HAWAII DAY SEVEN

Day Seven we spent the early afternoon at Kualoa Ranch hiking with Moroni, Arish and Kiddies...BEAUTIFUL views...I could not get over how LUSH and VIBRANT everything was!

Enoch and Moroni

Arish and I...Not too sure what Look I was going for, but this is the best out of three shots...WOW...that sums it up!!!

Christian, Makela, Enoch, Ian, Moroni, me and Austin

Coming back down the TRAIL...we drove most of the way

Moroni drove us up to our 5 minute hike in this very stylish...hmmm...don't even know what they are called...but it was a CRAZY ride up!

CHINAMAN'S HAT

At the Tropical Farms....Macadamia nut farm...YUMMY!!! Moroni and Arish introduced us to a friend of theirs...Sorry can't think of his name...but he does a show there at the farm(we didn't see it)...but Super nice guy!

That evening Jake, Brooke, Enoch and I sat in the dimly lit BEACH HOUSE...now called the DEPRESSED HOUSE...the REALITY was we were just hours a way from catching our FLIGHT back home...Good news was it was a direct flight...Sad news, we still had so much we wanted to do...so my last thought is "we'll be back!!!"

HAWAII DAY FIVE AND SIX

Day FIVE...

I forgot my CAMERA...But Brooke had hers, so you may have to link to her BLOG to see those pictures...We went to the NORTH SHORE on FRIDAY...we bought MATSUMOTO'S SHAVED ICE...YUMMY!!! We walked around a little and looked in some little boutique's...then we stopped by a SURFING COMPETITION that was going on...it was really COOL...Then we headed over to CHOLLO'S to eat lunch...Just a heads up we ATE out of CONTROL...we weren't even hungry half of the time but that didn't STOP us. Later we headed back to the BEACH HOUSE and Moroni, Arish and kids came and played out in the OCEAN for a while and then we played ROCKBAND for a little bit and ATE unfortunately AGAIN!!! It was a GREAT DAY!!!

Day SIX...

I don't think Brooke or I took PICTURES this day...the SISTERS ran over the the SWAP MEET again to get some last minutes treasures!!! Then we headed over to Mililani and stopped by WAL-MART to get some more HAWAIIAN TRINKETS and CHOCOLATES to pack into our SUITCASES!!! After our little shopping spree, we stopped by one of Brookie's favorite THAI restaurants...it was AWESOME!!! Then Brooke drove me around the side of the Island that I hadn't seen...past the DOLE plantation, etc...Returned to the BEACH HOUSE...we laid out, snorkeled, kayaked, the Jake surfed, Enoch used the paddle board...I saw SEA TURTLES...they were so cute!!! That night we went out to a CHINESE restaurant with Moroni's family...it was fun to spend time with them!!!

HAWAII DAY FOUR

Day four we started out with a little private tour from Moroni...Brooke, Jake, Enoch and I are all big LOST fans...so Moroni took us around to some places where scenes's had been shot...The cast was there filming but we didn't get to see any of them...Sad...oh well we are just anticipating the new season!!! So below is a picture of us at the Submarine used in LOST :) also you can see my adorable little Nephew Ian...He was his dad's companion!!!

Brothers...Moroni and Enoch

Another scene location from LOST

That afternoon we headed over to the PCC for some entertainment and food (of course). We spent about 7 hours there...it was very fun!!! I loved the night show!

The Canoe parade or something...anyway all the different islands came out on canoes and danced...my very favorite dancers are from Tahiti...I want one of their skirts so BAD...I was checking them out in the gift shops, yeah they are about $400...SAD!!!

The COCONUT climbing tree guy! He was great, he was having a little trouble with his costume, looked like it was going to fall off...Can you imagine! He was just one of the many performers we saw through the villages! The one's we were able to visit were great!!!

One of the other villages I think it was NEW ZEALAND, Enoch and Brookie tried out the Poi balls ( I think that's how they spell it :)) They did great!!!

Enoch and Jake showing off their TATOO'S (Don't worry they are washable)!

Stephee and Brookie showing their's off too, they were REAL TATOO'S...PSYCH!

Enoch and Jake learning to dance like the Tahitians!!!

Brooke and Steph...we apoligized in advance for anyone sitting behind us!!! We sure had a fun time pretending like we knew what we were doing!!!

After playing at the VILLAGES we headed over to where they were holding the LUAU!!!

The PIG they cooked...That is actually kind of GROSS...but I sure didn't mind EATING it!

HAWAII DAY THREE

View from Highway...day THREE...SHOPPING at the SWAP MEET...Brooke and I actually had to make a second trip on Saturday morning...I may end up having to buy a suitcase just to get all the crap I bought home!!!

At the official SWAP MEET sign

HUNDREDS of VENDORS await CRAZY TOURISTS like myself...as you can see I had to pick up some HAWAIIAN wear, hence the shirt and jewelry...I couldn't help myself!

THE STADIUM

JAKE and ENOCH outside of PEARL HARBOR

SISTERS....Brooke had been to Pearl Harbor two or three times before this, she was trying to be a good sport...I enjoyed it...Thanks sister for tagging along...like you had a choice :)

And the FLOWERS...I cannot get over how BEAUTIFUL the flowers and pretty much everything was!!!

HAWAII DAY TWO

Day two we started out with hiking behind Enoch's brothers house (Moroni) headed through part of Kualoa Ranch. It was BEAUTIFUL. I love to hike, I guess you could call it long walks out in nature and this was amazing.

Guava picked right from the tree...I think it tastes a little like grapefruit.

Jake climbing the coconut tree the easy way

"DUKE" Moroni and Arish's Dog...AKA...The Tour Dog! Hopefully we didn't wear him out too much!

Views from the Hike

Then on to locations where movies had been filmed...very fun!!!

Enoch husked a coconut and was showing us the face on it before he cracked it open

Jake drinking from the Coconut...hmm...tastes a little like water

A tiny baby Gecko

The GUYS went BOOGIE BOARDING while the girls relaxed

We went to DUKES in WAIKIKI and had a GREAT dinner!

BROOKE AND JAKE

STEPH AND ENOCH

Of course we had to have DESSERT...we shared HULA PIE!!!

The four of us at dinner