Sunday, June 14, 2009

Hawaii 2009!

We kicked the summer off with a family vacation to the Big Island of Hawaii! We stayed at a really fun resort where we were able to swim, waterslide, and play in an ocean lagoon with fish and sea turtles. There were even dolphins at the hotel. It was wonderful...we hope that we can go back again someday...



This is where we stayed.



Brad quickly made friends with the sea turtles. Every morning we would find them swimming in the lagoon and we would feed them leaves and flowers for breakfast. In the afternoons the turtles would hang out under the waterfall and so we'd kayak out to see them. Brad and Kaya named lots of the turtles and became especially attached to one named George.



Kaya was our super slider of the trip. She was so excited to be tall enough to do all of the waterslides. We couldn't get her off of them. She collected her wristbands from each day and had quite a collection at the end of the trip.



By the last day, Ashlyn got brave enough to join us on the slides. Although, her favorite was the "sandy beach" pool.



The report on our trip would not be complete without mentioning the "Mo Mo". This is really a crane of some kind, but Ashlyn immediately named it the "Mo Mo" and the name stuck. She insisted on seeing it several times a day...



Every morning we would eat breakfast overlooking the ocean.



And we'd eat lunch near the dolphin's pool and watch them swim.

2 comments:

Michelle said...

OK Now I'm jealous. Beats Las Vegas by a long shot. Awesome pictures!

Matt and Holly said...

Hey Shara! Thanks for sharing your blog. I am excited to peek in on your cute family. It looks like we just missed you on the Big Island. We just got back from that same place yesterday. Matt and I stayed at that amazing resort a few years ago. This time we were close by in a condo but we had to take our family over there to let them check it out. That place is wonderful. I will be posting some of our pictures from the Big Island soon. Keep in touch! Holly