We usually spend part of our trip with Dallas’s classmate, Billy and Ging. We’ve stayed with them in California and Hawaii, even before Makai was even born. Makai has known them since he was a baby and LOVES staying at their house with Damien, Hoku and Ka’eo. On this trip, unfortunately, Ging and Damien were in Seattle for the week, but we were able to hang out with them for a few days when they returned to Hawaii.
The kids have grown up on the beach. It’s just a couple blocks from their house. I think Makai was there every day!! This time he loved learning to body board with Uncle Billy and Dallas. Last time we visited there were a bunch of portuguese man o wars. This time there were far less, but Dallas did get stung once!
We drove to Honolulu to go to a barbecue at Nalani and BJ’s house. Makai mostly hung out with Kanehoa and Kula’ilua, watching TV and playing games! Dallas’s classmates Shannon and Keoni.
Won the best aunty award by taking Hoku, Ka’eo and Makai to McDonald’s for lunch (20 pc nuggets!) and then later taking them to Dave’s Ice Cream in Waimanalo.
We were on Oahu, but I seemed to have a Maui theme going on!
Shima’s is the local Waimanalo grocery store that I like to stop into. Their poke selection is insane!!!
Billy and Ging have a great backyard and we spent a lot of time relaxing, playing, eating, shooting basketball and doing archery out there.
Ging and Billy and especially Hoku, really enjoy gardening. In their yard there are so many tropical fruits growing! Banana, taro/kalo, breadfruit, coconut, pineapple, dragon fruit, mango, papaya!!!
The family dog is a pharaoh hound mix named Sandy.
Billy and Ging are not coffee drinkers, but there is a cute cafe a few blocks from their house. Each morning I took a relaxing walk to the Kalapawai Cafe to get iced coffee and then took a relaxing stroll back home.
Ging and I had a nice dinner out at Roy’s Goen. It is nice to connect away from the kids and husbands!
Ka’eo’s birthday was on our last day of vacation. We all went to Fishing Farms Hawaii to fish for tilapia. It was so much fun. The kids loved it! When we got 4 larger sized fish, we gave them to the employees to cook for us! Damien, Hoku and Ka’eo were so into it. I think Makai was a bit grossed out!
After lunch we went to another area to catch prawns. There were a ton of animals over there just hanging out!
After all the birthday fun, we went home and showered and headed off to the airport! Crazy thing was that we saw Steve and Amy and their kids at the airport headed back to O’Hare! They were visiting family on Oahu. Crazy.
- June 24 – 27: Dropping Makai off in Arizona
- June 28 – July 18: Kauai Cousins: Makai, Grace + Niko
- July 17 – 19: Celebrating 10 Years at The Royal Hawaiian
- July 19 – 26: Kauai in July
- July 26 – 29: Honolulu
- July 29 – Aug 2: Waimanalo Friends
- July 17 – Aug 2: KC on Vacation