I guess the coffee dried up. Sunny had a beautiful birthday. It was a great day. Before I get into what we did today, I need to catch up on yesterday. We hung around the pool in the morning – Sunny is still recovering from her ailments and needed some rest. In the afternoon, we went to the Botanical Gardens and it was so beautiful. Ella was a great hiker. You’ll see from the pictures that we went pretty high up. Today we started the day feeding the koi (like every other day) and then we had brunch for Sunny’s birthday at the hotel. Ella ate really well and at the end, she had chocolate fondue. She was in heaven. We went to the St. Regis beach again today. It was beautiful out and we got to see a lot of fish. I think I have PTSD from seeing that eel the other day because I couldn’t handle snorkeling over deep holes in the coral. Tonight we went into Hanalei and had a great dinner at a Japanese restaurant. We came home and some people who we met here sent a little cake over to our room for Sunny’s birthday. Happy Birthday Sunny. We love you a lot.
Ella feeding the koi on Saturday.
It takes a lot of hard work to get on the turtle’s back!
Sweet Ella at the beginning of the botanical gardens.
Resting by a little stream.
Check out these crazy trees!
Going over the troll bridge.
Water break time!
Not so bad for a self timed picture.
Heading back down. Check out that cool mountain.
Some nature shots to show how beautiful this place is.
Having shave ice after a hot hike.
Feeding the koi today.
Ella is the captain of the kiddie pool water polo team.
Chocolate fondue heaven.
Relaxing after a big brunch.
Sweet and mellow at the St. Regis beach.
About to go to dinner for mommy’s birthday.
A rare photo of the 3 of us after dinner.
Ella the ham.
Ella took this one of Sunny.
Here is the little cake and card that Sunny got from our friends who we met here.
What a beautiful vacation! I love the hike pictures; looks like quite a climb. And I love the shot of Ella as water polo captain. Love you all. Mom