Big Island Trip

We decided to take a last minute trip to the Big Island over the 4th of July weekend. We woke up Friday morning and decided we didn't want to spend the 4 day weekend at home so daddy booked us tickets and off we were to Kona a few hrs later! We had a great time! We stayed at the Hilton Waikaloa which was fabulous. They had lots of pools, waterslides, a huge saltwater lagoon with tons of fish and sea turtles, a boat and train that shuttled you around the resort and even had dolphins! Sam to this day is still asking me when we get to go "back to bacation"!

Call us crazy but mommy was determined to set foot on a black sandy beach! We hiked 2 miles down a mountain and 2 miles back up the mountain with two little boys! It was a fun time, a little muddy but fun!

A few of Maui from the Big Island.

Black sand beach

Hiking down to the beach. We weren't exactly prepared to hike, hence mommy wearing flip flops:)

Lava fields

Fun at the resort - I have some pretty handsome men in my life!!

The boys were obsessed with their suitcases! They packed them and pulled them around the entire time:)

My big brave boy going down the water slide!

Sea turtle - view from our little kayak, we chased turtles around in the lagoon for a while, the boys loved it!

Can you say exhausted! I think we did a good job wearing these little boys out!

Couldn't resist the Kona Brewery! Sam enjoying his fresh brewed root beer!

Beautiful views from the resort.

This is what we had when we got home from vacation - they were so tired they didn't even wake up for their baths!!