so, it’s only taken me… FOUR months to post my photos from our family kauai trip.
about 2 weeks after returning from our france river boat cruise, my mom and i were on another plane together, this time with mathew, my dad and brothers.
we rented a beautiful house on the north side of the island, in princeville.
there was a spacious lanai and beautiful views.
we like to rent houses when we go on family vacations, so that we can cook our own meals and spend more time together. here’s my dad cooking breakfast.
it was extremely hot and humid while we were there. and it rained A LOT. my mom was wishing we could have just a little of that rain back home in california.
on our first full day in kauai we went snorkeling! for some reason i have no photos of us in snorkeling gear. it was a beautiful day at tunnels beach.
guess what?! even in kauai we have a cat! my parents called him “kitty”, justin and i called him “bacon.”
kitty/bacon was waiting outside for us every morning. this morning it was my mom’s birthday! i gave her a book i made of photos and memories from our france trip.
days before leaving for kauai mathew and i celebrated our 12th wedding anniversary. for our honeymoon we stayed on the north shore of kauai and this was our semi-private beach across the street from our cottage.
it was semi-private because there was nowhere to park to visit the beach by car. as you can see, it still remains semi-private.
we went a little further around the island and hiked up to view ke’e beach.
hiking back down.
ke’e beach.
during our 3.5 week honeymoon mathew and i visited the “wishing well shave ice” truck almost every day! one this trip we only visited once.
for my mom’s birthday, i planned for us to go to a luau! here we are at smith’s tropical paradise.
too much food! 😉
the show!
the next day i took no photos. because it rained a lot. basically any time there was water or sand i took no photos. one of these days “the kids” went kayaking.
and then the next day it was mathew’s birthday!
guess who was there taking a nap in the morning (above left.)
taking selfies at waimea canyon.
if you drive from the north shore, down and around to the other side of the island, you don’t meet up with the north shore again but you reach wai’ale’ale, which has the best dragonflies!
my family waiting for the clouds to clear to see the view. this reminds me of waiting to see the view from the marin headlands.
the clouds cleared!
more shave ice. not as good as wishing well but definitely more fun! and there’s wild life! (above right.)
that evening mathew and braved the mosquitoes to visit the beach near the house. beautiful and secluded.
the morning of our departure, kitty/bacon was there to greet us and say goodbye.
we thought he came around because of us, but maybe this was HIS hang out first.
our last view before the airport.
thanks mom and dad for a beautiful family vacation. xoxo
