Crazy Hawaii Story

And here are all the pictures. I'll just post a bunch for you guys to look through. Hawaii was very fun! We had a great time with Nick's family and were able to do lots of fun activities together. We went to the Polynesian Culteral Center, snorkeled on a Catamaran trip, ate lots of yummy food, played on the beach a lot, boogy-boarded, pestered little crabs we would find on the beach, spent New Year's Eve watching fireworks off the beach in Waikiki, and enjoyed the swimming pool and hot tub at the beach house we stayed in. Others in the family did parasailing, deep sea fishing, and scuba diving. The weather was actually very rainy and stormy most of the time we were there. In fact, one evening the whole island lost power and it wasn't restored until the following morning! Another interesting thing we found out while staying there was that Obama was staying in a high-security beach house about a quarter mile down the beach from us! We walked down there and were stopped by two security guards in hawaiian shirts and dark sunglasses who told us to turn around. Nobody was allowed past the security guards down that part of the beach. Apparently the beach houses on either side of Obama's house had sharp-shooters and security personnel hiding out, ready to take anyone down who posed a threat! Crazy huh? One paparazzi was down there too, waiting to get a glimpse of Obama on the beach! Okay, well enjoy the pictures!