we took a wonderful vacation to hawaii with russ's parents and his sister's family. it was great to be with them for a whole week uninterrupted. we finally feel like we are getting to know eliza. she is just darling. we stayed on the western shore of oahu at the marriott ko olina beach club, and it was beautiful! we had so much fun together and wish it didn't go by so quickly. it's difficult to narrow down 400 pictures for the blog. here are a few, though, of our trip...
mia and george were very excited to finally arrive at the resort after a long day of traveling...
they were even more excited to go to bed!
mia just HAD to have this hula skirt! how could i say "no"??
we went to haleiwa on the north shore to get some world famous matsumoto's shave ice.
mia sure loves her grandma dolores, and grandma dolores sure loves her!
both kids love nature more than anything else. whenever we walk anywhere, we stop multiple times to look at a tree, pick up leaves or smell a flower.
a passerby at the j.w. marriott offered to take our picture. the grounds there were immaculate.
we hired a photographer to take our portrait out on the beach. here is the whole group.
it makes me so happy that the kids love each other!
the cousins...
mia opened an oyster and found twin black pearls inside! it's rare to find twins!!! grandma dolores had them made into earrings for her, so she has that to look forward to when she gets her ears pierced.
hilariously, i thought pineapple grew on trees (i found out the truth on our honeymoon)! this picture was taken at the dole plantation. i think pineapple plants are so cute!
i love this picture of eliza. she looks so thoughtful...
ridin' the pineapple express!
at the j.w. marriot, they had sharks and stingrays in their ponds! we had so much fun looking at them. a couple of the stingrays were 4-5 feet. the sharks were small-medium sized.
