Aloha!!! Well we are finally back from Christmas and our long trip to Hawaii. Hawaii was beautiful and exceeded my expectations. We left on 12/29 and flew from New Orleans to Dallas to Honolulu. Below is a picture I took from the plane as week landed.
We stayed at the Marriott on Wakkii beach for three nights, went to a Luau and rang in the New Year watching fireworks on the beach. Here is a picture on the beach.


Monday 1/1 we got on a cruse ship and sailed to Hilo on the Big Island. On Tuesday in Hilo we got to see an active volcano and actually got to see the lava flowing into the ocean!!! Here is a picture of me standing on the volcano with the steam coming out of the ground. It was so hot in some spots it burnt your hand to touch the ground.

Wednesday we were in Kahului, Maui. Here is a picture of us leaving the boat to go snorkeling and whale watching.

Thursday we were still in Maui and got up at 3am to watch the sunrise from 10,000 feet on a crater. It was freezing!!! We then biked 27 miles down the crater back to sea level and by the end of the trip we were in shorts and a t-shirt. Here is a picture of Rob on top of the crater.

Friday it was back to the Big Island in Kona. We went snorkeling off of a catamaran and saw tons of fish.

Saturday and Sunday we were in Kaui and Rob finally got to play golf, while I did a little relaxing on the beach. Here is one of the many pictures Rob took on the golf course.

Monday it was back to Honolulu and time to go home. On the way to the airport we stopped at Peal Harbor to see the Arizona Memorial and the USS Missouri.

The dogs were so excited to see us and a BIG thanks to mom and dad for watching them for such a long time. It was an awesome trip and I am so sad to see it end. However, to remember the trip I took about 400 pictures!!! So if you want to check them out I have posted them on Kodak Gallery. Enjoy and I can’t wait to tell you all more about the trip when I see you!

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