Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Hawaii/ Our stay at Aulani

At the resort 

same beach
 pretty beach!
 lava rocks
 area for expert swimmers

 a beach somewhere!
 The hula dancer guys practicing for the grand opening
 Snorkeling for the first time in the actual ocean!  We saw one fish!
 Wait!  Pose before you start swimming!
 me snorkeling
 Nick snorkeling!  There was a window you could look through from the outside, it was like a huge fish tank
 another flower
 flower... I promise it's real!
 in the disney- made reef
 chilling(literally) this was a man- made coral reef so the water was controlled to be cold for the fish!
 trying to smile while snorkeling
 crab we found when digging in the sand
 I am kayaking and my daddy is paddle boarding in the lagoon behind the resort



 photo- bombing :)
 parts of the ship visible from land

 ship under the water
 names of those whose lives were lost on 12/7/41  this year was the 70th anniversary
 Pearl Harbor memorial
 At aviation museum
 Talking to a mannequin at the aviation museum
 Mommy drinking out of a coconut! :)
 Cool picture thing in resort lobby
 Getting off the plane!

 Only in Hawaii will you see pineapple crush! :)
 Water at some island we paddle boarded to!
Sunset at the lagoon that is part of the resort


Hey guys!  Most of you ask me all the time about Hawaii and how amazing the resort was.  Well, it was pretty amazing!  Our room was probably never used because the resort had just opened.  We were even there for the grand opening.  Throughout the week we were in Hawaii, there were cameras everywhere and celebrities from different television shows.  We never really saw any we recognized because they all were filming at midnight or two in the morning because of the six hour time change.  Supposedly, Regis and Kelly were there(however you spell that) and so was the Today show.  Here are some pictures and !