Aloha

We just got back from 10 wonderful days in Hawaii. We were with Ryan's family celebrating his little brother Alex's return from his mission, his parents 30th wedding anniversary, his mom's birthday, and his other little brothers' birthday. Here is the recap with pictures

We arrived in Kona after a very LONG day of travel.

We stayed at my Grandparents house, and the first day we were up at 5:00am because it was 11:00am New York time.  So, this is the sun rise.

We had lunch at the Beach Grill where we introduced everyone to lava flows (virgin Pina Coladas with strawberry puree) Yummy. Everyone was hooked.

Me and my lava flow

Kyle and his lava flow

We cruised around on the golf cart

We swam a lot. This night the boys were diving for a dime.

Grandma and Grandpa's house at night.

We played in the waves a lot. The waves were not huge, but we still played like crazy.

We took the trek out to the volcano. We were sad because we could not walk as far out as we were use to be able to, but it is still incredible to see.

This is a picture of breakfast brunch where we celebrated Kipp and Kyle's birthday

(Alex, Ryan, Me, Kyle, Kipp, and Rusty)

4th of July fireworks Stodtmeister style. We had been down to the hotel and watched the big extravagant fireworks and then put on our own little show at the house.

I sat on the side lines and watched

One of many beautiful sun sets

Golf, golf, golf. The boys golfed like crazy and had a great time doing it.

I even hacked around the course one day

Family pictures

(Ryan, Me, Alex, Rusty, Kipp, Kyle, Gay, Rod)

We swam with the dolphins at the Hilton.

Hawaiian shave ice, delicious

One last beautiful sun set

A few of the things not pictures were shopping, reading, playing tennis, seeing Wall-E, sitting in the sun, watching TV, snorkeling, sitting the the jacuzzi, eating, and sleeping. It was perfect.

It has been three year since we have all been together and it might be another 3 years before we are together again. So this trip will have to tide us over until next time.

Thank you Gay and Rod as well as Grandma and Grandpa