We went on our last family trip with Drew before he leaves on his mission. We went to Oahu, or as the Hawaiians call it, the Main Island. We had such a fun week together - it was great! Here are just a few photos of about 1000 we took!
We stayed at the Halekulani in Waikiki. It is a gorgeous hotel and a favorite of ours. This was the view from our room. This is the Diamond Head Volcano. The weather was hot and dry, only a couple of afternoon showers with the trade winds that came in.
Our morning breakfast buffet was beautiful.(And so was Noel!)
We visited the Pali one day. It was probably the most calm I've ever been there - almost no wind! Totally not normal! Usually you can lean into the wind and not fall down!
We went swinging on the vines. When Luke found out we were going to do that, he wouldn't stop talking about it. So we went the next day!
Wailea Bay has a huge rock where people jump off into the water. Here is the photo before Jeff, Noel and Shera did it. Then Shera backed out - it's very high up there! :)
The kids took surfing lessons next to our hotel on long boards. They had a good time! Luke even got on his instructor's (Jacob) shoulders!
The Pan-Pacific Festival was happening over the weekend there and the main drag was closed. They had all sorts of island food and crafts, music and hula dancing, even Elvis was there!
We went to one of our favorite places for dinner one night. It is on the windward side of the island and it's called Haleiwa Joe's. It is actually in an old volcano! You can walk down to the gardens where there is a pond and Drew caught these bull frogs there!
We stopped at some lookout points and walked down to where the waves were crashing on the rocks. Fishermen were getting totally soaked by the water. Actually, we all did!
We got some shaved ice too. No where does it taste the same as in Hawaii!Aloha Oi...
Here are Jeff and Noel jumping off the big rock in Waimea Bay!
Here, I got splashed while trying to take a photo of the family!
2 comments:
Looks like it was an awesome vacation! I'm so impressed you were able to narrow your photos down to that few. I'm terrible at eliminating when it comes to pictures. :)
It's so great that you took one last big vacation before Drew left. Our family went to Maui right before Shannon got married (as our last vacation with just the 6 original O'Bryants- no in-laws) and it was BY FAR, the most fun vacation we've ever been on. We all became such GREAT friends from that trip!
It's so sad that Drew is leaving, but it will be such a blessing for your family. We can't wait to send him a package!
I have never been to Hawaii, looks beautiful. And looks like you guys had a great time too.
...so what do they do in Hawaii that makes the shaved ice better?
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