Cindy & Jon in Hawaii: December 2006 - Robert & Shana's visit

Robert, Shana, Cody and Chase came to see us for Christmas! They were here for 2 weeks and we had a great time! We had hundreds of pictures, but here are a few. This was first time visit for all of them, they were so excited when we told them we'd be living here.

Aloha! At the airport

We decided to buy a palm tree and let it be our Christmas tree. It's now outside, hopefully we can use it next year!

We put cookies out for Santa Claus! But Chase didn't quite understand this concept. The bottom cookie is the one that he decorated and left for Santa - the one he'd taken a bite out of! Santa understood though and left Chase lots of presents!

All the guys got a t-shirt, it's santa with a reindeer sunning on the beach - cute!

Christmas Day we went to the beach! Love this picture!

Love this picture, too, okay, I love them all!

At Bellows Beach. Chase, who's 3, just jumped the waves, didn't want to go in. He liked playing in the sand better, and chasing birds.

Cody loved the boogie board!

We had a picnic for Christmas dinner! Chase is cold, all wrapped up, eating his chips. His parents want them all to eat healthy, but he loves his chips!!

Dole, fun place to go, great gift shop & great Dole whip!
we did the maze, they say it's the world's largest!

Picture below taken after we'd climbed Diamond Head. Notice Chase has chips?Notice that we're smiling? We're on the way DOWN! This staircase has 99 steps!

Ko'olau Mountains

One day we went to the Polynesian Culture Center, where we 'visited' 7 islands, saw an IMAX movie, went to a luau and a show - a great day!

This is a traveler's palm, one of our favorites, though not technically a palm. Cool, isn't it?

The green sea turtles are awesome! They weigh up to 300 pounds and bask on the beach here. We always see at least one when we go. They can stay under water for almost 3 hours! Come to the shore and take a rest!
Kicking back at Sunset Beach
Robert & Cody discuss whether they should go in the water. They decided not to take the boogie board, it was dangerous swimming that day. They went in the water and got thrown around!
Shaved Ice!

This is a trunk from the Rainbow Eucalyptus. This one is at the Honolulu Zoo, isn't it amazing?