Nana & Grandpa come for a visit!

Eric's parents arrived for a visit in January. They have become quite the world travellers as of late, having traveled to Germany in November to see Mark and his family. They arrived safe and sound in Hawaii and were greeted by Emerson and Macie (and Eric) with leis.

After a good night's rest, Eric got everyone up and started the tour with a stop at the Dole plantation.

Taking a ride on the Pineapple Express at the Dole Plantation

Enjoying the shade from a Banyan tree outside the Honolulu Zoo, across from Waikiki Beach

Taking a break from the zoo with some yummy shave ice!

Grandpa and Macie are exploring the guinea pig house and tunnels at the zoo.

On Thursday, we went to a luau. The food was good, the entertainment was great and we even met a great couple from Australia who had a little boy who kept Emerson entertained!

T.R. getting up close and personal with one of the performers at the luau!family pic....

On Friday, Eric took the girls to school and daycare, and took his parents to the Arizona memorial (it is definitely much easier and much less stressful to do this without children!)

On Saturday, everyone (except me, of course, b/c I had to work) went to the Ala Moana beach park and had a picnic lunch and enjoyed playing games in the park. Looks like a lot of fun!

Sunday was a fun adventure day.....Whale Watch! Wales come from Alaska to Hawaii every winter to have babies and mate and stay away from the frigid waters of the north. We saw several whales while we were on the cruise. It was a lot of fun!

Our ship for the Whale Watch - the Star of Honolulu

Grandpa taking the girls on one of several walks during the week! I'm sure he was worn out when he got back to Mississippi!

On the last day Eric's parents were here, they took a driving tour of the Windward, or east, side of the island. Here, you can see T.R. has ventured waaaaaay out on the cliffs and is standing on the edge of the island!

We really had a good visit and enjoyed showing Tom and Jonnie the island. We are getting pretty good at the tour guide gig. That's a hint for anyone that wants to come for a visit! Aloha!!