Another Max maturation milestone

Hawaiian vacation photos

You probably remember sitting through your friends' vacation slideshows way back in the day. Well, now you have to endure several blog posts and many, many photos of our amazing week-long vacation to Kona with the boys and Elisa's parents to celebrate Elisa's 40th earlier in the month. 

We had lots to pack

It started early in the morning in Seattle 

A little too big to play in the airport kids play area

The boys had all eyes on Hawaii

Aloha!

Checking out the view from our condo

And more importantly checking out the pool...

The pool with the ocean view!

Dinner the first night with our feet in the sand and our eyes on the sunset!

Max's sunset photo

More Hawaiian vacation photos

The boys and I did some low tide explore early in the morning 

And of course spent some time in the pool

And took in another amazing sunset

Mom and dad got their first night out while Sue Sue watched the boys in the evening

Still more Hawaiian vacation photos

We fueled our day with a trip to Broke Da Mouth Grindz, which was one of the best places we ate. Broke Da Mouth translates to something so good you can hardly talk and grindz are just good food. 

Sam crushing some Spam musubi about the size of his arm

Sue Sue and Max shared a plate of delicious oysters

Sunset photos? Oh yeah, we got a few of those!

The Hawaiian vacation photos keep on coming

We spent a good part of the day at Kaloko-Honokohau National Park 

The boys learned about lava rocks

And learned the "Rule of Thumb" from the park ranger that meant when you saw a wild sea turtle you were an appropriate distance away if it was smaller than your thumb

Checking out sea turtles with Pop Pop

This was one of the most beautiful spots we visited on our trip

Max snorkeling 

Sam sand castling 

Can’t get enough Hawaiian vacation photos? We’ve got you covered

We had a full day of fun with a snorkeling excursion coupled with...

Shaved ice!!!

We then took a half-hour drive to Puuhonua o Honaunau National Park  

Max took some pictures of the fixh

Sam took a picture of Max and me 

And then Max got a picture of his parents

Kona was experiencing record-breaking heat with temps in the mid-90s with 100% humidity. So we needed to take a dip in the water after the visit to the park. 

Sam stacked some rocks

And Max did some more snorkeling

On the way back we bought the boys a coconut at a roadside fruit stand, which Max had been angling for the entire trip

The kids liked watching the coconut being cut more than the coconut itself. 

We ended the day with another dip in the pool

And a sunset dinner at our complex