Nice update!! Red Lobster, really?
There was one on the Mississippi Gulf Coast that I never could understand its popularity with all the local restaurants that got their seafood fresh daily from the docks and not delivered in frozen like RL. No worries though...there was one good thing about Hurricane Katrina, it took care of RL (and unfortunately everything else on the Coast) and it was never rebuilt. Looking forward to more of your TR.
I know! Not the wisest choice.
1) We are in Hawaii, with wonderfully diverse cuisines and
2) We are New England Seafood snobs.
But in my defense- Shrimp 30 ways for $9.99 and Crabfestpalooza are really hard to pass up. Especially when they come with a cheddar biscuit!
Great update. That view is gorgeous and I imagine it was pure bliss to sit and have some "me time" while enjoying it. So good of Mark to take the boys to the museum which looks pretty cool too. Love the sunset and fireworks photos- simply stunning sunset. Perfect end to the day
I love my family. But I love "me time" too!!! It was nice just sitting on the balcony, taking pictures and chilling out. The museum was probably nice, but I would have been bored after the first 5 minutes looking at guns and weapons.
It was a really fun end to the night!
Our oldest grandson used to love dinosaurs. Now it is tanks. I guess it is a "guy" thing.
It was nice to have that hour to yourself.
It always bothers me that it is called shave ice instead of shaved ice. I want to put the "d" there.
That's Ben- used to love dinos. Now anything military. Nate was lions (and other animals). Now anything military.
I am of two minds with the "shave" ice thing. The grammar policewoman in me thinks "shaved" ice is more correct, but the rule-follower in me is bothered when people call it that.
The "new" Dis is not my friend because I can't seem to keep up with who is updating what and where and all that jazz. Anyway, I'm caught up again. Spamalot looks like a ton of fun and every time I see Ben in character it makes me smile. You can tell that he has a great time.
Speaking of Ben, way to spot the $10 buckaroos. I get excited when I find a coin in the parking lot so I would have been bouncin all over if I found $10.
You guys sure got a work out with the hike and the stairs but the view was well worth it. Gorgeous! Beautiful! Breaktaking!
Oh my gosh, talk about a horrible cab ride! It actually sounds a bit scary to me! EEEEK!
On your homefront posts, I don't see how you all stand the weather you are getting. They can call for a slight chance of freezing rain here and we all freak out.
I am so behind on everyone's trip reports! I haven't had time to update mine, I just caught up on the BC/YC FAQ this morning and I have been at school during lunches all week, selling tickets to the staff variety show that will be tomorrow night (Hope to be able to share some pictures and heaven forbid, video of me as Timon singing Hakuna Matata in front of an audience of hundreds
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That was really rewarding for Ben to the find the money during the hike. We found a total of $2.11 during last week's trip. Yes, I picked up the penny!!!
The views from Diamond Head were gorgeous. It was too bad that it was too bright in one direction to really see well, though.
The cab ride was just unbelievable! I kept thinking someone would jump out and scream "Smile! You're on Candid Camera!"
Great updates, Dee. Those pancakes are making me drool right now.
Boys and their guns. It definitely is a guy thing.
The pictures from your balcony are wonderful.
And I love your beach pictures and glad you had some time in the water and writing in the sand.
We don't have a lot of very good seafood options here and usually end up at Red Lobster (our favorite seafood restaurant is a good 45-60 minute drive from us). Uh oh...doesn't sound good about your RL experience coming up.
Oh my...that is a lot of ice cream.
Fireworks on the beach...what a great end to the day.
The pancakes were really tasty!
Even my husband came back from the museum and told me "Our boys know way too much about guns!"
I was glad Nate joined us in the water- he doesn't always love the beach, but this was his second time swimming on the trip.
Red Lobster was a mistake!
Yes, a lot of ice cream (EXPENSIVE, too!)
A meal at a Hawaiian restaurant, followed by fireworks on the beach. Just like being at the Poly!
Yummy looking pancakes!
Ahh I'm sure the boys all enjoyed the military museum. Johnny dragged me to one once... I think he still owes me for it. He knows way too much about guns too.
Ohhh the swim in the ocean looks just heavenly.
I wish I liked seafood. I live on an island in the Atlantic... apparently we have the best seafood anywhere, and I hate all of it! 
Doesn't sound like a good experience coming up at RL for you guys though!
Just read that you guys got on your plane!! Have a wonderful trip!
So glad I got a pass on going with the guys to the museum!
The ocean was wonderful!
We love seafood. It was a shame our meal at RL was so disappointing.
How fun that the boys got to go to the Military Museum. Denny would love that!
And you got some down time, which is always a plus!
More beautiful pictures from the water.
Too bad the shaved ice was not really shaved ice. Bummer.
You know - I see the commercials for Red Lobster and the food always does look really good, so I get it. I guess you can't really go there when you live in NE, but you can when you leave that part of the country. No judgement here.
Well, if we ever vacation together we can send the guys to the museum and you and I can go find the closest Mai Tai bar!
Shave ice from a little shack along the beach and dinner at RL- not our best choices.
The museum looks very interesting. I am glad the boys had a great time. The beach pictures are so amazing. I could go for any beach in a warm climate right about now.
I don't think the Military Museum makes it very high on the Trip Advisor list of attractions. But it worked for the guys.
I hear you on the beach wishes!!!
Well, took me some time to find this. Sounds like a great trip. We may do Hawaii some day, as my DS is a huge WWII fan. My dad was in the Pacific during WWII, but was in the Army.
Glad to see you enjoyed the GC and DL. Funny, after 6 days in DL this last time, and riding California Screamin' until it closed for the night, our last night at the parks, DS remarked that we may be done Disney. That remark was after DD said the coaster only had one loop. I have some great shots of the kids ride pictures. They were such hams on that coaster.
Hope you are surviving the storms. We have snow and ice, and then more snow and ice. Now, contending with arctic low temps.
There are so many things to do in Hawaii to suit all kinds of interests! Pearl Harbor was really one of the most fascinating places we have ever visited.
There certainly is a big difference between the intensity levels on the coasters at Disney and Universal! My family did not really ham it up on the photos. !
Yum all that food looks so good! Bummer about the snow cones though.
How are you doing with all the snow? Yay for a FL getaway hope you are able to depart as scheduled. Are you going to disney?
We had some good meals, even if we did keep returning to the same places.
Cynthia!!!
