Hawaii Trip March/April

We had the opportunity to travel to the Big Island of Hawaii this spring. Phil had a conference there and so we extended the trip to include a week of family vacation. Though it took a bit of organizing to travel with 2 little kids it was well worth the effort in the end. We all had a wonderful time. My parents accompanied us for the first 5 days when we were at the conference. We stayed in a 2 bedroom condo right at the resort where the conference was being held which was SO nice with kids--full kitchen, separate bedrooms, etc. It was great that my parents could stay with the kids in the evenings while Phil and I went to the conference dinners one of which was a luau (photo above). We were amazed by how beautiful Hawaii really was--more spectacular than we every imagined. We took one day to drive around the island which included a brief stop at Volcanos National Park. Sasha was disappointed not to see any hot lava that day. Other days were spent going between the beach and the pool. I expected the 4 hour time change to be harder than it actually turned out to be. After the 2nd night the kids were pretty much going to bed around 6-7 and waking up around 6. Jack was still at a really easy stage to travel. He was content to sit on a towel at the pool and beach surrounded with a few toys. Sasha loved just spending every minute of the day with her dad about as much as she did being in Hawaii. She's a daddy's girl for sure!