Well we've made it back from our vacation in Hawaii! What a great time we all had! We went to Kona, Hawaii (the Big Island) and stood at a really nice 2 bedroom condo... My parents were able to have their own room and Dom slept on the sofa bed all by himself... although every night he migrated his way to our room. Here's a run down of our Hawaii Week:
Sunday, July 29th
What a mess getting through all the security checks... once through the kids were running around anxious to get on the plane and go... After 5 1/2 long hours we made it to the Big Island... Dominic never woke up and Alyssa looked beat. We got to our condo and just settled in.
Monday, July 30th
ALOHA... we decided to go to the orientation breakfast and try to plan our week... We did some shopping and decided to go straight to a beach! Hapuna Beach that is! The kids loved it! The water was PERFECT... it felt like a warm bath...
When we made our way back to the resort, Ben and I decided to go tan (kid free) at the closest pool to us... While tanning, there was this rude lady who was complaining about a lil boy who came to the pool area and yelled "mommy"... that was it.. She started this big rant that this was suppose to be a quiet pool.. she then attacked the next family that had kids there (they were super quiet) and the father snapped back at her.. she finally left.. but that's when the DRAMA begins..
Shortly after my dad shows up with the kids... they wanted to be with us.. While in the pool with them... the crazy lady returns, but with 2 security guards.. While walking through the pool area she's making faces at us... like.. she won.. I went to the security guards and asked if there was a problem... they confirmed that kids are allowed in the "quiet pool" but no rough play..duh. They're 2 and 1!
While Dom was playing on the steps, the boyfriend of the crazy lady dove into the shallow end of the pool (3ft) right by Dom making waves to purposely bother him... We decided it was time to go.. I was really bothered by this point and was ready to FIGHT cause she kept staring at us... As we walked out I made the comment.. "The pool will be quiet now!" and she yelled back "Bye, Bye, Bye, Bye..." jumping up and down in the pool waving her hand with a smirk on her face...so I snapped.. I looked at her and "flipped her the bird"... She then yelled at me "*itch" which in turn angered Ben and he yelled "F... Y.."...the ghetto side came out in us.. but if you were there you would of done the same...
Tuesday, July 31st
With Ben not feeling any better, we decided to go to the doctors.. thank goodness there's a Kaiser in Kona (actually 3!) He got his meds and we were off to the Black Sand Beach and Volcano National Park! The kids loved the black sand... they just wanted to run free! I was bummed that there were no turtles laying around. Once at Volcano Park we went to see the stem vents... I couldn't believe how hot the steam was... it fogged up my sun glasses..ha ha.. it is steam! The crater was amazing, but the best part was walking through a lava tube... They even had a second lava tube that you needed a flashlight to go through.. maybe next time.
Wednesday, August 1st (I can't believe its August!)
Today we ventured off to the other side of the Island (Hilo) and went to a Zoo that's in the middle of the Rain Forest! It was beautiful.. they had a white Bengal tiger, monkeys, etc. There was NO admission fee.. I really couldn't believe that. We ended the zoo with Ice Cream.. YUM! We jetted to see the Mauna Loa Factory and made piggies of ourselves sampling all of the chocolates! Next stop.. Waterfalls... We saw a total of 3 different waterfalls... The Akaka Falls are awesome.. only down fall was while in the Rain Forest "mosquitoes" struck! My poor ankle was attacked! It got so bad my entire ankle swelled beyond recognition! :(
Thursday, August 2nd
Today was the day to go see Sea Horses... We read a flyer and thought it sounded cool to go pet Sea Horses....WRONG.. it was a total RIP OFF.. we paid way to much to be stuck outdoors and poor Dom wasn't able to touch them because he was too young... arghhhh
SO to beat the heat we went to Spencer Beach and had a wonderful time
Friday, August 3rd HAPPY BIRTHDAY PAUL! Can you believe my brother is 37!
We were beat, so we took it easy.. We hung out at the pool the majority of the day, then went to the Hilton for Lunch and to see the Dolphins... We then ate dinner at Ruth's Chris... I LOVE that place!.. The steak is amazing!
Saturday, August 4th
Almost our last day... we went shopping and tanning... what a relaxing day!
Sunday, August 5th
Our last day on the Island.. tomorrow we would be back on the mainland... Since our flight was late, we went to the Place of Refuge and swimming... It has truly been a great vacation!
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I love that you loaded up your pictures onto flickr! I was able to show them to my dad when he was up today. YAY! He loved seeing them on slideshow. My personal favorites were of the kids eating their toes!
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