There’s not much more to be said about Hawaii that I haven’t already said, but I’m going to talk about it anyway. This trip was the first time the entire summer that all four of us were in the same geographical location. We stayed at the Halekulani and a wondrous time was had by all!

In addition to 10 days in paradise, we also were fortunate enough to have Yinan and her mother join us for a few days. It was great to see Yinan again and meet her mother. We really have missed her!

view from the Halekulani

Other highlights of the trip include:

• Surfing lessons for the kids
• Segway tour up to Diamondhead (the boy, in particular, thought the Segway was amazing)

Amelia Earhart lookout

• Helicopter tour of Oahu

view of the USS Arizona at Pearl Harbor (you can see the oil still leaking from the ship)

Oahu

• Dinners at Chef Mavro, Nobu, Town, and Alan Wong’s
• Shave ice at Uncle Clay’s House of Pure Aloha

the best (!) shave ice

We jammed a lot of other things in as well, but these were the high points. The only sad thing about our trip is that we had to come back!