Last week in Hawaii; finally, home sweet home

Our last week in Hawaii we stayed at Marriott's Ko Olina Beach Club Resort on the west side of Oahu. Our room was awesome, and the resort was amazing. They had these really nice lagoons where there were no waves so it was perfect for the kids. Kelly and Kai loved the ocean water. If we weren't on the beach, then we were at the pool. They had a basketball hoop and volleyball net inside the pool so Tika, Kami, Juli, and Curt were able to have a good game of two on two bball. On Monday we took my family to the north shore and had a lot of fun. We started by going to world famous Matsumoto Shaved Ice, next stopped at shark's cove where we enjoyed some amazing snorkeling. We saw a turtle, a couple of eels, an octopus, and quite a few schools of colorful fish. We finished our day at the Polynesian Cultural Center after eating a feast at Tika's parents house. On Friday we had to check out of the hotel so my family left and Tika and I went back to his parents house for the last two days of our three week vacation. On Saturday morning Susan watched the kids and me and Tika went on a really fun hike to Maunawilli Falls. It was an hour hike into the falls and it was really cool cause it felt like you were in the middle of a jungle. There were green mountains, trees, vines, and bushes everywhere you looked. Once we got to the waterfall there were about twenty other people there cliff jumping into the water hole beneath the falls. We had a fun time. Later that evening we ate the best meal of our vacation at Turtle Bay's Saturday night Alaskan King Crab/Prime Rib Seafood buffet (a dream come true for Tika). Sunday evening we caught the red eye flight home, and back to reality. The flight left at 10:30 p.m. Hawaii time, and got into SLC at 7:30 a.m. Utah time. It was a long flight but luckily Kelly fell asleep ten minutes into it and slept the whole flight. Since we only had three seats for the four of us, Kai, Tika, and myself got our own seats, and Kelly ended up sleeping on the floor just below Kai and my feet. All in all we had a great family vacation. The last few times we travelled we only brought one of our two children so it was nice to have all of us together. Big thanks to Tika's family for letting us stay with them, and Juli for providing us with the accommodations at the resort.

***BEWARE OF THE PICTURE OVERLOAD!!!***
Tika was like a kid in a candy store on this hike, he loved all the big treas greenery.



Kelly got to sleep in the bathtub at the resort, she actually loved it!
Grandpa went to China while we were there and he brought the kids back the cutest little outfits!
We were so glad we got to go to all of Tialie's volleyball games while we were in town!
Kai is so happy all the time! He really is the best baby.
A friendly game of 2 on 2?
Kelly has no fear of the water. She will just go jump in, it's kinda scary!
Thanks again for everything mom.
My little baby isn't really a little baby anymore! At his appointment this week he weighed 26lbs!

Snorkeling at Sharks Cove.The delicious Matsumoto Shave Ice.

Thanks to the Wesley's for letting us use there Van while we were there, it was a perfect fit! (Add my mom on my lap)