Hawaii

We had the best time on our Hawaiian vacation. It was great to revisit all of our old favorites from when we were living there and remember the beauty and simplicity of island life.

We hiked up to see some waterfalls.

We tried to find the biggest leaves we could find. These aren't even the biggest we found!

We found some great sea creatures along the way. Big crabs and little crabs. We saw lots of sea turtles, but got no good pictures of those.


We got to go to a luau and see the dancers while we ate.

The boys learned how to throw spears the polynesian way.

We learned how to make fire at the PCC. Michael's efforts were most successful when he produced a little smoke.
We got to see how pineapples grow at the pineapple plantation. Look how small this pineapple is. It takes them several years to grow big enough to pick.

Here's where we looked for strawberry guava, guava, and lilikoi trees.

We went to the swap meet and watched how they make things out of wood.

Especially the tiki masks.
The boys are experts at boogie boarding now. They loved all the practice.


We picked out and cracked our own macadamia nuts to eat.

Michael got to teach some of the older cousins how to appropriately use the spear for spearfishing.

Michael's favorite was the chance to go spearfishing again. He caught this guy. Look at his chompers.


Hiking...
Got to check out some of the beautiful flowers, leaves, and plants in the area.


Got to swing like Tarzan in true jungle style.


Michael found some coconuts to husk.
And the boys found some toads at our favorite park we used to frequent.


I hope we get the chance to go back again. I miss it already.