Saturday, July 12, 2025

Hawaii 2025!

We spent an amazing week in paradise. We spent the week at the Marriott Ko Olina, this was my 3rd time staying at this resort and it is one of my favorites. We left for the airport on June 30th
we arrived at LAX

and we're off........

taking a shuttle to get the rental car 
on our way to the hotel 
beautiful resort 


having some dinner at Longboards 
our beautiful condo 
the kids had their own balcony 
the kids room 

our bedroom 



morning walk to the beach 



pool and beach time 






view from our room 

having some lunch in the room 
heading to the luau at our resort 






























they called all the anniversary couples to the stage 


loved reading out on the balcony every morning 
Holden, Nate and Maddie went for a run 




beach day after their run 

getting a smoothie to cool off 






we headed up to Mike and DJ's room for pizza and to celebrate all the summer birthdays. 
This is the view from their room 








planking contest 





the next morning, we drove out to a coffee farm near the north shore 

we had lunch at the food trucks after 


everyone headed on the go horseback riding while our family headed to Waikiki for a little shopping 

after we got back to our resort, Ryan and I walked to get dinner at the Monkeypod across the street, it was one of our favorites 
they have the best Mai Tai's 
the next day was the Fourth Of July. We hung out at the beach and pool all day  








we walked to the Monkeypod for dinner 




we went back to Gabe's room to try and see some fireworks from his balcony 


this is a comparison from 2021 to 2025, what a difference 4 years makes 

having some lunch in the room the next day 


Sadie and I walked to the Disney Aulani to check it out, we both said we would rather stay at our resort! 

as a gift to my parents, my brothers and I hired a professional photographer to take family photos of all of us 





after our photo session, we headed back to our resort for dinner 




waiting for our table 


the next day we enjoyed another pool and beach day 




this was our last night, and we enjoyed an amazing dinner at our resort 
one of the best meals I've had 



happy 48th anniversary 






some night swimming after dinner 


heading to the airport the next morning 
                                    
 
                                      Thank you, mom and dad, for the most amazing vacation!!