Hawaii (Oahu) Sept-Oct 2010.

 Our trip to Oahu Hawaii. We went with Mark's Farmville team from his work. It was a short trip (just a few days), but still amazing and lots of fun. It was our first time there, so there was lots of interesting new things to see.

I took so very many photos (over 500 I think). I'll post just some here with a discription of what the photos are. We saw many things, did many things, and bought many things to take home, lol.

Day one: (we arrived Thursday afternoon). Here is Nicole and the view from our Hotel room.
We stayed at the Moana Surfrider Hotel....

and then Mark...

and Nicole and I...

 Nicole by the little fish pond at the ala moana shopping center...

 Nicole with her new BLUE ukulele...

 Another view from out Hotel room balcony...

 Mark and Nicole at the beach...

 Nicole and I at the beach...

 a very lovely rainbow...

Day 2: (early Friday morning). Mark, Nicole and I went to the Sea Life Park in Oahu. We started our morning off here in the park with a very awesome dolphin encounter. We touched, played, and kissed dolphins while in the water with them!
Here is a photo of Nicole and I (still wet, lol) after the dolphin encounter...

 We we able to watch the penguin feeding...

 We watching a very cool dolphin show which included the world's only known Walphin (half killer whale and half dolphin). It is the slightly bigger and darker one, near the middle, in the back...

 Nicole with her new pal "Swirls" which we picked up at the Sea Life Park...

Later the evening (still day 2: Friday) Nicole and I went to a Luau where we ran into Mark and his co-workers. They were going to a Zynga employee only luau that night (with a secret location). Nicole and I planned to go to our own luau which happened to be the same place they went. Totally not planned that way, but also a funny surprise! Here is Mark (far right) with some of his work pals...

 Then Mark and Nicole at the Paradise Cove Luau...

 The shower of flowers @ Paradise Cove (very pretty to watch)...

 Nicole at the beach during the Luau...

Nicole and her new friend Chloe (who is from Sourthern California) taking a photo with the very awesome fire dancer from one of the luau shows...

The next morning (Day 3: Saturday) we went on a 4+ hour bus tour around Oahu. Here we are photographed with our tour guide Henry. He was awesome and shared so much cool information with us. This tour was one of my favorite parts of are trip.

I truely loved everything we did in Oahu, but this tour was fun!...

We stopped at several places. One was Hanauma bay...

 and later, Mark at Pali lookout...

Pali lookout...

 Chickens in the parking lot at Pali lookout. Nicole thought that was sooooooo very cool, LOL...

Next stop on our tour, the Dole Plantation...

Beautiful trees at the Dole Plantation...

A pineapple!!! :) ...

 Just plain silliness (and fun)...

 Such beautiful flowers there...

 Such beautiful EVERYTHING there....

 Here is our tour bus....

Last stop from our tour, the Polynesian Cultural Center where we spent the rest of the afternoon and evening. Such a cool place. I wpuld lvoe to go back some time.

Here is Nicole waiting for the canoe show to begin... 

 We watched some very lovely dancing during the boat shows at the Cultural center...

Then we took a short, but very fun canoe ride with a tour guide and group...

 Nicole posing for a photo...

The evening show at the Polynesian Cultural center was called "Ha' breath of Life". It was very cool. Nicole enjoyed it very much too. Here she is posing for a photo with the stars of the show! ...

Day 4: Sunday morning (our last day in Oahu). here is Nicole all smiles and having a blast - just a few hours before leaving to the airport to go home...

Sandy toes...

Nicole wanted to say "Goodbye" to the beach and Oahu before leaving. It's sad leaving such a wonderful place. I know I fell in love with Hawaii, I'm pretty sure she did too! ...

A photo taken out the window from the plane. It's of Oahu Island with a beautiful rainbow. Such a great view and memory as we left such a wonderful place...