Tuesday, March 30, 2010


Christopher's past Hawaii Trips

Kailua-Kona, October 2007

His first trip to Hawaii he was 6 months old. There were 7 of us on this trip. My Mom and step-dad, Christopher, his dad, me, my sister Mary and her little boy Scotty.

Chris and his Mommie at Spencer State Beach


Uma Uma Falls


Look at those blue eyes!!!

Rainbow Falls with his Mommie



Maui, February 2008

In February of 2008 we went on a quick trip to Maui. Lil Guy was 10 months old. There were 4 of us on this trip. Myself, the little guy, his dad, and my friend Alison. We were only there for two nights. My brother saved us by getting us a room at his timeshare in Kihei. We were a block away from the beach, and as we were walking to the beach on the first morning we could see the whales out in the water. It was so neat to see. I can't wait to go back to Maui and go on a whale watching cruise there! I bet its AMAZING!!


Chris watching the birds at breakfast

Kaanapali Beach


Oahu
September 2008

Chris, me and my step-dad took a little trip to Oahu to celebrate my finishing of my Medical Technology Program. It was a crazy two years to get that program done, but I survived it!!! And now I'm an ASCP board certified Medical Technologist....well now they've decided to title us as Clinical Laboratory Scientists. Oh well, I did it...and we went to Hawaii to celebrate!!!



At the USS Arizona, Pearl Harbor
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
Punch Bowl

Buddhist Temple
Battle of Nu'uanu Pali lookout


Waikiki Beach

Waikiki Beach with Diamond Head in the background


Kauai
February 2009

So I was finally able to convince my parents to try an island other than the Big Island of Hawaii. I convinced them that we should try the island of Kauai. I really enjoyed this island. It is so green all over the island. We did an island tour by van, air, and water. The trip by air was fun.... until a little boy threw up all over me as we hit the turbulence going over the Na Pali coast. We survived, but it wasn't very pleasant. We did a tour by van (that was originally suppose to be a bus, but ended up being a van). It got a little cramped in the van but, oh well, we were in Hawaii!! The boat trip was a lot of fun. Chris found a lady from Korea (I think) and immediately turned on his flirting and had her eating out of his hand in no time. We even made it to a few different beaches and enjoyed the sun and sand. I think that Kauai was a very beautiful island and I would love to go back!

at the beach with Mom

Chris even went out, kind of, in the water with his Gramma


Some pretty waves in the background


this was just such a funny face he pulled. This was at the Kilauea Light house lookout
there's the light house

Waimea Canyon. Think the Grand Canyon only with lots of green foliage on it, very pretty


Lil Man checking out the canyon

a waterfall in Waimea Canyon

and zooming in on the waterfall


Menehune pond

Menehune (Alekoko) Fishpond
Legends abound about the Menehune, an ancient race of "little folk" who made their home on Kauai. These mysterious people were thought to be very industrious and used their great strength to accomplish mighty feats overnight. The seaward end of the fish pond was left unfinished because dawn came before the Menehune had completed their work. Many generations later, the wall was completed. However, the stonework which closed the gap was far inferior to that of the mystical Menehune.

Spouting Horn, or Blowhole on the south shores of Kauai


Lil guy at the Fern Grotto



Mommy and Me



Lil Guy made some new friends


Lil guy hanging at the pool eating Oreo's

Island air tour, yup he's asleep

those were suppose to be my earphones, but he wouldn't let me wear them, so I'm wearing his
Waimea Canyon from the air

start of the Na Pali coast from the air (shortly before the little guy got sick)

a nice shot of some beaches near Hanalei Bay

The new girlfriend Chris made on the cruise

Mommy, Gramma and me

Lil Guy had the best sea legs of anyone on the boat I think (maybe because he was so much closer to the ground than the rest of us)

Beautiful Sunset


He loved playing in the sand!

cute toes in the sand

YUMMY Sand

Gramma and Me, enjoying the waves on our last day before we had to head back and shower and then get on the plane home



As you can see the little guy has had many Hawaiian adventures, and yet he is still asking to go more and more. His Auntie Shirley bought him a kick board, that is a good size for a surf board for him. So now he is asking me when he can go to Hawaii and go surfing. I told him if we can get him into swim lessons, then we will go surfing next year when we go to Hawaii. As of right now we haven't decided if we are going to Hawaii, or Kauai. We've invited my brother-in-law and his family to join us next year. If they go that will put the party up to 9!!! WOW......so I guess there will be more pictures of Hawaii to come :-) Hope you've enjoyed!



Monday, March 29, 2010

Hawaii

In March we headed out for what is becoming a yearly trip to Hawaii. This year we went to Kailua-Kona, on the Big Island of Hawaii. This was Chris' 2nd trip to the Big Island, and his 5th trip to Hawaii. He made his first trip to Hawaii to Kailua-Kona when he was 6 months old. Since then he went to Maui when he was 11 months old. He went with me and his Papa Bob to Oahu when he was 19 months old to celebrate his mommy finishing her Medical Technologist program. Then at 22 months we went to Kauai. He's starting to like the beach and the ocean now. I'm looking forward to many more trips out there with him. Maybe next time we will even try surfing lessons. View from our Lanai....yup thats the ocean out there
Jared and me on the whale watching cruise

Mr. Cheeser himself....on the whale watching cruise
His shirt says: "Grandpa's little Sidekick"

A cruise ship anchored out on Kailua-Kona

& of course the Lil Man