Hawaii Happiness!

Our trip started by surprising the boys that they were going with us. They thought that only mom and dad were going...again...by themselves. So when we checked them out of school and asked if they wanted to go with us, they were so excited!!

We went with some of our favorite people, the Mason's and the Coomb's. Although we didn't see the Coombs as much as we would've liked to. The Mason's stayed with us in the house and so we had a lot of fun...especially because the twins love their daughter's Abbi and Kenny. They were troopers, Bobbi is sick all day with morning sickness and Rizz hurt his back before we went, so he couldn't lift anything...not even the kids. But they kept up with anything that we wanted to do.

I have so, so, so, many pictures (and they are all way out of order)...but that's because we had the best time ever and we were on the go all the time. What a great vacation!!

Had to get a family picture in.

Boys acting like monkeys in the tree...Ryder really wanted a banana!

Look at those muscle men, off to board in Waiop'io Valley. Rizz, Hunt, Greg

Beautiful view of Hawi...we hiked down to the beach, not to play in water, but in forest of trees and swing on ropes.

Bobbi, Kenny and Rizz at Lua'a last night.

Ryder & Peyton in Hawi

True love! They were like this alot!! Abbi & Peyton

Thanksgiving Day. Melinda, Bobbi, Cathie, and Christy (cathie's sister)

Our non-tradiditonal Thanksgiving dinner. Took ham and turkey to beach with rolls and pie...it was great and so much fun to spend it with the mason's and coomb's!

We saw a little sign off one of the dirt roads and of course greg, hunter and austin had to check it out. It was this cool little place to swim, close to one of the beaches we had just been to.

Sea turtle sun bathing.

Greg's sand skills: Austin as merman

Again Greg's sand skills: Peyton as mermaid.

Always flexing those muscle's. Getting ready to board at Waiop'io valley. Awesome black sand beach that you have to 4-wheel drive down to.

Melinda and Ryder at Lua'a. Ryder's been funny with his smiles, but look at that sunset!

Rizz & Greg at Lua'a

Beautiful sunset at the Marriott where we were at Lua'a

Hunter got chose to dance at the Lua'a. Shake those hips, Hunt!

Ryder just hanging around! (kona house)

Hunt on paddle board at the Hilton...great man/sea made area for us to play in.

Greg, Peyton, & Ryder on paddle board. Those things are hard to balance on...can you imagine the local's that are out on the real waves.

Peyton watching the dolphins at the Hilton.

Regular occurance...at least one of the twins peeing somewhere...ususally where they shouldn't be.

All my guys practicing their budda pose at the Hilton.

We bought nine throws at the guy in the tank and I got him with the last throw! This was downtown Kona. They close off the main street every third sunday and have vendors everywhere.

Greg did NOT hit the target.

Hunter did NOT hit the target. Only mom!

We stopped at a park for lunch and Hunter saw the local's playing football and was itching to join in...he doesn't stand out, right?

Abbi & Peyton...so cute!

At history site...lot's of lava and sooo hot. Lot's of red faces after this visit!

Hunter pretending to torment Aust. Usually he's not pretending!!

Kids playing ancient board game...something like checkers.

Greg's sand shark

Greg & Hunt admiring the end result...what a great sand artist greg is!!

We went to Mauna Kea beach one of the days...one of the best beaches in Kona and you have to have a permit to get into because it's behind a hotel. Hunter and I went out snorkeling and it was lot's of fun!

Bobbi and Rizz first day on beach (Hapuna beach)...hang loose!

Austy with snorkel mask ready for a swim.

Ryder and Austin checking out the beautiful flowers.

Austin playing in sand. He really likes playing in the sand...I think more than the twins.