Hawaii

The first day we stayed at the Hale Koa before the made us move back on base. So here is the view from the hotel in Hale Koa.

view from hotel right view at night from first hotel room - right

view from hotel left view at night from first hotel room - left

And then the view from on base.

view from second hotel room

A bit different, yea?

So the second day I dropped DJ off at work and drove all along the southeast coast to diamond head and back. It was really beautiful.

diamond head

windy road

blue hawaii

two lonely swimmers

The third day I went to Foster’s botanical garden and saw some gorgeous plants.

orchid

purple flower

white flower

I loved the cannonball tree. Weird!

watch for falling cannonballs

canonball tree

We had dinner in Hale’wa and saw random chickens wandering about.

randow chicken wandering about

hale-wa area

And here is DJ and I enjoying an umbrella drink!

kate and dj enjoying a a drink

We had a good time and are glad to be home with our kitties. I’m still a little jet lagged, but I’m sure that won’t last too long!

Before Hawaii there was a recital

Before I go into the trip, I just wanted to share some picture from the recital!

Singing doe-ray-me

big group

I love my Kosuke’s face in this one (back row and far right). There are more pictures like this on Flickr with more of my students. I have a ton!

more students

Singing and dancing to “Who’s afraid of the big bad wolf?” I was the mother goat and forced to wear a very unflattering skirt and goat ears. I’m partial to the ears though.

the big bad wolf

I was also a tree spirit. The wind spirit forgot most of his lines so I spent a lot of time whispering them to him.

flower, tree and wind spirits

And a shot of all of us teachers…and DJ who showed up at the very end.

English teachers