Hawaii Part 3: Tuesday-Thursday

I told you I had a lot of pictures. Here are some more from Josie's first Hawaiian adventure. Tuesday was a rainy day, so we didn't really do much. We drove up to North Shore to check out the beach house that Andrea and Sam were renting for the wedding.

A view of the ocean from the balcony.

Wednesday started out with me getting the stomach flu. Yuck. I felt much better by the afternoon. Anyways, we picked Kelley up from the airport Wednesday morning and went to the beach again. It was gorgeous!!

Wednesday night was the first of the many wedding events. We had a family barbecue so that our family and Sam's (the groom) family could get to know each other a little bit. We have a family friend who is the GM of the water park, so we got to have the party there. It was closed that day, so we had the park to ourselves. The only attractions that were on were the flow-rider and the hot tub. The flow rider is an artificial wave on a trampoline-like surface. Here are some pictures and videos. It was lots of fun!

Kelley and Greg colliding on the flow-rider.

Kim and Josie watching.

The GM showing everyone how its done. It looks MUCH easier than it is on the surfboard.

Kelley trying out the surfing.

My mom showing everyone how its done. This is her first time ever trying it. For those of you who don't know her, she's a daredevil. It's great!

Thursday was our 4th anniversary (hurray!) and we celebrated by going to the Dole Plantation and getting Dole Whips. Best thing ever--Pineapple soft serve ice cream in a waffle cone. YUM!

Kelley enjoying her Dole Whip.

Josie at the Dole Plantation.

As we were driving in to the plantation, we saw some Japanese tourists in this exact spot, doing this exact pose. One of our favorite past times from High School is making fun of the tourists. We couldn't resist!

It was another rainy day with flash flood warnings and everything. Luckily, it cleared up somewhat in the evening because the event for that night was the friends catamaran cruise in Waikiki. Basically, there were no parents and no babies--siblings and friends only. It was great!

Kimberly, Me and Kelley on the catamaran.

Dan and Trisha just before taking off--Waikiki in the background.

The sails..

Me and Trisha at the front of the boat.

I was a little nervous about climbing onto the netting. It didn't look very secure. But its a great picture! :)

Another catamaran cruising out with Diamond Head in the background.

This was our 4th trip to Hawaii together and yet the first time that we stopped to take a picture with Duke. We walked right past him on our way back to the car, so I decided to stop.

Stay tuned for the next edition.. The wedding!!