Catching Up Part 4- Hawaii

In September, my side took a fabulous vacation to Hawaii. This was a particularly special trip because we had planned to go a year ago, but my sister Brooke ended up in the hospital a very, very sick girl. Although she wasn't able to be with us because she can't travel, this trip meant our family was healthy and whole again.

Aloha!

Hanging at the condo with the cutest nephew in the world.

Spouting Horn

The Grand Canyon of Kauai

Up at the top- it got too dark to take really good pictures, but it really looks a lot like the Grand Canyon. Amazing!

We got to take a helicopter tour of the Napali Coast

So many waterfalls! It was amazing because the pilot flew us up a mountain and the all of the sudden the mountain dropped off and we were in this incredible canyon.

Allen and Cait

We also went kayaking up a river to a waterfall and pool we could swim in.

Hiking to the waterfall

We were told by our guide that her company strongly encourages people to not go behind the waterfall for safety reasons, but if we were not going to listen, to enter and exit from the right. And what do the Sangsters do?

We don't listen

and all go behind the waterfall.

How could you not?

He's so cute.

In our kayak

Laughable that I thought I had a belly!

Have to go to a luau!

Benji on the tram that took us to the luau site.

Dinner! Yum!

OK- so this guy was literally sitting in front of us during the show. His hat was so big we could hardly see around him! So aggravating and funny we had to take a picture.

Playing at the beach

So these are some pictures from my dad's camera. It was too much work to integrate them all together, so these are out of order. These shots are from our kayaking adventure.

Cute Paige

Cute Cait

Exploring the crazy vegetation

Before we went, we hit up Wal-Mart to get matching water shoes.

At the resort certifying Cait to scuba dive. My dad is a scuba instructor.

I had to post this random picture of us at the condo. I was laughing out loud when I saw this! You know how you get pictures of people in the middle of talking and they look funny? I thought it was hilarious that all 3 of us in the picture looked ridiculous.

Getting ready to scuba dive. I couldn't dive because of being pregnant and JD isn't certified yet, but the rest had a great time!

They also went on the zip line. Again, JD and I bowed out because of my pregnancy.

Dad's pictures of the luau.

At the beach

And to end the post- pictures of the most adorable B-Dub.

Playing with Grandpa's tongue.