Hawaii

I am finally getting around to posting about our Hawaii trip.  Despite a few set backs (like a 5 hour delayed flight and two of the four days having inclement weather), we had a blast!

The first night there was no sunset because of bad weather so we were happy that by the second night we got to see one. That is Black Rock behind us and there was a lot of good snorkeling there. (This was our beach right in front of our hotel)

Every night there is a torch lighting ceremony which ends with him diving off Black Rock.

This was the sunset on our third night.  So beautiful!

We went on a pineapple tour which was fun because we got to learn about the history of Maui in that area.  We also got to pick our own pineapples!
It takes pineapples 18 months to two years to become ripe.  These ones were just about to be harvested.

Here we are with our loot!  We brought these back with us on the plane to eat at home.  (We also got to eat pineapple picked right out in the field... hmmmmmm.....yummy.)  They were so delicious and it was fun to share with the kids.


This is a view from our hotel room.  When we got there Jason whined about what a horrible day we'd had because of our flight being so delayed and they upgraded us to a partial ocean view. 

This is a blow hole we hiked down to see just north of Kapalua.

We went to the Old Lahaina Luau and it was really fun.  

We went on a snorkeling excursion and on the boat ride to our spot we saw some humpback whales.  One time they went under for a really long time and then when they came back up they were really close to the boat.  You could totally hear the blowing noises.


Jason and I on the boat before snorkeling.  It was so windy they couldn't go to Molokini but we still had fun here.

Jason diving deep.  When he dove down he could hear the whales singing.

Me snorkeling.

Two sea turtles.

We did snorkeling, snorkeling, and more snorkeling!  We saw sea turtles almost every time we went out.  They were even at Black Rock right on our beach.  We saw lots of puffer fish, trigger fish, unicorn fish, eels, and Jason even saw a shark!  He was so mad that he didn't have the camera with him.  Too many other fish to name but it was really fun.

This whole trip would not have been possible without Nana! Nana watched the kids while we were gone and we are so grateful.  We have never been away from them since Andrew was born, so that makes 8 1/2 years without a break.  Thanks Nana!!!!!