Sorry for this major delay…work traveling and hard drive problems has delayed these, but hopefully I will be sharing more over the next two weeks.
Our first day in Hawaii was also our travel day. Traveling to Hawaii requires an 8 hour flight from Dallas to Honolulu. Traveling with 5 people takes a little more time than traveling alone. Once we finally arrived after our long long flight, it was around dinnertime. My very gracious friend and her husband picked us up at the airport with the traditional lei greeting. Then we drove to Waikiki, where my parents and brother were staying at the Outrigger Waikiki. The Outrigger has a wonderful little restaurant with a beach patio that has a wonderful view. We went there to eat and watch the sunset. Since it was Saturday night they had live music playing, which just made my parents and brother’s first impression perfect. After dinner we all crashed. The 5 hour time difference, along with a long day of planes, makes for an exhausted family.
Sunday was our first real day of fun. Michael, Shane, and my brother Eric got up early Sunday to go swim with sharks. YIKES!! They went with the North Shore Shark Adventures tour group. It was a big group of people. They went to the North Shore Harbor and then the boat took them out a couple of miles, not so far that they couldn’t see the shore. The boys said the water were so rough people were getting sick. They felt a little green but none of them got sick. They got to go into a cage for 20 minutes while sharks swam all around them. When the second group got into the water and they didn’t get near the amount of time the boys did because the water was so rough the cage broke off. They brought everyone back to the harbor. I think the boys were grateful, since it was so rough, but it was still a blast!!
While the boys were out enjoying shark time. Veronica and I had girlfriend time in bed talking and laughing. I snuck into her room after the boys left and we got to hang out. It was extra fun because she is 7 months pregnant and I got to talk and feel the new little man. After a little friend time, we got up and went to pick up my parents in Waikiki. We drove out to meet the boys on the North Shore for a beach day. I love the North Shore beaches. It is so beautiful just to drive the coast along the North Shore and watch the surfers. We hung out on the beach for a few hours before heading to lunch at Breakers. It is a little bar and grill in Haleiwa. You can find it in a little shopping area, which also has a great coffee house. They make an ice cream mocha drink that we all enjoyed for dessert.
After lunch we decided to drive up the coast of the North Shore and stopped to take in the view and get some wonderful photos. We stopped at a beach that is very popular for snorkeling. We didn’t snorkel but we definitely did some exploring. This was a lot of fun for my parents to see the most beautiful side of Oahu. The pictures speak for themselves.
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