Diamond Head and Shopping

Today me and Aunt Kelly went hiking at Diamond Head. It was really fun and pretty. The only problem was that I'm really clumsy! I actually did better than I thought I would. There were people who were out of breathe while I was just a little tired. On the hike we had to go in this tunnel thing and I was worried that a bat would fly out at me!!! 
After hiking we went shopping with Granny, Emma, and Sophie at Ala Moana Mall in Waikiki. I bought two things at Aunt Kelly's favorite store Nordstrom's. We went shopping and then we went to the food court to get ice cream. Then we shopped a little more. When we were almost done Aunt Kelly was trying on sunglasses and Emma decided to put a lot of sunglasses in her little bag.  Aunt Kelly didn't notice until granny was like Emma what are you doing??? It was funny xD. Bibi :)
Here's a few pics of me and Aunt Kelly on the top of the mountain

 Here's a few pics of the view from the top of the mountain

The restaurant we went to for dinner

 Emma and I at the shoe store

 The sunglasses I bought

Surfing Day 2

Today we went to White Plains Beach to go surfing. I caught a lot of waves today! I am also kinda getting used to the taste of salt water. You get a lot of water in your mouth even when you try not to. What happened to me was I fell off the surfboard and when I popped out from underwater and when i opened my mouth to breath a wave came and pushed me back under. Also the board pearled a few times on me. When the board pearls the front sinks down and you fall off and the board pops straight up in the air and comes crashing down. The first time I didn't realize it so I didn't put my arm over my head. Thank god the board didn't hit me though. The second time it pearled I fell and put my arm over my head and it almost hit me but again it didn't. The last time it pearled it crashed down and hit me in the back. 
Today, I caught one really good wave. I stood up on the board and I rode the wave until it wasn't really a wave anymore. Then another wave right behind it came and I caught it before I could fall. I didn't last on the second wave that long. I was on it for like 1 second then I finally fell. When I was done we had a picnic on the beach and I got a sunburn. After dinner we went out to a ice cream place. Sophie kept going into the kitchen so finally they put a ladder there so she couldn't get back there. That's all we did so bibi you wish you were here :P
Here's a few pics of me surfing

Lanikai Beach - Day 4

Today we drove to the east side of the island. The drive through the mountains was beautiful!!! When we got to the beach we sat there because it was chilly. The sand was like flour and the water was really pretty. Uncle Tony went out swimming really far!! Then he let me borrow his snorkeling stuff. I didn't go out that far because I was afraid of sharks. Then I sat on the beach. After a while I decided to go back out snorkeling and I went out farther. I saw a few fish but then I was worried about the sharks again. I came back and Emma wanted to leave so we left. The drive back was pretty also. That's all we did so bibi :P
me in the snorkel stuff

 me sitting in the water

 me and Emma

 me and Emma

 me in the water

Surfing - White Plains Beach

Yesterday we went to white plains beach. It was fun!!! I got to learn how to surf!!! It's a lot harder than it looks. You have to swim but with the board against the waves which takes a lot of energy. Then you have to turn around and wait for a good wave. Once one is about to come you have to start swimming on the board back towards the beach. Then you have to wait till you know you caught the wave and jump up with one foot in front of the other with your knees bent and then you have to balance on the board. Then when you fall you have to fall a certain way also or you would hit your foot on a rock. For dinner we went to Chuck's. It was a really long wait so I took emma to go look at the fish. Then when we went to the table Emma couldn't sit still and she had to pee every 5 min!!! That's all we did so bibi :)

me surfing :)

 me surfing... again

 me holding the surf board :)

 me sitting on the surf board :)

Beach Time :)

Today we went to Ko Olina. It is a lagoon that has a beach and water...blonde moment!  I went in the water with Emma but it was cold so I mostly laid on the beach tanning. :) Then I wanted to see if the salt water would burn my eyes so I went in the water and swam out and went under water and opened my eyes and accidentally opened my mouth. It tasted BAD!!! But at least it didn't burn my eyes. Then we went to a mexIcan restaurant and ate food. That's about it. Bye :)

Me and emma at Ko Olina

 Ko Olina the lagoon

Sophie and I tanning :)

 Emma and I eating at the mexican restaurant

First Day in Hawaii

This is Mayah... Aunt Kelly is making me guest blog for her while I'm here. :( So this morning my grandma woke me up at 4 am. Then I had to get in the car and go to the airport in Chicago. I got on a plane that was about 5 hrs long that went to San Fran. In San Fran me and my grandma had to get on a different plane that took over 5 hours to get to Hawaii. It was loooooong!!!! Then when I got here I got a lei from Aunt Kelly and we went swimsuit shopping :) Then I got to tan with Emma, my cousin, in the back yard :) After that we went out to eat at some sushi place. At the sushi place all I ate was french fries and some weird chocolate mousse type thingamagig.  I've been up for 21 hrs straight so I'm going to bed.. gn -_-!

Emma and I tanning :)

Emma and I right after I got off the plane

 Granny and I

 I got bored on the plane... lol :)

Emma and I eating french fries :)

 Me right outside of the airport in Honolulu :)

Lani Kai and Whale Watch Cruise

Lani Kai Beach is a beautiful beach on the east coast of Hawaii.  From what I've been told, it is best to go during the week because you won't find parking otherwise.  The sand is so fine and soft and the scenery is just breathtaking if you ask me!  I wish I had taken a picture of where we parked because you just have to park on the side of the road - no parking lots here.   We went the other weekend with our friends Jenn and Brian and their 2 kids.  We didn't exactly get there as early as planned but it worked out because it was a bit cool and very cloudy - well it did stop these haoles (what the locals here in Hawaii call us white people, ha).  My friend Jenn, aka mommarzzi, took some great pics!  


Sophie and I enjoying a little stroll on the beach

Sophie having some fun in the sand!

 Emma having a little fun too!

 I seriously couldn't resist any of these pictures with Emma's pants falling down - plus look at that blue water!

 Allie and Emma running around - Emma has a ways to catch up with Allie's tan!!

 This is really one of my all time favorite Emma pics!

 I love that I have chubby babies - i love those thighs!!

 Hmmm...sand isn't so good!

Allie and her daddy, Brian, and of course Tony and Emma - ADORABLE!!

On Sunday, we took a whale watching cruise with our friends Jenn and Brian.  Jenn's parents, who live on the island, watched their kids and Jenn's sister, Alison, watched my 2 (plus her 4, wow she is way more brave than me!).  We started off by having a few drinks before our 11:15 boarding and those bloody mary's  were just wonderful!!  We boarded the boat and Jenn and I immediately had a lava flow (my new favorite Hawaiian drink).  Our trip started off so great until Jenn got horribly seasick!!  There was a wind advisory out and the water was pretty rough - didn't really bother me but many people were getting sick!  Well, the captain spotted about 3 or 4 whales but I only really saw 1.  The water was so rough that it was hard to spot the whales and their blows.  The one whale we saw, Tony got a few shots.  We probably would have had more pics but our photographer, Jenn, was a bit under the weather!  Regardless, Tony and I had a great afternoon.  The humpback whales only come to Hawaii to breed from January though April, I think ??, so we really wanted to make sure we got to see it.  


OMG, this picture makes me laugh so hard - There's Something About Mary??

Waikiki Beach, I think?

Jenn, not feeling so hot and I think Brian taking a snooze!!

First and only sighting...

I was really excited Tony got the tail!

Diamond Head Mountain

Just a pretty shot of Waikiki Beach

Tony and Brian trying out the ukuleles

Do you think it was windy??