Hawaii

A few weeks ago, Ben and I returned from beautiful Hawaii! We spent most of our time in Maui, but did make it to Oahu for a day before we left. We went with our friends Dave and Jenny and of course, I took a LOT of pictures. We started our trip off in LA where we had a day to kill before we left for paradise. Ben heard of some hot dog place called Pink's so we set off to the Hollywood area to see some sites.

Here we are with the Hollywood sign in the background...very small, we were quite far away from it.

Here are the boys at Grauman's Chinese Theater, looking at hand and foot prints in the cement.And finally, we made it to Pink's. It's a good thing we had a whole day because the line was VERY long.This is what we waited for...the boys were in heaven!After that adventure, we went back to the hotel for a good night's sleep before our big travel day. We arrived in Maui and started the adventures. Here is the sunset from our hotel room.The next morning, we got up bright and early and went up to Heleakala crater to watch the sunrise. It was SO COLD!!! We just hung out at the beach for the rest of the day to soak up some sun. Of course the boys couldn't sit still very long so they got up and made a sand castle The next day, we planned to do the Road to Hana. Ben and I never made it last year when we were in Maui so we knew that had to be on the itinerary this time. It was beautiful!

We saw a bamboo jungle,many waterfalls,a black sand beach, a red sand beach, and our favorite...the pools of Venus.When we got there, we were the only ones, so we had the place to ourselves! The boys couldn't sit still, again, and found a some cliffs to jump off.It was such a fun, but very tiring day!

The next day, we just spent most of it on the beach. We headed down to Wailea beach and the boys decided to tackle a bigger project. Here it is!Pretty impressive, huh? There were several people on the beach who came up to tell them how cool it was and even take pictures of it. After playing in the warm ocean for a little while longer, we went back to the hotel to get ready for a luau. It was the best luau we've been to! We've only been to 3, so it's not like we had too many to compare it to, but the food was delicious and the entertainment was great! Here is the pig they unburiedThe next day, we went to Oahu so we could catch the direct flight home and meet up with friends Becky and Lance! They had just started their vacation as we were getting ready to leave. We met up and went to Duke's for dinner. It was so yummy!

Aloha!