Aloha! Pulvers Hawaiian Vacation

We spent a magical week on Oahu! We did many wonderful things, including enjoying the beautiful and tranquil resort with its fun pool, seeing the big waves at the North Shore, taking in the awesome beauty of underwater life, enjoying a memorable luau with fire knife dancers, and experiencing the exciting streets of Waikiki. Best of all was sharing special times with our family, and many wonderful moments between the boys and Grandma and Grandpa Mann.








We visited the wonderful Waikiki Aquarium







During our down time, we played lots of cards, especially war. Grandma and Grandpa got a kick out of Max's animated facial expressions and the way he played war against himself and talked to an imaginary opponent. The boys also kept us entertained with a funny song and dance from Max's school "There are no bananas in the sky in the sky, there are no bananas in the sky in the sky, just the sun and the moon and a coconut cream pie, but there are no bananas in the sky in the sky!"


We had a lot of fun in the pool with its waterfalls, cave, and dark, tunnel waterslide! Max wasn't tall enough for the slide, but he passed a swimming test and was able to go - he loved it! It was funny, he said that he "won the swimming contest."


Max and Grandpa had fun in the jacuzzi. Max was impressed with Grandpa's "rich" teeth (i.e., gold teeth).











Miles met a friendly street cat

Playing on the grass at Sandy Beach, on the southeast side


Miles and Ron snorkeled Hanauma Bay Park and saw awesome underwater life!





Miles in front of a sign displaying much of the underwater life he saw

Tram ride up the hill after swimming and snorkeling

We watched stingrays and hammerhead sharks get fed