Yellowjacket bee sting

Can you tell which hand got the bee sting?

Queen of Crab catching!

Stacie is the official winner of our crab catching contest!

Crab Crazy!

Fishing

Grace and Lee have been fishing for our dinner all day! Unfortunately, we may settle for pasta instead.

Wow, am I tired! I am allowed because I am on vacation!

Coconut

Kat and Kelly found a lost coconut from the ocean and were able to crack it open on a rock (like the Hawaiians).

More reunion

Our family friends Grace and Lee from NorCal met us at the beachhouse too!

Baby Kalena with gma and aunty.

Reunion at Kualoa Ranch

Kat met up with us at the Kualoa Ranch beachhouse!

No "Go Airlines"

Our flight from Kona back to Honolulu was delayed for 2+ hours again. I am officially renaming Go Air to No-Go Airlines. Another customer called them Stop Airlines. No more Go airlines for me!

My favorite breakfast food on the Big Island!

Papayas, pineapples, malasadas, and miso soup!

Free movie at Queen's Market

After dinner, we enjoyed watching Inkheart at Queen's Market.

Our resort "Ocean Tower" in the back

More swimming at the HUGE pool

Awesome lagoon!

More standup surfboard paddling

What a day!

Our Kilauea caldera tour took about 3 hours to complete. We walked, descended, and climbed through some rough rocky paths. Our tour guide was awesome! I highly recommend it to everyone. On our way back now.... We are exhausted.

Jamie, tree, and the volcano.

What a combination! Nothing else around.

in the caldera

Smoke in the background.

Going on a volcano tour

29 miles left to the volcanoes

Famous Ken's pancake house?

Arriving at Hilo.

On our way to see the volcanoes.

Funny! Kelly and Jody paddle boarding...

Turtle swimming at the Hilton Waikaloa Lagoon

We were there!

We left our mark on the beach at Pololu Valley.

Near top of Kohala Mountain

On the 250 highway at 3500 feet.

Pololu valley / beach

It was quite a hike down rocky terrain.

Art projects from Camp Menehune

They made pillows cases!

Enjoying some snack outside

Snacking outside our room before we head out for a hike.

View from our room

Star Gazing adventure

We just got done with a star gazing event. Fascinating what we can see here in Hawaii. The Milky Way is clearly visible!!

Dinner at Sunset

Dinner at the KPC restaurant with a sunset view!

Riding on the Lagoon boat

Going to dinner after an afternoon swim!

More delays...

Flight delayed another hour... Very frustrating...

On our way to Kona

We are on our way to Kona this morning. Unfortunately, our flight on Go Airlines was delayed 3 hours. Bummer...

Baby Kalena

The girls' cute little cousin Kalena. She's such an adorable and good baby!

Kelly relaxing

Kelly relaxing on Aunty Kathleen's couch with her bear "Uncle Belly". And watching Golf with daddy and Uncle Russell.

Honolulu marathon clinic

Here early Sunday morning with Russell, getting ready for a long run up Diamond Head.

Digging!

Why dig? Just because.

Playing at Ala Moana beach

Lots of kids!

We are on vacation and where did all these kids come from? Just kidding. We are having dinner with a bunch of friends.

Ice Palace

There was an unexpected service disruption when we were going to see the Mighty Missouri and the Pacific Aviation museum. So, we went ice skating instead.

USS Bowfin

Hula girl ornaments

More cute gifts.

Bed-N-Breakfast at the Lau's

Yummy!

Reunited with Mom in Hawaii

Unpacking in our room at Auntie Muriel's house.

On our way to Hawaii

The girls and I are traveling to Hawaii today. Marilyn drove us to the airport. We had a good flight. We just watched movies...

Leaving Skippy at Gma and Gpa Lin's.

Sand turtle

Kelly and Jody made it.

More of Albert and Tiffany

Albert, Tiffany, and their girls

Visiting us briefly today...

Canoe with dad

I need a BIG hug!!!

Any volunteers?