Spring Break!

Just when we thought we were too old for spring break...

I had two LOVELY weeks off from teaching. Yea... Hawaii spoils their teachers like that:) And Sam had 10 days of leave which is unheard of! We had our good friends from Charleston, SC, Art and Leanne visit us for a week which was a total blast! We also did some things around the house and painted all our bedroom furniture so that it matches now... yay!

Here's a pic of Art and Leanne in front of the famous Matsumato's Shave Ice on the North Shore. We waited in line for probably 45 minutes for this shave ice but it was amazing and worth the wait:)

We went to a luau while our friends were visiting which was pretty cool. My favorite part was getting to see them un-bury the Kalua Pig from the imu. They cook a pig in a whole in the ground surrounded by hot rocks. Then they shred it like BBQ and it is delicious!

Here's another picture of us at the luau. I discovered that I love Mai Tai's... so yummy!

We had heard such great things about Sunday brunch at the officer's club on the Kaneohe Bay Marine Corp Base that we took Art and Leanne and it was a-mazing! The food was delicious and the view was even better.

We also took a quick flight over to the Big Island one day to see the volcano. We found this gorgeous spot while driving along the coast and had to stop for a picture.

This is the four of us at the lava park watching the steam plumes as the lava hit the ocean. It was pretty neat as it started to get dark out cos you could see the orange glow of lava in the steam plumes.

We took a couple of hours to hike through the lava tubes in Volcano National Park while on the Big Island.

This is on the South Shore of Oahu while we were showing Art and Leanne around the island.

Another pic of the four of us at the South Shore.

And we did finally go see the Arizona Memorial. It was pretty amazing and heart wrenching.

And now it's back to work for both me and Sam tomorrow. Which means I should be getting to bed...