Hawaii--part one: Oahu

It has been so long since I blogged I'm not even sure where to start. I still have all of December to blog. So many lovely, fun things happened. However, I think I'll start with the now and work backwards.

On Jan 5th, when T should have been going back to school, we were boarding a plane for Honolulu. We were suppose to board at 9 am but our flight was delayed until 2 pm. Really! On the bright side, we got food vouchers. On the sad side, 5 hours we could have been enjoying the warm weather in Hawaii was GONE. (And you know every second counts.) This is T and A with their cousin A. S's brother and family came with us. They have three children also, so it gave my girls someone to play with. Plus, there was another fun family to do things with. It was lovely to have them.

We stayed in Oahu three nights, two and a half days (since we were robbed of Monday). Here's some quick highlights of our time there.

These first pictures are of a place called Turtle Beach. It's a safe area, free from sharks, so turtles hang out there. You can't get very close, as there are volunteers that make sure no one bothers the turtles, but you can snorkle there as well and swim with turtles. We did not, but you can:) The turtles are fun to see, plus there were crabs (which the kids loved) and starfish.We stopped at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saint's Temple and visitor center in Laie. However, we passed on the Polonesian Cultural Center. I'm bitter and don't want to talk about it:) (We've been there before, but it's fabulous.)

We spent most of our time at the beach and pool,Ate lots of good food, and snorkled at Hanauma Bay and Waikiki.

Just a bit of trivia for you. Ms. A threw up in the car on our way to Hanauma Bay. T is an experienced thrower-uper and is very good at keeping all the contents in the throw-up bag. (We always grab extras from flights and stock the cars.) Clearly, A needs more practice. The throw-up bag was practically empty but the back seat was a mess. Hooray for rental cars.

We left Oahu on Thursday afternoon and flew over to Maui for 6 days, 5 nights. The girls were sad to leave and didn't quite get the concept that we were just going to another island. T, I hope, has finally figured out that Maui is part of Hawaii. She liked to tell people we went to Hawaii and Maui.

A wasn't sad to be leaving--She was just grumpy!