Hawaii in 5 collages

Last April I went on a Hawaiian cruise with my mother-in-law and 5 sister-in-laws. While we were there we went to the Polynesian cultural Center. It was such a great place! The thought occurred to me while I was there, that I would love to go back and take my boys. I didn't really think we would be there so soon.

Fast forward 5 months, back in September. My friend found some amazingly cheap airline tickets to Hawaii. Never seen before cheap. After talking about it, Scott and I decided that if we are going to take them, now would be the time.

Here are the highlights.




+Sand races. I found this great little house right on the beach. Lots of sand and very few waves. It was perfect.

And yes, I do feed Taylor. I just don't know where it goes. In fact, during this trip, he ordered a medium pizza and ate every single piece, save one. He even grabbed some of his brother's fries while he was at it.





+A trip to the temple and the Polynesian Center. And I was right. They absolutely loved it.

Here they are sporting some tattoos.





+Viewing wildlife. We saw a giant turtle and 2 monk seals sunning themselves on the beach. We also went down to Hanauma Bay and snorkeled. Both Taylor and Bennett thought it was great. Owen had fun snorkeling on the shoreline and digging deep holes in the sand.




+Have I mentioned the sand? They spent hours building sandcastles outside our rental. In the evenings the tide would come all the way to the steps that lead up to the house. They were trying to build some kind of fort that would last through the night.
In fact a few of the boys ended up with chafing in undesirable places from being wet and sandy for days in a row. I'm positive we will find sand in our house for weeks.






+Swimming with sharks. Here is the only picture I took of Taylor and Scott in a cage with sharks swimming around them. I spent the time trying desperately not to throw up in the boat. My motions sickness kicked in big time.

+Eating pupu. My boys love talking, laughing and joking about bodily functions. Every last one of them. In fact it seems like they talk about that more than anything else. We thought it was appropriate for our last meal to have the name "pu" in it. They thought that was hilarious. The food was great too!

I have heard from a mom of 6 boys that poo jokes and such tend to peak at 12 years of age. I hope so.

+Now this was the highlight of the trip. Owen is my energetic child. He never wears down. Never. But we did it! After 5 days of running in the water he fell asleep waiting for dinner.

The boys were asking when we can go back before we even got home. I told them that if they could find airline prices for what I paid, we will go back.