Trip to Hawaii

These are some pictures from our trip to Hilo and Honolulu, Hawaii. These can't capture the beauty of the place, but hopefully it will give you an idea. It was awesome!

The view from our hotel at Hilo. It was stunning.
A small beach near our hotel.
Shoop kids with siblings of some of the bb players.
Our hotel at Hilo Bay.
We had a picnic in the park for Brian's 50th birthday.

Brenda and Brian in the rain forest at Volcano National Park.

Walking in a lava tube at VNP

The coaches in the Banyan Forest

" It's cold!"

This is in a garden in Hilo. There were tons of trees like this one--so cool!

Rainbow Falls

Fangorn Forest...actually it was this forest we found off the side of Rainbow Falls. The trees were enormas!

This man painted signs at the International Market. He did this one in less than 5 minutes. It was amazing! Can you see our name?

An aquarium at Honolulu

At the Honolulu airport we were greeted and adorned with leis

Hanauma Bay where we went snorkaling.

The view of Honolulu from our hotel balcony.

This is the view from the plane flying into Honolulu

We went to a Polynesian Cultural Center and ate at a luau. In this picture, Brian and Jesse are learning from one of the Polynesians.

We went to Pearl Harbor and walked on the U.S.S Arizona...it was incredible.

Jesse went surfing for the first time and did really well.

Youngest four at Waikiki Beach.

Diamond Head as seen from our dinner cruise.

Shoop kids on the cruise with Honolulu in the background.