Saturday, April 17, 2010

Kona Village

We spent five days at the Kona Village to celebrate Maren's Dad's 60th birthday. Our hale was right next to a big fish pond, and Linnea had lots of fun watching the fish and ducks swim by.

A beautiful view from our breakfast table. Linnea kept insisting that she needed coffee. Now that I see the pics from that morning I think she had a point!

Burying her Auntie Alison in the sand.

Cultivating the glamorous look with Katie's sunglasses.

We went to a luau with lots of ono food, but all Nea wanted to eat was the poi. She wolfed it all down (we were supposed to share) and then proceeded to dip everything else she ate in the remnants of the poi. I think we have a real Hawaiian!

Laughing with Grandma B at the luau.

Celebrating Grandpop's birthday with a great dinner...

...although I'm not sure how much of it he got to enjoy. Linnea seemed to want everything Grandpop ordered!

Then she helped him blow out the candles - and of course eat the cake!

Playing Koala Bear with Uncle Hunt.

Checking out the Hawaiian petroglyphs with Mom. Nea was pretty unimpressed with the petroglyphs, but was really excited by the goats we saw along the way!

Nea's first kayaking trip! She was a pro, and looked adorable in her little life jacket.

The whole gang.

Nea spent hours filling beach buckets with sea water and then shoveling sand into them. Fortunately she had many willing volunteers (including Dad) to help her get the water.


The freezing cold beach showers were another favorite. It was almost impossible to get her out!


Time to go home!

1 comment:

Jniemack said...

Thanks for sharing these wonderful photos! xo Judy