June 2010

Hello Everyone,
Tami's family (Mom, Aunt and brother) came to visit us for the past two weeks. Here's some pictures of their trip to the island. Most of these pictures are from the weekends because I had class during the week so I basically just went out for dinner with them during the week.

Well Tami and I got lots of fun car pictures because we just enjoy doing that. This is when we were leaving the parking garage to head to the North Shore.

This was when we were further down the road and out of the parking garage. Hahaha.

Tami and her brother, Jameson, are both dive certified so they went diving at Shark's Cove and myself, Tami's mom, Barb, and Aunt Sandy snorkeled.

This was the last time we saw Tami and Jameson before they came back up.

On our way back in we saw this huge sea turtle that just came up from between the rocks. It was so cool.

He was swimming to the surface to just chill.

He just hung out at the top of the water.

Also on our way back I saw the biggest pufferfish I have ever seen while snorkeling.

When we were done snorkeling and diving we headed back to Haleiwa and when to eat dinner at Jameson's By The Sea. So this is Jameson under the sign there.

We had to get a picture of all of us with drinks and everything. So from left to right its Jameson, me, Aunt Sandy, Barb, and Tami. Aunt Sandy and I both had the banana daiquiri and I would recommend it to anyone that likes bananas. It was very tasty.

After eating dinner we went down the road to Matsumoto's for some dessert. Aunt Sandy and Barb hung out in the car while we waited in line.

But of course waiting in any line for Tami and I always means a perfect opportunity for a photo.

But you gotta have a little fun because they can't all be just smiling. That is just too boring.

Getting very excited waiting in line.

The whole group with our shave ice. YUM!!!

The next day after going to the swap meet we headed back up the North Shore to Waimea Falls. Tami and I walked while the rest took the shuttle. We got there way before the rest did so again with the pictures.

We got Aunt Sandy and Barb up in front of the falls for a picture.

But before we got them up there Tami and I got up there for some pictures.

It is very hard (well at least for me) to keep your eyes open while up there.

This is our group picture in the water where we were trying really hard not to sink because we couldn't touch the bottom.

Had to take a group picture in front of the waterfall after playing in the water.

After the waterfall we headed to Turtle Bay Resort to Lei Lei's to try their oyster shots. It is an osyter, shrimp cocktail sauce and horseradish sauce. Tami, Jameson and I were the ones that tried them and all we could taste was the cocktail sauce but they weren't bad. I also got a Strawberry Lemon Drop to drink. After our appetizers we went to Giovanni's to have shrimp for dinner.

This was at dinner at The Chart House on the last night Tami's family was here. Tami just couldn't take a nice picture.

But we finally got one. It was lots of fun to have people over to visit. We helped them get around the island and they helped us move our stuff to the new place. Hope you enjoyed the pictures. Sending warm wishes and aloha kisses.