, I LOVE to travel.  Luckily, my husband loves traveling as well, so we have tried to continue to travel while we can.  While we already have a child, and that does make trips more difficult, he still flies for free until September and we wanted to take advantage of that.  Also, Kam's sister and her family live in Hawaii so we just HAD to visit.  What a terrible place to have family, right?  ;)  The only unfortunate part about our trip was, I was 10 weeks pregnant and quite ill when we went.  Honestly, though, the flights were the worst part.  After we had made it there, it was a relaxing trip.  Sure, we didn't run ourselves ragged trying to see every little thing or spend hours on the beach like we would have if I hadn't been sick, but we had plenty of time to visit with family and we didn't need a vacation from our vacation when we got back!  We did go to the beach and we saw the main things we wanted to, so that's what's important.  And, as usual, I took lots of pictures.  So, the rest of this post will be pictures.  I warn you, there's a few!

First time flying!  He did a really good job, especially for such a long flight!

 We went to the beach the day we got there.  Grant

loved the coves and the smooth water!

 He wasn't so sure about the sand though....

 Exploring the water with the fam.  Kam's parents were

still in Hawaii from their break in China.  They left the

next day, but at least we got to see them!

 Splashin' time!!

 Running around the house in his Hawaiian shirt.

 The Polynesian Cultural Center.  It was hard to get a pic

without cutting off Kam's head or Grant....

 Waiting for the show.

 Seriously, no normal face for this guy!

 The show.  Grant enjoyed the drums :)

 Just chillin' in the stroller

 I love to see the temple!!

 I have always loved the pictures of this temple so 

we had to visit.  I am grateful to know that this

cute little family of mine can be together forever

because of temples!

 Somehow I only ended up with one flower picture!  Crazy!

 Feeding the fish.  Yeah, there was a lot of fish!

 Grant enjoyed the colors and the noises of the fish.

 Grant loved his cousins.  They liked to entertain him :)

 Waiting for the Pineapple Express at the Dole Plantation!

 I decided it was impossible to get a picture with

all four of these crazy kids looking at the camera!

 Riding the train!!

 These two just loved their Uncle Kam!

 Eating pineapple ice cream at the Dole Plantation!

I was super excited because I only ever get this stuff 

at Disneyland!!

 The beautiful bay!  I've been told the name of it many 

times and I still can't remember it...  Hanauma, Haumana, Mahana???

 We actually put Grant in his swimsuit for this beach trip :}

 Overlooking the bay while waiting for the video we had 

to watch before we could go down.

 Grant was enthralled with the view!

 The bay from beach level.

 Going exploring with daddy.

 Testing the water.  It was a little rougher here than at the coves.

 Kam trying to convince Grant that sand is more fun than the water...

 Proof that I was there too ;)

 I think we wore him out...

 Pearl Harbor.  Grant wasn't too interested in the 

museums while we waited for our boat.

 Riding the boat out to the USS Arizona Memorial

At the memorial.  A great reminder of those who have lost

their lives for our country, here and overseas. 

Our last evening, we went back to the coves and had 

dinner at the beach.  Grant really loved those beach chairs!

 And I got my sunset at the beach :)

 Grant spent a lot of time with daddy on this trip :}

 It's hard to tell, but on the left it's Kam and Grant walking

to the water in the sunset.

 Our last family photo in Hawaii, just as the sun set.

 We're so glad we got to spend a week with these guys!

Thanks for letting us stay and play!