Hawaii-My Birthday

Day 3 was my birthday so it was my pass to do whatever I wanted with no complaints from anyone.  I had thought about spending the entire day at Bellows but quickly changed my mind.  I wanted to do another hike.  This one I had done many times before.  Erin practically ran up and down this when she was 3 and 4.  I had pushed the boys up the trail in a stroller countless times.  I even remember taking Buzz several times.    We'd often see whales when it was the right season.  Unfortunately we didn't see any this time but it was still fun.  This hike is called the Makapuu Lighthouse Trail.

After our hike, we stopped at the tide pools and beach that Eric learned to surf. Then we headed back to Bellows with the plan to bbq for lunch and dinner and just play at the beach the rest of the day.

We did go back and bbq for lunch but then I decided I wanted to go down to Waikiki to watch the sun go down.  Mario decided that we should go to dinner at Kobe Steakhouse for my birthday especially since kids haven't been and it is right next to the Hale Koa military hotel that I had planned to swim and watch sunset.  The boys were very excited about Kobe and it didn't disappoint.  It's amazing how they ate food that they normally wouldn't eat because it as so cool to watch.  Nate loved his chopsticks.  Someone needs to teach Zach how to smile for pictures though.

On the way to the Hale Koa, we stopped to get a picture by the Hilton hotel that we lived in for a couple weeks when we first moved to Hawaii.  It was a cool hotel with penguins.  We wanted to get pictures of the penguins to prove that they really do exist but unfortunately were told that they all recently died.

The following are pictures at the Hale Koa by the pool.

It was a wonderful birthday.  I don't know how Mario and the kids can ever top that one.