Author: Amber

I’m glad I bought all those swimsuits… This is the first time she’s worn one! She loves the cold, wet Oregon coast, but beautiful hawaiin beaches? Not so much. The sand! The waves! The scary birds! And did we mention the sand? Blogging from the phone so more about today later.

Today we got a little bit of a later start, which was fine by me. Sciarrino, Tutu and I did some jewelry shopping in the lobby of our hotel. I will take pictures of it when I get home, it is all so cool. I was happy to find a neat souvenir that was locally made. We went over to Taro and Hanea's room to have my favorite breakfast. It's a mixed rice made with chicken, onion, carrot and ketchup with an omelet type of egg laid on top and then more ketchup, yummy! He also…

As you saw we had an uneventful flight to Honolulu and landed midday here. We took a shuttle to our hotel, which took a while and only had a little time to freshen up and unpack before we got to meet up with Taro and his lovely bride, Hanea. They were so sweet and got a rental car with a baby seat in it for Tutu. Taro is all about good food and good company so we planned to cook the first night. I was all set to make potato corn chowder, something Taro remembered from…