Day 4

We started off at the flea market today and Olivia was very tired. She had asked us for about the last 30 minutes to please take her to the beach so she could cool off. Abby just wanted a shaved ice and Hannah wanted to shop until her entire family dropped. We almost did but I think we left just in time. We did make it to the beach later and watched the sunset.

Beach Bums

Olivia (above) let us partially bury her in the sand while Abby (below) thought it was quite comfortable to be buried in the sand.

Where did daddy go?

There goes another day!

We had spent the afternoon at the beach, I know hard to believe, and knew we wanted to stay to watch the sunset. I had taken some pictures of a couple on the beach for them and they offered to take our picture. This was Jerry's idea and I think it came out rather cute.

Sunset at Waikiki Beach

I could never get tired of watching the beauty of the sun setting on the horizon over the ocean.

Day 5

Olivia turns 5 on Thursday, April 24. This trip was planned for her and we hope she will have this wonderful memory for life!
Olivia really loved the beach and when we asked what she wanted to do for her day she said, "the beach," and I said, "that's my girl!"
Abby looked so cool and cute with this hat, not suppose to be a swim hat but we used it as such and it kept her from nasty sunburn on the head.
Scary! I figured it wasn't fair to post everyone else being lazy on the beach and not myself.
Jer and Han, they were so happy to have these beach umbrellas to protect and create and nice shade from the sun.

HAPPY 5th BIRTHDAY OLIVIA

I drove around town trying to find Safeway but instead found a bakery where I got this cake. It was rather pricey (like most things in HI) and none of us liked it. Olivia instisted on having cake on her birthday so here it is. I still owe her a decent chocolate cake since this one didn't exactly meet her demands :-)

I know you can't see her but I like this picture becuase you can see the candle burning and the scenerey in the background is nice, I know I'm strange.

Luau at the Hale Koa

We went to the Hale Koa Luau for Olivia's birthday. We enjoyed it and met some very nice people. They announced Olivia celebrating her 5th birthday and she was so afraid they were going to make her come up on the stage. They didn't but everyone at our table did tell her how special it was that she got to turn 5 in Hawaii.

Day 6

Hannah and Jerry went on a submarine tour Friday morning. I opted out and Abby and Olivia didn't want to go either. We went enjoy the morning at the Hale Koa (military only hotel in Waikiki) pool. What a life for people who live there. It is a really great pool and they allow all military to use the pool even if you are not staying at the hotel. We had shaved ice from the snack bar but it was not the same at AOKI on the North Shore.

Hannah and Jerry took these pictures on the sub tour. They saw lots of fish, a sunken ship and a sunken airplane. They do this on purpose to make a reef for the fish to swim around. They even spotted some sea turtles.

Waikiki Beach

These are the rocks that separate the lagoon below from the ocean waves. I was trying to catch a picture of the girls with a wave crashing behind them but of course I was not successful.
That is diamond head behind us, the scenery here is just remarkable (minus the flag pole to the left)! Look all the way to the right at the wave crashing on the rocks, that is the scene I was trying to catch with the girls, oh well.
This was the beach we went to the most. It was one block from our condo and the girls really enjoyed it. The water was nice and warm and the entire area was only about 2.5 to 3 feet deep. Hannah is certainly entering a new phase of not wanting to be near her family all the time. Most of the time Hannah met a friend and would have someone to play and talk with. She had some interesting stories to tell us. The girls brought these rafts and just floated around the water.

Day 7

Scenic View

This was a beautiful drive from Waikiki toward Makapu'u lighthouse. The part of the island is very rocky with many cliffs that meet the ocean.

Hiking

The girls were excited when we first got started but I don't think they new just how tough it will be to hike two miles up hill in the heat.

We were really happy at this point we could see the lighthouse and new we were almost there.
Jerry was a little upset with me for going to the edge to take this picture. He does not like to see how high up he is and he did not like when we got to close to look at the view.

WE MADE IT!!

It was a little challenging for the girls to make this two mike hike (one way) because of the heat and going up hill and Jerry is not real fond of going to higher altitudes, however, we persevered and we made it!

Makapu'u Lighthouse