Hawaii: Day 7 (08 June 2009)

We were lazy in the morning on day 7. Until now we had just about every minute planned out and now that we really didn't have anything going on we all just kind of sat around lazing. About 10 Anne decided (well, the kids had more to do with it than Anne) she would take the kids to go to the beach and do some more boogie boarding. This was always Sera and Evan's favorite thing to do. It is a blast after all.

It was a very beautiful day (as were most of our days there) so the rest of us took a little drive out to Laie Point.

Laie Point is a little peninsula that juts out into the ocean. The waves were crashing and the sun was shining. It was a perfect day to be outside. And look, we even got Laura to go out on a limb and stand on the ledge.
This is also the infamous place where Amy had her run-in with the ocean and a whole bunch of very sharp rocks, Poor girl! I could hardly believe she was still alive after seeing where she was standing and how sharp the rocks were. Can you say guardian angles!? Following our trip to the point we went to the Polynesian Cultural Center.

This is an amazing place. There are several "Islands" throughout the park, one for each of the major Polynesian cultures. Amy has some friends that work there and one got us in for half price. It normally costs about $80 a person so the discount was quite nice.

The grounds are beautiful and well taken care of. So many flowers and trees. This tree for instance is pretty crazy... if you look carefully you can see where it starts on the right side of the water, it goes up and over makes a big bend and comes back on it's self.

I think every ones favorite Island to visit is Samoa. Kap (his real name is way too long and complicated to put here) is very entertaining as he tells us about the Samoan culture. He showed how they made fire, shucked coconuts and made coconut milk.

They also showed us how they climb palm trees and how to show off 50 feet above the ground.

We all got Tattoos in Fiji, look at the guns on Anne! Evans pretty buff too. ;) There was so much to see and do that we never had time to see it all.

Another favorite is the Canoe Pageant, dancers from each Island perform native dances on the canoes as they go down the river.

I was wrong before, every ones mostest favoritest thing was the Luau! All you can eat Hawaiian food. We all were calmly waiting our turn to get our food and it was well worth the wait! Yummy.

And as always... A beautiful sunset to end the day!