Best of Hawaii

Our family trip to Hawaii in March with the Browns was definitely a once in a lifetime trip that was perfect for little tots. We were lucky enough to have Space Available from Travis Airforce base in San Francisco work out for us. We stayed at cabins on the beach at Bellows Air Force base. We stayed for a week and went to a Luau, our favorite restaurant Haliewa Joe's, saw our friend Sami and her family, hiked, went to Dole plantation, and the guys even got a golf game in. Here are some of our favorite pictures from the trip and I won't bore you with all 300 we took there. 

Beach babes

 Sunrises on the beach

 The babe tent!

 Dole plantation pineapple maze

 watch out for those puddles Ellie!

 "Mom that isn't a pineapple!"

 Ohh the sass

Shaved Ice!

Daddies being good sports getting their hair done

Dole Plantation

Luau at Hale Koa

Ava not amused with Daddy's Happy Hour jokes

The pig!

My minis

delicious dinner!

We all learned how to hula!

too loud for Ellie

loved our mornings on the beach

The three amigas!

Lighthouse Hike

Hardcore hike with all the adults carrying a kid - lucky mine was in utero!

The craziness of our rental van

Visiting Pearl Harbor - everyone standing where they were born. I represent Teeny Babe

Ferry to the monument

breathtaking

Junior Rangers with the Arizon flag

The guys making breakfast for us and dining in our back yard.

Mahalo Hawaii- One of the best trips thus far!

We rode back in Space A in jump seats with a giant aircraft engine. (Yes Ellie tried to climb up there)

Jump Seats and ear plugs

Aunt Jen the super mom and aunt!

Ellie's first haircut

Did you miss us? Things were wild for a bit with setting up the house, many trips to Lowes, trips to Monterey, trip to Hawaii, day trip to Sequoia National Park, and an Easter party. I will try to catch up the blog as much as possible on all these fun events in the next week or so. I'll start with a milestone for Miss. Mini: Her First Hair Cut!!!

Ellie was insistent on keeping her long locks of hair and only wanted a trim. I couldn't believe how still she sat for the hair stylist. It shows that our girl is ready for first dentist appointment next week. You can't tell a huge before and after effect but all the split ends are gone. We were all still shocked that this wild woman WILL sit still for beauty procedures. 

Office space

Ava and Ellie have inherited the desk I used as a child in their room. This has become Ava's homework desk. During homework time she told me her and Ellie were hiding in their "tents" from the lions. She said she couldn't work with this "craziness" and needs an office. What 4 year old has an office?

In the meantime, she prefers to do her homework on the bottom shelf of our office "away from the lions" until I can rectify the situation. We might rearrange their walk in closet to make an office for them. Oh how I cherish these moments with my studious high maintenance 4 year old!