tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13895652137684722192012-02-16T09:07:20.210-08:00candice klassenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03830642542107470370noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1389565213768472219.post-63069939940774693082009-05-03T18:23:00.000-07:002009-05-03T19:57:01.466-07:00<div align="center"><em></em><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mvjWTQYtEbA/Sf5Wwn9KXWI/AAAAAAAAAD4/lxtJdPZZFxg/s1600-h/Hawaii+2009+433.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331794402212470114" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mvjWTQYtEbA/Sf5Wwn9KXWI/AAAAAAAAAD4/lxtJdPZZFxg/s400/Hawaii+2009+433.JPG" border="0" /></a><font size="4"></font></div> <br /><div align="center"><font color="#ffffff" size="5"><strong><em>ALOHA!</em></strong></font></div> <br /><div align="center"><font color="#ffffff" size="4"> Welcome Family and Friends!</font></div> <br /><div align="center"><font color="#ffffff" size="4">We hope you enjoy our blog and hope you will check back to see what we are up too.</font></div> <br /><div align="center"><font color="#ffffff" size="4">We recently took a vacation to Oahu. It was the 10 most relaxing and fun filled days.</font></div> <br /><div align="center"><font size="4"><br /> </div></font> <br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mvjWTQYtEbA/Sf5WBfY3dkI/AAAAAAAAADw/DLxVnuX3QA0/s1600-h/Hawaii+2009+475.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331793592458901058" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mvjWTQYtEbA/Sf5WBfY3dkI/AAAAAAAAADw/DLxVnuX3QA0/s320/Hawaii+2009+475.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div> <br /><div><br /></div> <br /><div><font color="#00cccc">The Grand Waikikian Resort in Oahu, Hawaii.</font></div> <br /><div><br /></div> <br /><div></div> <br /><div> </div> <br /><div><br /></div> <br /><div><br /></div> <br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mvjWTQYtEbA/Sf5UEO-7nvI/AAAAAAAAADo/LhTZ5N144vU/s1600-h/Hawaii+2009+444.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331791440571506418" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mvjWTQYtEbA/Sf5UEO-7nvI/AAAAAAAAADo/LhTZ5N144vU/s320/Hawaii+2009+444.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /></div> <br /><div><br /></div> <br /><div><br /></div> <br /><div><br /></div> <br /><div><font color="#33ccff"></font></div> <br /><div><br /></div> <br /><div><font color="#33ccff"></font></div> <br /><div><br /></div> <br /><div><font color="#33ccff"></font></div> <br /><div><br /></div> <br /><div><font color="#33ccff"></font></div> <br /><div><br /></div> <br /><div><font color="#33ccff"></font></div> <br /><div><br /></div> <br /><div><font color="#33ccff"></font></div> <br /><div><br /></div> <br /><div><font color="#33ccff"></font></div> <br /><div><br /></div> <br /><div align="left"><font color="#33ccff">We tried Sushi for the first time.</font></div> <br /><div align="left"><font color="#33ccff"> It was delicious.<br />The Eel was our favorite!</font><br /></div> <br /><div><br /></div> <br /><div><font color="#33ccff"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331790763211430002" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mvjWTQYtEbA/Sf5TczntGHI/AAAAAAAAADg/dbwbuAM3tj4/s320/Hawaii+2009+441.JPG" border="0" /></font><font color="#cc33cc">The girls had a great time at the Luau. We liked the fire dancer the best. They were proud of their </font><font color="#cc33cc">leaves they made into a fish on a stick.</font></div> <br /><div><br /></div> <br /><div><br /></div> <br /><div><br /></div> <br /><div></div> <br /><div><br /></div> <br /><div><br /></div> <br /><div><br /></div> <br /><div></div> <br /><div><br /></div> <br /><div><br /></div> <br /><div><br /></div> <br /><div></div> <br /><div><br /></div> <br /><div><br /></div> <br /><div><br /></div> <br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mvjWTQYtEbA/Sf5RTJDPMhI/AAAAAAAAADY/DEyIbMBcfwg/s1600-h/Hawaii+2009+307.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331788398142108178" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mvjWTQYtEbA/Sf5RTJDPMhI/AAAAAAAAADY/DEyIbMBcfwg/s400/Hawaii+2009+307.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div> <br /><div><br /></div> <br /><div><br /></div> <br /><div><br /></div> <br /><div><font color="#cc33cc">The girls got matching floral dresses, and then they said they needed little purses, so we picked some up at the big out door market in Aloha Stadium.<br /></div></font> <br /><div><br /></div> <br /><div><br /></div> <br /><div><br /></div> <br /><div><br /></div> <br /><div><br /></div> <br /><div><br /> </div> <br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mvjWTQYtEbA/Sf5QldKi4lI/AAAAAAAAADQ/kvCzu4iXN1Y/s1600-h/Hawaii+2009+298.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331787613267485266" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mvjWTQYtEbA/Sf5QldKi4lI/AAAAAAAAADQ/kvCzu4iXN1Y/s400/Hawaii+2009+298.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /> <br /><div><font color="#33ffff">One day we found a private little Lagoon. The kids found crabs and collected beautiful black sea shells. The adults went snorkeling and found hundreds of fish and a sea turtle.<br /></font><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> <br /><div align="center"><font color="#ff0000"></font><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mvjWTQYtEbA/Sf5O7n47KAI/AAAAAAAAADA/aLqj2oY3VRg/s1600-h/Hawaii+2009+436.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331785795080235010" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mvjWTQYtEbA/Sf5O7n47KAI/AAAAAAAAADA/aLqj2oY3VRg/s400/Hawaii+2009+436.JPG" border="0" /></a><font color="#33cc00"> Every night we would take a walk along the beach and enjoy </font></div> <br /><div align="center"><font color="#33cc00">the sights, sounds and smells of Paradise.</font><br /></div> <br /><div align="center"> <br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mvjWTQYtEbA/Sf5OAxD-vXI/AAAAAAAAAC4/Mcu9Ch2yiKo/s1600-h/Hawaii+2009+419.JPG"><font color="#33cc00"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331784783930244466" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mvjWTQYtEbA/Sf5OAxD-vXI/AAAAAAAAAC4/Mcu9Ch2yiKo/s400/Hawaii+2009+419.JPG" border="0" /></font></a><font color="#33cc00"><br /></font></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> <br /><div align="center"><font color="#ff6666">Olivia</font><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mvjWTQYtEbA/Sf5Noem0uLI/AAAAAAAAACw/mVGbk0v1nV8/s1600-h/Hawaii+2009+366.JPG"><font color="#ff6666"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331784366659254450" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mvjWTQYtEbA/Sf5Noem0uLI/AAAAAAAAACw/mVGbk0v1nV8/s400/Hawaii+2009+366.JPG" border="0" /></font></a><font color="#ff6666"> loved playing in the water. </font></div> <br /><div align="center"><font color="#ff6666"></font> </div> <br /><div align="center"><font color="#ff6666"></font> </div> <br /><div align="center"><font color="#ff6666"></font> </div> <br /><div align="center"><font color="#ff6666"></font> </div> <br /><div align="center"><font color="#ff6666">Jules was very photogenic on the beach.</font></div> <br /><div align="center"><font color="#ff6666"> Pink is definitely her color!<br /></font><br /></div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mvjWTQYtEbA/Sf5NZajZPYI/AAAAAAAAACo/5FMKlVarWmk/s1600-h/Hawaii+2009+366.JPG"></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> <br /><div align="center"><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /> <br /><div align="center"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mvjWTQYtEbA/Sf5M2DWeIQI/AAAAAAAAACg/317yDS5vNRc/s1600-h/Hawaii+2009+166.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331783500349448450" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mvjWTQYtEbA/Sf5M2DWeIQI/AAAAAAAAACg/317yDS5vNRc/s320/Hawaii+2009+166.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> <br /><div align="center"> </div> <br /><div align="center"> </div> <br /><div align="center"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mvjWTQYtEbA/Sf5L6L1SyhI/AAAAAAAAACY/CxY9vjh9-QM/s1600-h/Hawaii+2009+171.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331782471834061330" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mvjWTQYtEbA/Sf5L6L1SyhI/AAAAAAAAACY/CxY9vjh9-QM/s320/Hawaii+2009+171.JPG" border="0" /></a></div> <br /><div align="center"> </div> <br /><div align="center"> </div> <br /><div align="center"> </div> <br /><div align="center"> </div> <br /><div align="center"> </div> <br /><div align="center"><font color="#ffff00">The girls loved hiking through the gardens.</font></div> <br /><div align="center"> </div> <br /><div align="center"> <font color="#ffff00">The Plumeria flowers smelt so good we had to </font></div> <br /><div align="center"><font color="#ffff00">buy the perfume before we left.</font></div><br /><br /> <br /><div align="center"><font color="#ffff00"></font></div><br /><br /><br /> <br /><div align="center"><font color="#ffff00"></font></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331781545923757922" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mvjWTQYtEbA/Sf5LESjEx2I/AAAAAAAAACQ/YF22OZXTTAM/s400/Hawaii+2009+148.JPG" border="0" /> <font color="#ff99ff">Jules and Momma at the waterfall at the</font><br /> <br /><div align="center"><font color="#ff99ff">end of the Botanical Garden Trail. </font><br /><br /></div> <br /><div align="center"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mvjWTQYtEbA/Sf5JOGCL9tI/AAAAAAAAACI/RuTPDah1ROM/s1600-h/Hawaii+2009+080.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331779515340027602" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mvjWTQYtEbA/Sf5JOGCL9tI/AAAAAAAAACI/RuTPDah1ROM/s320/Hawaii+2009+080.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><br /><br /> <br /><div align="center"><font color="#ff0000">Here we are at Hanama Bay. We saw a humpback whale coming out of the water. It was also our first snorkeling experience. Mike liked it so much he even snorkeled out of the water.</font></div><br /><br /><br /><br /> <br /><div align="center"><br /><br /> </div> <br /><div align="center"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mvjWTQYtEbA/Sf5IaMrtnwI/AAAAAAAAACA/DS6IcWdZNns/s1600-h/Hawaii+2009+282.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331778623771614978" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mvjWTQYtEbA/Sf5IaMrtnwI/AAAAAAAAACA/DS6IcWdZNns/s400/Hawaii+2009+282.JPG" border="0" /></a> <font color="#ff99ff">Mike won a spear throwing competition. His prize was a shrunken head. We were all very proud of him.</font><br /><font color="#ff99ff">Mike was also the only one of our group to try local cuisine. Yes, this is a snail we found in a planter at the cultural center. It was about 4 inches long. YUMMY! </font><br /><br /></div> <br /><div align="center"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mvjWTQYtEbA/Sf5HyrhxuTI/AAAAAAAAAB4/bA5j-gsybXM/s1600-h/Hawaii+2009+257.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331777944856672562" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 213px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mvjWTQYtEbA/Sf5HyrhxuTI/AAAAAAAAAB4/bA5j-gsybXM/s320/Hawaii+2009+257.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> <br /><div align="center"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mvjWTQYtEbA/Sf5G4NSvlEI/AAAAAAAAABw/O7F5wlZ7cNM/s1600-h/Hawaii+2009+240.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331776940308141122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mvjWTQYtEbA/Sf5G4NSvlEI/AAAAAAAAABw/O7F5wlZ7cNM/s400/Hawaii+2009+240.JPG" border="0" /></a><font color="#009900"> Before the Polynesian Cultural Center we stopped at the Temple. </font><br /></div> <br /><div align="center"><font color="#009900">Right as we took this picture there was a huge </font></div> <br /><div align="center"><font color="#009900">down poor. We all grabbed our things and ran for cover. </font><br /><br /><br /></div> <br /><div align="center"> <br /><div> <br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mvjWTQYtEbA/Sf5FcizqARI/AAAAAAAAABg/j57jQ33aPe8/s1600-h/Hawaii+2009+204.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331775365535367442" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mvjWTQYtEbA/Sf5FcizqARI/AAAAAAAAABg/j57jQ33aPe8/s320/Hawaii+2009+204.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /> <br /><div align="center"><font color="#ff6600" size="2">We traveled through Kaloa Mt Range in a Jungle</font></div><br /><br /> <br /><div align="center"><font color="#ff6600" size="2">Expedition Jeep.</font><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mvjWTQYtEbA/Sf5FC_uarjI/AAAAAAAAABY/oDhSwXCGOwM/s1600-h/Hawaii+2009+111.JPG"><font color="#ff6600" size="2"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331774926621421106" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mvjWTQYtEbA/Sf5FC_uarjI/AAAAAAAAABY/oDhSwXCGOwM/s400/Hawaii+2009+111.JPG" border="0" /></font></a><font color="#ff6600"><font size="2"> This is where Jurassic Park was</font> filmed.</font></div><br /><br /> <br /><div align="center"><font color="#ff6600"></font></div><br /><br /> <br /><div align="center"><font color="#ff6600"></font></div><br /> <br /><div align="center"><font color="#33ccff">The girls favorite thing to do was hang out on the beach. They couldn't get enough sand and sun. They built castles, dug holes, and chased sand crabs. Olivia even picked up a few more freckles.<br /></div></font><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> <br /><div align="center"><font face="courier new"></font></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> <br /><div align="center"><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> <br /><div align="center"><font face="courier new" color="#33ccff"></font></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> <br /><div align="center"><font face="Courier New" color="#33ccff"></font></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> <br /><div align="center"><font face="Courier New" color="#33ccff"></font></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> <br /><div align="center"><font face="Courier New" color="#33ccff"></font></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> <br /><div align="center"><font face="Courier New" color="#33ccff"></font></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> <br /><div align="center"><font face="Courier New" color="#33ccff"></font></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> <br /><div align="center"></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1389565213768472219-6306993994077469308?l=girlsrusplusone.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>candice klassenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03830642542107470370noreply@blogger.com3