Hawaii - Tantalus & Makapu'u

Everyday started bright and early. Between 7 and 8:00 depending on who you were... So we mostly got out the door by 9:30. Wednesday morning we went to Tantalus lookout. Here's downtown Honolulu in all it's glory with Diamond Head crater on the far left. It was a pretty windy day up there and as you can see, not much sun. But still a day for shorts!

Who knows what Jason is doing.... umm, eat your heart out?

We also went for a walk that afternoon to purchase some items including some swim trunks for dad in hopes for some beach weather in the next 10 days. We love Ross! Ashlyn also loves having books read to her! She would bring out her books and ask if you'd read to her, and who could turn down such a cute little face! She's definitely a smarty pants. Look at dad being such a good grandpa!

Thursday took us on a little hike to Makapu'u lighthouse. A little hike that was paved so that we could take the strollers. We first stopped at the blowhole... according to Jason's blog it's called the Halona blowhole. But I just remember it as the blowhole. Here's some water blowing out of the hole! And down below is a view of a beach... although I couldn't tell you which beach.

Though it was mostly cloudy, the sun did make a few appearances and since we were walking uphill, it did get a bit toasty. It was great weather for the hike. From looking at the picture below, you would think that Jason was very lazy since he's not pushing any stroller. But truth be told, he's just super wimpy and couldn't handle the task. Heh heh heh. Ok i'm lying, we took turns pushing the kids up, he did his part too.

Me and dad at the top. On the left is... sea world (i think) (i've been corrected.... it's sea life park...), and up the coast from there is... Kailua beach (i think) (it's not Kailua beach but it was a good guess on my part...). And that could be totally false information (and it apparently it was...). In any case, it is all very beautiful!

Makapu'u lighthouse from above.

And here's our happy cute little boy Jaxon! He slept all the way up and back down and woke up at the end in time to eat before we headed back home.

Flat Alix was also part of our vacation. Heather's niece Alix is doing a school project and so we took her around to some different places. I just thought I'd give you a sampling of some of things we did with her. Since it was so windy, we all tried to keep her from blowing into the ocean.

Flat Alix and Ashlyn on a park bench. So anyway, Flat Alix came on a few of our adventures.

When Jason went to work, dad, Heather, Ash, Jax, and I went on a walk around Magic Island and by the Ala Moana beach that Jason and Heather frequent. It was a pleasant afternoon and the sun even came out for a bit! We saw this bird on our walk and it looked like it might've been hungry. I really wanted it to swoop in and grab a little fish out of the pond so we threw in that animal cracker to try to entice the fish closer to the bird so we could see some action! The fish were smart though and stayed back a ways. But it was probably unnecessary because the bird just plopped himself there for a bit and then flew off later. Boring!

The fish did fight over the animal cracker for a while. I'm not sure if any of them were ever able to bring it down however. Oh well, it was good entertainment for a few minutes.

Anyway, next up is Diamond Head crater!