Hawaii Trip: Part 1 Lanai

Sunday November 4th: We left for Hawaii and we flew into Honolulu then we were supposed to take a flight from there to Lanai the same day. Here are the kids and Dustin on the plane to Honolulu 🙂

The flight going to Honolulu was really bumpy cause there was a lot of turbulence, luckily all 3 kids were sleeping for the last hour of the plane ride so they didn’t get scared or anything. After we landed we went to go wait for our flight to Lanai and it kept getting delayed and after 4 hours of waiting it got canceled and we had to rebook for the next day. Luckily Dustin’s family lives in Waipahu so we stayed there that night. Here we are stuck at the airport.

 

 

 

Monday November 5th: We headed back to the airport to head to Lanai and this time the weather was perfect and the flight was really fast, only about a 25 minute flight. When we got to there we were greeted by Dustin’s family then we took the shuttle so we could check into our hotel. We stayed at The Four Seasons Resort at Manele Bay, which was an absolutely beautiful place! This was the view from our balcony.

This is the beach that you can walk to from the hotel

The view of the hotel from across the beach

This was the hotel’s pool which the kids loved so much!

The girls wanted to walk around the hotel grounds because they had pathway’s, waterfalls and tons of Koi ponds. The concierge desk in the hotel even had bags of fish food so the kids could feed the fish.

After we got all settled in at the hotel and the kids took a nap we took the shuttle to the other hotel on the island which is also a Four Season’s Resort called The Lodge at Koele (we stayed at The Lodge on our last night in Lanai). The Lodge is very close to where his relatives lives so they picked us up there and we went to his Uncle Steven’s house. Then we went to go visit his Grandparents, their house was right around the corner so we took a short walk to their house. Here we are with Dustin’s Grandpa at their house.

In front of their house they had a macadamia tree so the girls were cracking them open with Dustin’s Dad.

After visiting with Dustin’s Grandpa we headed back to his Uncle Steven’s house where they were getting ready for a 80th surprise birthday for Grandpa. All his kids flew in to surprise him so it was a like a little family reunion. We left to go back to the hotel around 8:30pm since the kids were really tired.

 

 

Tuesday November 6th: The girls wanted pancakes for breakfast so we ordered room service and they set it up out in the patio, which the girls loved

After we had breakfast we got ready to go swimming in the pool.

Dustin swimming with Ari

Riley kicking in the water 🙂

Dustin and Nick playing in the water

After hanging out at the hotel pool for awhile we took a walk down to the beach and hung out down there for a little while. The girls didn’t like it there too much because there were lots of waves and Ari said she saw a sand crab that was going to pinch them (but Dustin and I didn’t see one). So we headed back to the hotel gave the kids a bath, had lunch and they took a nap.

After they woke up we took them to the kids play room. It was a really nice big place and was split up into 3 rooms. They had an arts and crafts center, a movie room, and a play room. The girls got to color for a little bit then played with blocks and puppets for awhile before we left to head to Dustin’s Grandma’s house. At his Grandma’s house we met his Uncle Alec and his new wife Auntie Norraine, who just got married this past October. We also met Dustin’s cousin Tyler and saw his Auntie Mei again. Here’s us with Dustin’s Grandma before we headed back to the hotel. Can you tell the kids were really tired 😉

 

 

Wednesday November 7th: First we met Dustin and his family at The Lodge at Koele for breakfast.

After breakfast we went into town and walked around for a little while. The kids played in the playground and we even got some ice cream. Then we headed back to Dustin’s Uncle’s house to hang out while Dustin left to go 4-wheeling with his Dad, sister, Auntie Julie and Uncle Steven. Dustin’s in the red 🙂

Later that day we checked out of the hotel at Manele Bay and checked into The Lodge at Koele. Here’s a picture of The Lodge.

 

 

Thursday November 8th: This was our last day in Lanai, first we had breakfast at a restaurant in town then went to the school to say goodbye to Dustin’s cousins. They only have one school for the whole island and it goes from kindergarten to 12th grade! Here we are with Dustin’s cousins and his Uncle Joey.

After that we went back to the hotel to get all our stuff ready and to wait for the shuttle to take us to the airport. While we waited for the shuttle we walked around the hotel grounds a little bit. First the girls wanted to play croquet

 

Then we walked to the flower garden

It was about time for the shuttle to arrive so we headed back towards the hotel. This is what Nick was doing the whole time 🙂 just hanging out.

At the airport everyone meets up with us again to say goodbye. It was so great to see you all and hopefully we can visit again soon!

 

 

 

Hawaii Trip: Part 2 Oahu

Thursday November 8th: After spending four wonderful days in Lanai with Dustin’s Mom’s Family we headed back to Oahu to spend the rest of our trip with Dustin’s Dad’s Family. The plane ride back to Oahu was really short, but Ari was so tired she fell asleep.

When we arrived in Oahu we went to Dustin’s Aunt’s house and got settled in. Later on that night all Dustin’s aunts, uncles, and cousin’s came to the house to have dinner and to meet me and the kids for the first time. Here are the cousin’s with their families

Arianna and Riley got along great with Dustin’s niece’s and wanted to hang out with them the whole trip 🙂

Gabryn, Jordyn, Jazmyn, Jayme, Riley and Arianna

 

 

Friday November 9th: We decided to go to the Dole Pineapple Plantation since Riley wanted to ride the train there and I wanted some pineapple whip…..YUMMY!

Waiting for the train

On the train 🙂

Having some fun at the plantation

After we were done at the plantation we grabbed some lunch and headed to Ko’Olina to go swimming at the beach coves. The girls loved it so much because there weren’t any waves 😀 The majority of the time Nick was sleeping in the car so I stayed with him. But here are the girls with Dustin.

When everyone was done swimming we met Dustin’s family at a restaurant for dinner then headed back to the house.

 

 

Saturday November 10th: Kim and Chad’s Wedding!!! We went to the Ihilani Resort to attend Dustin’s cousin Kim’s wedding. It was a very beautiful hotel and wedding. Here are me and the kids waiting for the ceremony to start.

The beautiful bride Kim and her new husband Chad.

Our family at the wedding

 

 

Sunday November 11th: We went to the Aloha Bowl flea market with Dustin’s Dad, Uncle Vic and Auntie Linda. Dustin’s sister Kelsy, her boyfriend Brandon and their family friend Trisha also met us there. We walked around the whole stadium and got little souvenirs. Here’s some pictures from the flea market.

When we were done shopping around we headed to Dustin’s cousin Donna’s house to have lunch with her and her family. While we were there we also celebrated Dustin’s cousin Crystal’s 20th birthday which was the day before and Riley’s 3rd birthday which was coming up in a couple of days.

We ended up staying there all day since the kids were having a blast together. After we ate dinner the kids all took baths together and had to borrow clothes from their cousin Jayme. Thanks Jayme for letting the girls borrow clothes and thank you Jordyn and Jazmyn for giving the girls a bath 🙂

 

 

Monday November 12th: We went to the Water Park with Dustin’s Uncle Vic, Auntie Linda, Grandma Siruno, Jordyn, Jazmyn and Jayden. We were planning on going to the Ko’Olina beaches again, but since it was Veteren’s Day we thought it might be crowded so Dustin’s Auntie Linda offered to take us to the water park. It wasn’t crowded very much and the kids had so much fun! Arianna was going on the water slides all by herself, but Riley would only go with Dustin’s Uncle Vic 🙂 Then everyone watched our kids so that Dustin and I would be able to go on the big water slides and we had so much fun!!! I haven’t been on water slides in years!

Here’s Riley sliding with Uncle Vic

Arianna sliding like a big girl 😀

Floating down the river with Jazmyn, Jordyn and the kids

 

 

Tuesday November 13th: We hung out at Dustin’s aunts house until it was time to leave for the airport.

 

Saying goodbye to some of the Siruno family before leaving for the airport.

Thanks for letting us visit! We had so much fun with everyone and we hope to see you all soon!!!