I went to visit my sisters in Hawaii this last Spring Break (2006). Rachel and Ikaika got my parents to help build two more rooms onto their house, effectively multiplying the size of their house by two.

These are the pictures of my fam. There's a whole butt-load of Mahea pictures, so I gave her her own gallery at the end of this one.

This is a family picture that I made everyone take right before I left. I think this perfectly exemplifies my family during the vacation... well, sort of a vacation... not really, though.

Sorry, Nate and Kelly, that we took such a great family pic w/out you- As what was once said to me after a certain family picture was taken at Lake Geneva at the dock that was great but happened to be missing me, maybe we can Photoshop you guys in! haha!

(above: enlarges if you click on it)

Here's Ikaika and my mom by the "stairway"

Ikaika looks kind of radiant in this. He's just beaming joy. hehe

This is my dad. Nice view in the back, huh?

This is the board that almost killed my mom. yikes.

This is actually what it looked like most of the week. It rained a lot. The sewer tank things flooded and drained into the ocean, making some parts of it un-swimmable.

What'cha eating, Sarah? Yes, I put this online.

Their dog, Pepé, is crazy. He's part Chihuahua and Dachsaund... umm.. I don't know how to spell that.

This was taken right before I left. Yeah, I'm not sure what's going on with those hats either.

Haha. Matsumoto's isn't a grocery store. at all.

This is my brother-in-law's niece, Katrell. She's super-cool, but also super-smart, so don't let her small stature deceive you. We were trying to look tough.... er... I was.

We had a kaput underwater digital camera. It managed to work one time to get a few pictures. Mom and I went snorkeling in Hanauma Bay.

All those specks in the picture are little particles that made the water cloudy. I used the "auto levels" feature on Photoshop, which whited out my face but fixed the rest of the color.

This is mom, ready to scuba dive. On Wednesday, Mom, Sarah, and I went on two dives with about twenty people. I went by myself on Friday, and there was only four people total on the boat. It was pretty cool.

Blurry, but a good picture. Sarah looks overjoyed.

Fully clad in our wetsuits, this is us after our second dive.

Click on the "M" below to see part 2 of the Nostalgic Hawaii pictures (AKA Mahea's gallery)

To look at the "Aesthetic Hawaii Gallery," click on the flower below: