Kidless on Kaui...(except for Colton)

We were in Kaui last week, on a "couples only" trip. We went with Rob's brothers Eric and Wade, their wives Kim and Deirdre, and Rob's sister Jen and her husband Russ. We left all of the kids home with grandparents, except for Eric's oldest, 9 year-old Colton. (Eric had promised to take him the next time he went to Hawaii.)
We rented 2 vacation rentals, that were conveniently across the street from each other, and 2 cars, and we had a blast!
Here come the pics...

One of our 1st and most frequent stops was to the "Shave Ice" truck. Yum! Yum!
Enjoying our "shave" ice. (We have no idea why there isn't a "d" on shave?)
They even put shaved coconut on top, if you want. It's delicious!

We ate at this place called The Fish Market, and when Rob went inside to order, this little dog jumped up on the stool next to me. Rob lost his seat. ( The dog knew who the animal lover of the group was.)

The boys rented surfboards for a couple days. Doesn't he look tough?

Eating papaya on the beach. Doesn't get much better than that...

We went to this beautiful little place called Kippu Falls, and jumped off a rope swing. It was scary and fun! Here's Rob showin' us how it's done!

Taking pics in front of some waterfalls that I don't remember the name of...

The girls made Creme Brulee French Toast one morning and the boys made Breakfast Burritos a different morning.

Out to dinner...at Kalypso, I think.

A group shot! I think Colton fell asleep at every dinner. We wore him out!

We kayaked on a little river that took us out to Hanalei Bay. Rob and I caught a little wave and capsized on the reef. Ouch! That was no fun. Eric took Kim & Colton out to the BIG waves, thinking he could ride them in...Instead they flipped, tail over nose, and everyone was a little panicked. But it made for a good story!

We tried to take pics while we kayaked...

Rob & I tool a tour of a chocolate farm. Hawaii is the only state where the chocolate plant grows. We tasted lots of local fruit and 14 kinds of chocolate on our tour. It was really interesting.
Did you know pineapple grows on a bush?

And that vanilla beans grow on a vine?

Here is a chocolate tree. Isn't it cute?

Do we look like pros, with our walking sticks?

I think boogie-boarding was my favorite activity. We caught some awesome waves!

I think I could sit here forever....

This is my favorite picture of all the couples.

(Eric & Kim, Russ & Jen, Deirdre & Wade, Karli & Rob)

Goofin' around...

Just the girls

And the boys!

Much better...

Aren't we cute?

Out to dinner at Hanalei Bay Cafe...We had the crabcakes. Mmmmmm!

Our last day at the beach. :(

Our last dinner at Duke's. (Eric & Kim)

Wade & Deirdre

Smoochy, smoochy...

Cheese! We got a little sunburn, ON THE LAST DAY!

We had such a great time! My Mom and Kade picked us up from the airport, and Kade just giggled in the car, the whole way home. My mom had put together 10 scrapbook pages of everything that she and Kade had done, while "Mom & Dad were in Hawaii". It looks like they had as much fun as we did! (With a little less sun!)