Hawaii 2012

Oh Hawaii. How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.....
Pictures are worth a thousand words, and let me tell you I took about 1000 pictures. Here are a few:

 Our awesome neighbors, and their two kids, (above)

We had a great time staying in Ko 'Olina on Oahu. I think heaven must really look like Hawaii. We had beautiful, perfect weather and a great time! We spent a great majority of our time at the beach and the pools. Morgan got to do a surf lesson, we had shaved ice, and shopping. We even saw the Hunger Games on opening day, because someone in our family is a little bit obsessed. (Logan has read the series 8 times.) We went on a sailboat tour to see whales. Some saw the tail of one whale, but Matt and I sat at the back of the boat, one of us (not me) had their head buried in a bucket and didn't see a thing. (Not the best part of the trip.) We went to the north shore a few times, saw the temple, and beautiful beaches. We went to the Dole Pineapple plantation and to the flea market. We were even so lucky to be in Hawaii at the same time as our awesome neighbors in Oklahoma. Our hotels were right next door! We got to go to dinner with them one night, and had a great time catching up. The kids snorkeled, and built sand castles, watched sand crabs, and painted t-shirts. The kids were literally hanging on the palm trees the morning of our departure, because nobody wanted to leave. I'm already dreaming of the next time we can go to Hawaii.......