No early morning swim this morning, how disappointing. We were out late at the wedding reception and Jeremy left early to go to Pearl Habor. We didn’t think it was something Ella could appreciate quite yet and I had been to Pearl Harbor on our honeymoon so I stayed at the house with the girls.
The memorial over the sunken U.S.S. Arizona
The decomissioned U.S.S. Missouri battleship
Late Wednesday afternoon Jason and Amber got married on the beach, it was a beautiful day. The sun was shining and there was a breeze off the water. There are a tons of pictures in the photo gallery of friends and families and the wedding itself. Jason and Amber were married by Captain Howie
And here are a few of us –
Wednesday morning we went swimming in the ocean again as soon as the sun came up, what a great way to start the day! Ella loves the water and playing in the sand. After cleaning up Jeremy, Sarah, Ella and Abby went to Dole Plantatin. Here is Abby on the way there
We took a train ride and learned all about pineapples and saw pineapple and other crops. I never knew how pineapples grow on top of the plants. Or that there were so many different kinds of pineapples.
After riding the train we walked around the display gardens and tried a pineapple whip, which is like soft serve pineapple ice cream. I wasn’t sure what to expect but it was pretty good.
As always more pictures in the photo gallery here
We decided to hike to the top of Diamond Head today. We decided to leave Abby and Ella with Grandma Dot. It was a good decision because there were over 200 stairs, an uneven path and it was hot! But the view was worth the work. Here are some pictures from the top…
More pictures are here
Up at 5:00 AM, which sounds earlier than it feels since we’re 6 hours behind New York time, so we went down to the beach to get some pictures of the sunrise over the Pacific and the surrounding area.
I took this one of some palm trees just off the beach. The moon is above:
More pictures in the photo gallery here
Each morning now we all go down to the beach to play in the sand (Ella) or swim in the ocean (Mommy and Daddy) while grandma holds Abby. Ella loves the water too but doesn’t like the salty taste.
Heading to diamond head in a bit. We’ll probably update again later.
Our first full day in Hawaii started early – 4:30. Once it was light outside we got dressed and went out to see the beach.
We then managed to lock ourselves out of our studio apartment. We had to remove a window and send Ella in to let us in. Ella saved the day!
After a late morning nap we went to go see Turtles on the North Shore . . .
More pictures in the photo gallery here