Aloha!

Dave and I decided to take all the kids to his work conference this year because it was in Maui again and we are running out of years when all our kids will be home for big family vacations.  So we figured if we are ever going to take all the kids to Hawaii .... now is the time!  It was so much fun!  The kids were really blown away by how nice everyone was.  The taxi drivers, hotel workers, waiters, shop owners, random elevator people.  Everyone was very friendly.  The weather was in the 80's and only rained a tiny bit.  We got plenty of pool and beach time.  The kids had so much fun just building sandcastles on the beach and playing in the waves.  Here are some of the highlight pictures. 

Pederson kids first look at the ocean.  Ahhh, breath it in. 

Who says modest swimsuits can't be SUPER adorable?!

 

 

The hammock pictures we took created a bunch of argueing and squabbling.  But you can't tell it by the pictures! We are just chillin at the beach.

So what is up with Nathan looking like he is 17 in this picture? Cutie!



Here is Nicole calling Brooke on my phone.  I couldn't resist taking a picture.



Wandering hotel flamigos in the background.

The Forest Gump bench.  The kids didn't really get it since they haven't seen that weird movie, but it was still funny.

 

The kids watching an NBA game waiting for Dave's conference welcome dinner.

The girls after our hula lesson....these were not the dancers, but they did magic card tricks while we waited and they did hula too.



The boys are up on their toes again!  We took this picture after the luau with some of the dancers.  It was really cool.  Especially the fire stick dance at the end.



We had such a great time together!  Aloha!