Hawai'i: It's pronounced (hə-vä'ē), you Haole!

We did it! We went forth on another successful trip to the beautiful island of O'ahu. We stayed with our gracious hosts Bob and Sonya Sabatini in Pearl City. They made us an offer we DIDN'T refuse: they would buy us tickets to see The Police in Honolulu if we bought tickets to come to Hawai'i. Unfortunately for them, tickets to Hawai'i were unusually cheap this February, so we made the journey across the Pacific! My long time friend Mitrah came as well to visit her father, Ken in Waimanalo. Here are some pics - enjoy!





Here is Dane right after we arrived in Honolulu. He's got his Hawaiian shirt on and he's ready to go!



Mike is taking a look at the map just to make sure he's on the right track before he takes us on our tour to the North Shore.




Dad! Are we ready to go or what? SHEESH!



On our tour, we went to Queen's Bath in Laie - here is Mitrah standing atop the cliffs!


The day after we arrived, Mike took us (including Mitrah) all around the island on a tour. This was taken at Pipeline on the North Shore.



While we were there, there was a casting call for duos impersonating Higgins and Magnum P.I.. Dane and Mike didn't get the part, but WERE cast as understudies.



Look at that wave peeling in the background at Pipeline. Ah, it's good at the North Shore:) They had some of the biggest waves people have seen there in years.



We ended up in Waikiki and hung out on the beach there. Dane had his first taste of sand as he shoved a whole handful into his mouth. One would be inclined to assume that he wouldn't want to do that again. Not Dane. TWO handfuls of Waikiki sand in his mouth. I'm sure it felt good coming out the other end:)


Dane was a tired boy after that day. We dragged him everywhere - he slept soundly that night!


After all that dragging, we went out that night with Mike's friend Jamie until 10:00pm! Dane was a trooper! He stayed up and partied!



Dane just wanted to show off his Hawaiian outfit:)


This is the beach in a town called Waimanalo where Mitrah's dad lives. It was absolutely perfect as the waters were crystal blue, the winds were calm and comforting, the sand was silky soft and the mountains were lush and inviting. It was a heavenly day as we spent 7 hours on the beach. Time flies!




This was taken at the Buffalo Big Board Classic surf contest at Makaha. Mike had just gotten done surfing, although there wasn't much surf that day:)



Dane was having fun watching the surfers, but he was more interested in when he would eat his next meal!


There's Mike, stand up paddling! (insane workout!)



Again, Dane was pooped. There seems to be a theme here, doesn't there?



This was our last night on O'ahu and we all went out to this nice place called Longhi's. Sunkissed and fancy free:)

Oh, here's a little tidbit from the Police concert. It was epic:)

There are SO many more pictures, especially of Dane, of course. I thought we'd just give you a little peek at our trip so you could get an idea of how AWESOME it was! Love you all and thanks for reading our blog!