Sunday, November 17, 2013

Part 5: Flashback to Hawaii Summer 2011

Macademia Nut Farm and Iolani Palace

We did a short stop in to this little place

 Think of a flavor...they had it.  And the best part is they had bowls out to sample everything!







 Nuts in the raw


Iolani Palace Tour in Honolulu

 When Hawaii was once it's own kingdom, this is where the royal family resided.


 Just a cool tree I loved.

Coronation gazebo


Natalie and I slipper up, she was excited to be old enough to go in for the tour.


Unfortunately, we weren't allowed to take any photos inside the palace.  I really enjoyed the tour here though and learned more about the royal Hawaiian family, their advancements in the world, and the mistreatment of them in the end.


Waikiki and and The International Marketplace

Fun outdoor market


Check out the trees above us!

 Once again, I loved the amazing banyan trees




It was really crowded that day in the market...so I took extra precautions.






 Just a lil' of the local scenery


 *And that wraps up the week that Sandberg Grandparents joined us in Hawaii.  It was a great time, and we loved sharing a little bit of our lives there with them.


Part 4: Flashback to Hawaii Summer 2011

Waimea Valley and Famous Shaved Ice

 
This was a kid friendly, lush green walk to some waterfalls to swim in. 
Waterfall in background



Rebecca and girls venture in

The falls





Daily rains in Hawaii, here Natalie takes a sip
 


Some of the green of the walk



Shaved Ice!!

The most famous and best shaved ice joint on the island...Matsumoto's for us again

 

The sheer excitement of it all!
I can't lie...I liked it too




 Thank you Matsumotos.  I'd wait another hour for your shaved ice all over again.








Part 3: Flashback to Hawaii Summer of 2011

Dole Plantation


 
 Out front...Amelia is getting sick of pictures


 They had a fun little train ride for families

 

The Pineapple Express


Not many pictures of me cause I'm usually the one taking them.  Baldy Sam and I.




 We really enjoyed the Dole Plantation Botanical Gardens

 Bananas

 Impressive tangled roots going on here

 More roots 

 Giant leaf

 Doing what mommies do


 In the gardens


 Love the beautiful plant varieties and colors


 Cool phone tour

 Sample pineapple field

 These are teeny little things


 Even Natalie liked the phone tour

 Loved the red plants

 Pineapple heads




 Sugarcane...I think...

 Bubs and grandma






A delicious pork and rice and pineapple lunch