We made a few stops on this afternoons excursions - First stop Makapu'u beach. The waves were breaking a lot further out than we had ever seen before, and there was a 4 ft drop in the beach, which we had also never seen before. The lifeguard came down to warn us of the surf conditions.

We left about 30 minutes later and headed to Sandy Beach. We enjoyed some food from the Wahoo's Taco truck, before lugging all of our stuff to the beach. When we got there the lifeguard came out and warned us of high surf. Tony decided he wanted to live today, so we left here as well. 

The lifeguard told us to check out Sherwood beach, which we hadn't been to before... so we made the drive to Waimanaloa Bay Park, which is where Sherwood beach is. 

This place was gorgeous - long beach, with calm surf and gorgeous views!

Perfect Blue Water

Manana Island or Rabbit Island 

From www.hawaiiweb.com "Manana Island is located on the Windward side of O'ahu, north of Makapu'u Point. The shape of the island actually resembles a rabbit but it was named Rabbit Island because rabbits actually live there after a rancher released the animals there. Today the island serves as a seabird sanctuary."

 Mokulua Islands - North and South. These 2 islands are also used as bird sanctuaries. 

From www.hawaiioirc.org "Mokulua translates as ‘two islands’ and is, indeed, made up of two volcanic islets; Moku Nui or North Mokulua and Moku Iki or South Mokulua. Together, they total 24 acres in size and reach elevations of 225 and 150 feet, respectively. They are located approximately 3/4 of a mile offshore from Lanikai. Both are remnants of the dike core of the Kailua Volcano, overlain by lava from subsequent Koolau eruptions. North Mokulua has two peaks and is the larger of the islets. It is separated from South Mokulua, which has only one peak, by a shallow channel 200 feet wide. Both islets have steep slopes, cliffs, and rocky shores. The sandy west beach of North Mokulua, however, is suitable for landing in good weather and is the destination of thousands of kayakers and other visitors coming across from Kailua each year."

 Tony and I with Rabbit Island in the background

Trying to take a good picture with these two is impossible

The boys are out surfing in Waikiki. They took the waterproof camera with them, so hopefully there will be more pics to come tonight!

Rusty got a Snuggie from his OG Kerry!! So cute!!

We are headed to Makapu'u!

Aloha!

Mike is here!! YEY!!

We ate a yummy Hawaiian lunch at Zippy's at Ala Moana. Mike ordered a traditional loco moco - it looked amazing! Def try the grilled cornbread if you go - yummy yummy.

Tony gets into Honolulu airport tonight at 9pm.

Tony has landed safely in Las Vegas. His flight was delayed last night from 10:05pm to 3:50am! But he is there and very happy to be gambling. 

I just received a photo from Tony's Uncle Robbie, of Tony at their Capital Grille dinner. JEALOUS!

Hopefully more pics to come!!

Tony's 27th birthday was yesterday, but unfortunately I had to work - so we celebrated all week long! 

On Wednesday night I took Tony to a surprise dinner at The Top of Waikiki, which is Hawaii's only revolving restaurant, located at the top of the Waikiki Business Plaza. He had been wanting to go there since we moved to Hawaii, so he was happy with my choice. The 360º view of Waikiki is pretty neat, but probably even better before the sun sets. We went at night, so the pictures don't give the view justice. We debated for the first 15 minutes about which way were revolving (I was right). After checking out the view for a while, we finally checked out the menu. Both of us were starving, so we started with the Day Boat Scallop appetizer. 

For dinner, Tony ordered the Roasted Garlic Grilled Ribeye with Soy-Balsamic Glaze. He liked the Ribeye, but wasn't impressed with the potatoes or the bacon that it was served with. I ordered the Cioppino with Linguine (seared day boat scallops, Mexican white shrimp, fresh island fish, calamari, NZ mussels, crab with a roasted pepper & tomato seafood broth & garlic crostini). The entire dish was ok, not much taste to it all. The garlic crostinis were SO hard - I let them soak in the broth, but they never got softer. Thought I was going to break my teeth on them.

Tony trying to figure out which way we were revolving....

The menu...

The view

I worked on Thursday and Friday nights, but on Saturday afternoon I had another surprise plan for Tony's birthday. Russell and I took him to the Wet n' Wild water park in Kapolei, because they had the Flowrider, which is basically an artificial wave that you can bodyboard and surf. He was totally psyched to finally try this thing out! And I thought Tony was going to jump on and master it!! Check out his "ride."

All of us in the "Spa"

Bubbles!! Underwater camera is so cool!

Gorgeous rainbow on our ride home! 

We were all exhausted after being at the water park until it closed at 4pm, so we went home and napped. When we woke up we made dinner reservations at Benihana. If you've been reading the blog you know we love our tepanyaki restaurants, so this was exciting, since we had never been to a Benihana before. Russell and his dad joined us for dinner. The food was really good, and there was a LOT of it! Mmmm!

They sang a Japanese Happy Birthday song to Tony!

I had to work on Sunday afternoon, so when I woke up I made Tony a birthday breakfast, as well as a birthday cake :)

Tony's birthday present arrived earlier in the week. He is excited to try out his new pool cue on Wednesday night. We had it engraved with part of a quote from Grandad

Tony said he had a great birthday weekend. We hope everyone had a Happy Easter! With the end of Lent, last night, we enjoyed some late night Taco Bell. Mmm it was yummy!

He is now looking forward to his trip to Las Vegas with his Dad, Uncle Robbie and cousin Adam. When he returns, Mike will be arriving for a week long vacation at Casa de Lindsay & Tony. We can't wait!

xoxo & aloha! 

Happy Birthday Tony!!