On this trip Mommy didn’t bring her computer so we had to wait until we got home to tell you all about our trip. I’ll do my best to remember everything, but we were gone for a long time! We left Denver on Sunday the 10th. We had to go to Mark and Melissa’s wedding first on the 9th. That was a lot of fun because we got to dance all night!
Back to the trip, we flew from Denver to Oakland in CA. While Dad went golfing with some friends, Diane and Pony came to visit us in the hotel. They brought snacks and In & Out burgers. I tried to tell them they could come with us to the beach, but Pony said that vacation with 3 kids wasn’t a vacation. I’m not sure why, we had lots of fun.
On Monday morning we flew directly to Kauai. The lady at the ticket counter asked if we wanted to upgrade-whatever that is, so Mom said yes and we got to sit in the front of the plane with big seats.
I even got my own movie player and I didn’t have to share with Autumn because she was sitting with Mom.
When we got to Kauai it was still morning and when we got off the plane Allie, Grandma, and Grandpa were waiting for us! We were sooooo happy to see them. We all went back to the hotel and waited and waited and waited for our bags to come. Finally they came so we put on our swim suits and went down to the pool and beach. At the Marriott they have a special pool for kids-only about 1.5ft deep so we could play in there without any help. There was even a big slide, but I don’t like to get my face wet so I didn’t ride it. Autumn and Ryland did, but I think Autumn liked it the best. By the end of the week she was going up the stairs and getting on all by herself! After all that fun stuff I laid down to rest with Allie on the couch.
I know I played at the beach on my last trip to Hawaii, but I decided that I don’t really like the ocean. I don’t like how much noise the waves make. I do like playing in the sand though.
Brick Oven Pizza was dinner our first night. I’d tell you it was yummy, but I was passed out in the stroller. It was yummy 2 years ago though!
The next morning Mom woke up early because she said the time change was messing her up. She went down to the beach at our hotel and walked around in the quiet. She took some pictures of the sky and ocean-kinda boring if you ask me.
Look at this “weather” sign. It tells you what the weather is like in a very scientific way!
Then on Tuesday we stayed with Dad, Caitlin and Grandma while Mom, Allie, Jeff, and Grandpa went canopy zip-lining. They walked across bridges that were just slats of wood and slid down cables. When they finished they went to Hamura’s Saimin and got lunch for us. We shared noodles in the hotel room. That night we went to Roy’s for dinner. All the adults really like that restaurant and the dessert they have. I on the other hand missed another dinner because I was passed out in the stroller AGAIN!
On Wedneday Autumn, Ryland, Mom, Caitlin, and Grandpa went for a walk to find some breakfast. I was sleeping with Dad! There is a little hut right by our hotel that had really good smoothies. The babies shared a smoothie and had sweet bread french toast. What they didn’t eat they fed to the chickens that were walking around!
Dad went golfing and the rest of us went on a train ride. We had to wait patiently for our turn so Autumn found a flower for her hair, she and Ryland played with their trains, and I drank lots of juice.
On the train we got to see animals, plants, gardens, and poi ponds.
Here are some of my faces I make. Mom says I don’t look at the camera and smile anymore. She was trying to get me to smile.
We even got to get off and feed the pigs and goats! The only thing was they were feeding the animals the sweet bread we like to eat, so we all wanted to eat the bread instead of sharing it with the animals.
After the train we got in the car and headed to the west side of the island. I’m told we stopped for lunch and had fried terriyaki chicken and then went to have some shaved ice. I was napping, so I’m not sure if it was good or not.
Wednesday night we didn’t go to dinner-and I would’ve been awake! Dad took us to get smoothies, but the place was closed.
Thursday morning Autumn and I both got up to find breakfast. We ended up downstairs where we could buy a cinnamon roll and fruit. Then we took our food and sat at the tables that are above the swimming pool. It was very pretty there in the morning.
After breakfast we packed up and headed to the north shore. The adults wanted to try The Tavern, it’s a restaurant that Roy Yamaguchi owns. Outside there were tiny frogs near the grass. Auntie Cate even held some-ewwww.
After lunch we got to go to a new beach. There were only tiny waves there, but I still didn’t like the noises they make. When we got there we put on our suits, only Ryland didn’t want to wear his swim diaper.
Autumn and Ryland held hands so the water wouldn’t knock them down.
Finally, Ryland got dressed. It’s a good thing too because Autumn was starting to look at his front and wonder what was hanging there!
Grandpa and I tried to build a castle, but the waves and babies kept knocking it down.
We dropped Dad at the hotel so he could golf and we went to Koloa to shop and have ice cream!
Mmmmmm, ice cream is yummy, and now that Auntie Diane and Auntie Pony taught us about cones-it’s messy too!
Our last day with everyone was Friday. The babies went down to the pool for one last swim, and I chose to stay in the room with Dad and watch tv. Mom still can’t believe that we were on vacation in such a nice place and tv was what I wanted to do.
Auntie Cate bought us each a bucket with shovels and stuff. All vacation Autumn kept putting hers on her head with the strap under her chin, but she wouldn’t let Mom take a picture of her. I tried to do it too, but my head was to big, Ryland got is on with the strap too, but his head was to big and it got kinda stuck on there for awhile.
The next post will be about our time on Kona.
