Never Enough Aloha

On January 2nd, we headed to Oakland to catch the early flight out for our trip to Kauai.  Even though it was an early morning, no one complained and everyone was excited to get to Hawaii.

We lucked out and had perfect weather... every day was a beach day!

We visited our friend, Aaron, for shave ice.  Always an enjoyable visit.  Now that we have our own shave ice machine, we are definitely more knowledgeable and discerning about what makes a great shave ice.

Fun Uncle Todd lived up to his name... he snorkeled, he Yelped to find the best food, he introduced the kids to a new phone app, he drove when Sho was tired, looked out for Grandma and Pampa, indulged us in our quest to find him sunglasses, and was just fun to have around.

Kara loved snorkeling.  She took fish food out and experienced these fish up close and personal!  It was amazing to watch them and see them so close.  She also fell in love with kalua pork.

Ben was in heaven with Portugese sausage and Hawaiian chips.  He enjoyed swimming in the ocean, looking for "dinosaur bones" and snorkeling with the family.

Jason said his favorite part of Hawaii was going on the airplane and chasing chickens (since there are a million of them roaming around all over Kauai).  I think Jason was made for Hawaii... we figured he's got a good average going.  Five trips in four years.  Not bad.

We celebrated Sho's birthday while in Hawaii, which was perfect.  We had great food, shave ice, family time and talked about what we would do if we moved to Hawaii...

We had a fantastic vacation.  I think we downloaded almost 500 pictures!  We sat in front of the computer this morning, played some Hawaiian music, watched the slideshow and just reminisced... 

There were lots of "KBJ"s on the island... none as precious as ours...

And this morning, which was the first time we had a real breakfast all week... Sho made pancakes and all I could think about was our next Hawaiian breakfast.