A cuttlefish hiding among the sand and rocks 

A fish from only here in the hawaiian island chain  

Waikiki Aquarium

Sharon and I went to the Waikiki Aquarium this weekend for a little and cheap getaway. Enjoy the Pics.


Zach

Ok earlier in the day I made a chocolate cake. I was going to bring it to the park but after the icing litterally melted off the already uneven cake layers Zach and I decided to keep it at home. Despite how it looks it tastes really good. Based on Jen's advice that things here tend to melt faster and the fact that I should have followed the alternative directions on the box hopefully we the next cake we make will turn out better. 

The fireworks show started at 8:30pm and it was spectacular! They even had smiley face fireworks!  

Jen playing her guitar! 

Fireworks on the beach. 

This little girl was one of many with a sparkler. 

Fireworks are legal in Hawaii and people started setting them off well before the sun went down. Needless to say there was a lot of smoke produced from all the fireworks. 

Zach and I went to Ala Moana Beach Park to see the fireworks for the Fourth of July. We arrived at 5pm to get a good spot on Magic Island which was as close as we could get. We also met up with Jen and her family and got to meet her younger brother Issac.

Zach's purple tongue after eating a blackberry shaved ice. 

After a hard afternoon hike, we stopped at a local ice cream shop recommended to us by another couple on the trail. Right next to the ice cream shop was a good little mexican restaurant. I highly recommend the chicken sopes. The salsa was rather hot so I had to have a small blue raspberry shave ice. Unfortuately the blue colored shave ice turned my mouth, lips, tongue and teeth blue.  

A puffball mushroom with a watch for size comparison. Jen saw this one on our way back down the trail. I call it the Potato Puffball.  

Another artsy picture. 

Zach laid on his back on a grassy part of the trail to take this picture. Very artsy. 

View of Diamond Head from Waahila Trail. 

View of Honolulu from Waahila Trail. 

One of the easier parts of the trail. 

Jen is kneeling to take a picture of a cool mushroom. 

This is one of the many mushrooms we saw while walking the trail.  

Volcanic Rock! 

A view of the Manoa Valley. 

Here are the pine trees that go with the really long pine cone. 

A really long pine cone! 

Here we are at the entrance to the trail with a list of do's and don'ts.  

Zach and I went hiking with my fellow lab rat, Jen and her brother and sister-in-law on the Waahila Trail which starts near Woodlawn and goes up between Upper Manoa and Palolo. We had a great time walking, climbing rocks, hunting for mushrooms and enjoying the great views of the Manoa Valley, Honolulu, and the extremely blue Pacific Ocean. Thanks to Jen, Heather and Jeremy for letting us tag along!