Up bright and early for our last day in Hawaii. Oahu to be exact. We love that Embassy Suites free breakfast, especially the omelette bar!
Looking up at our lanai. Far left row, about 4 from the top.
Olivia's fever is finally gone! Tanking up for our hike to Diamond Head, which was something she really wanted to do so we did!
Diamond Head from the side (photo from internet)
Ariel view of Diamond Head (from internet)
The view of Diamond Head Crater from inside.
It was originally called Laeahi by ancient Hawaiians, which meant "brow of the tuna."
Later, British sailors in the 1800's say calcite crystals in the soil glimmer from a distance and mistakenly though it was diamonds.
Chloe and Liv modeling the sign.
The beginning of the path
View from half way up
The top of the crater was used at Fort Ruger, a military defense of Oahu.
We had to go through all sorts of tunnels and stairs to get to the top. Kinda weird on a nature hike.
Almost there
The last stairs to the lookout
Honolulu from the top
Crater from the top
Again, THE COLORS!!!
Caught on camera and video!
Olivia, still recovering from being sick needed a ride part way down after she ran part way with the big kids (who ran ALL THE WAY DOWN!)
It's funny because just before this Russ and I were watching this couple carrying their baby and their toddler and he commented on how his kids don't need him to carry them anymore. I said "I wouldn't be so sure." Then we caught up with Liv who was too tired to run the rest of the way with the big kids and about 1 minute later she said,
"Dad, I'm tired. Will you carry me?"
After the hike we went to the same mall we did on our first day!
Just like our first picture of the trip! Except they're tanner and Tess is here!
First picture! So pale!
Rustin finally got to go check out the Ferrari Store.
Keep dreaming!
Red hot!
Ferrari even smells good.
Chloe and Liv playing dress-ups
Lunch at the food court. Rustin's new hat!
Mmmm. Chloe's and my sandwiches
Chloe's and my favorite purchase, Hibiscus flower clips.
We stumbled onto this little section of Japanese shops and wished we'd found it earlier because it was getting close to time to take off. Russ did manage to find a match to Rustin's Hawaiian necklace.
New cool knife.
Home in AZ safe and sound! 1:00 in the morning and ready to load our stuff into the car for the last time! We stayed at 4 different places, flew on 4 planes, rode on 8 shuttle buses, and rented 3 mini vans.
We were not glad to be home but glad to be done shlepping our bags around!
In the parking lot ready to head up.
View from part way up. More video to come!
All the kids at the very top! We made it!
Here is a nice 360 view from the top of Diamond Head!
3 comments:
What an awesome adventure!!We LOVE Hawaii, and would love to take our kids one day! Love all the fun pictures, looks like you had the time of your lives. Fun memories for your family!
WOW!!! what a fun vacation! I started looking at all your pictures a few days ago and now i just finished. you like taking pictures as much as i do. they are priceless. looks like you all had a blast. your kids are at good ages. we want to take our kids in the next year or so. brenly and addison will be great, we are still debating about our little chloe. when we flew to utah for the funeral, she was a bit naughty on the plane. i was telling matt he needed to take a look at your pictures of hawaii. things are good with us. we miss you all too. looks like you are all so busy with all the sports your kids are involved in as well. keep in touch- love ya :)
Your photo-logs are too cute! Way to document a great trip! You all look soooo cute! :)
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