Visitors in Hawaii

Living in Hawaii for 3 1/2 years had some perks.... one of which was that friends and family always wanted to come visit the island us! The pictures I took were few, (shocking I know) but they really hold some great memories.

My younger brother, Austin was able to come stay with us for about a week, and since Tyson was still on break from school, we had a lot of time to spend showing him around.

Of course we had to take him to Matsumotos  for some shave ice...with ice cream on the bottom.

Another day we spent the entire day beach-hopping so that Austin could see some of our favorite beaches,  and so that we could visit some that we hadn't gotten to try-out yet. Our friends, the Griffiths, went with us and it was just one of those perfect days. The boys body-surfed all day while Jenna and I hung out on the beach and chatted ( and ate fried banana!)

Here are the boys eating at one of the Kahuku shrimp trucks. 

Tyson, Austin, and Johnny also spent some time playing football in the sand.  It's amazing the lengths they will go to in order to catch that ball. Ha I mean, sand is soft-ish, but it will still give you a nice 'rug-burn' and diving into it will inevitably lead to a mouthful/eyeful of sand ;) It was sure fun to watch though.

I'm sad I don't have any pictures of New Year's that we celebrated while he was here. We went to Kawela Bay with some of our close friends to have a bonfire, BBQ, and watch the fireworks that Turtle Bay put on. It was such a nice way to bring in the new year, and it was a little extra special having Austin there with us.
Unfortunately, we also didn't get pictures of the hike and surfing trips that we dragged him on, but just take my word that they were eventful!

Another notable visit (that I have documentation of) was when my Mom and youngest brother and sister came to visit us when we were living in Punaluu. This was shortly before we left the island for good so it was a good time to visit :) The picture above is of Jillian and Ammon enjoying some sun and water.