Hawaii again!

I know, Hawaii again!  Don't hate us!  We love our new timeshare!  We are trying to get our traveling in now before our new baby BOY arrives in April 2014!!!!!   We are very excited!  We actually found out that our baby is a boy on our last day in Hawaii.  We had fun celebrating.  Both Mike and I were prepared for another girl so we were a little shocked when they told us it was a boy!  This boy will complete our little family. 

My sister Mindy got to enjoy our Hawaii vacation too.  This was her first visit to Hawaii.  We went to the island of Oahu which has a lot of tourists and tall buildings.  I don't think Mindy was too excited at first, but we toured the island and found great beaches. 

Here is the view from our room complete with a rainbow...

Our resort was actually on the beach, but it also had a nice little lagoon where people were paddleboarding etc...

It only rained on us the first day when we were enjoying our resort's pool.  We didn't get much sun, but Kaylen enjoyed the waterslide.  Daddy took her over and over and over again.

Now this vacation was about the sun and sand but also the food.  Oahu has many great restaurants.  We went to Duke's right on the beach in Waikiki.  We saw an awesome sunset and had a nice walk on the soft sand.

Here are a couple of great pics of us with our leis...

We took an adventure around the island.  First we found a nice beach.

Mindy snapped these pics of Kaylen and someone's dog who was having a blast in the water.

Then we stopped for some famous Matsumoto shaved ice.  Kaylen of course loved it!  Another cool pic taken by Auntie Mindy.

We also stopped at the Dole Plantation and picked up a pineapple. 

Just a pretty picture with my favorite flower...

Since we had Auntie Mindy with us, we took full advantage and had a couple of date nights.  The first one we went to Alan Wong's.  Mike had been here once 8 years ago and has been talking about it ever since.  It was one absolutely amazing meal!  We got lucky and had a 5 course meal complete with their amazing coconut sorbet covered in dark chocolate!  Here's some pics...because its worth remembering.

The first 2 apps were this tuna and avocado yumminess and then a kalua pig grilled cheese and tomato soup.

The next course was lobster but I forgot to take a pic.  Then came this yummy fish!  The sauce was amazing!

Next was this short rib that just melted in your mouth!  Oh and some shrimp.

And last but certainly not least... the coconut sorbet wrapped in dark chocolate and coconut with fruit.

Ok no more pics of food.  But I just had to share!

We decided to take another drive and find a different beach.  Along the way were lots of places to stop and take pics. 

This one is Eternity Beach where they filmed the movie From Here to Eternity.

More beach pics...

We also went to Morimoto's restaurant and had a delicious sushi dinner.  We enjoyed the amazing view too.

Our other date night was at Sansabune Sushi.  When you sit at the bar, its omakase only,  meaning the chef will bring you what's on the menu that night.  They also don't give you soy sauce or wasabi.  This is how sushi is supposed to be!  It was like 13 different courses consisting of different types of fish.   It was so yummy.  We enjoyed ourselves for sure.

Here's a fun beach pic of Kaylen.  She really loved playing in the surf and letting it knock her over.

Here's a couple of pics from our photo shoot with Mindy.  You will see more later.

Here is Mindy's one souvenir from this vacation....she is stylin'!!!

And one more pic....a double rainbow!

We had a fabulous vacation with lots of great memories.   We enjoyed having Mindy with us.  Kaylen loved her Auntie Mindy time.  They had lots of fun.