Hervey family fun time

It was a hard night's sleep for Steve as his swimmer's ear became very painful, which then required an urgent care trip in the morning to get antibiotics pills plus ear drops. Everyone was also up very early, which was going to make for a long day considering the plan in the afternoon was to drive to Honolulu to order special Portuguese Malisadas from Leonard's Bakery and see Tory's cousin Dave at his restaurant, Pint and Jigger. Tory, Susie, and George entertained the kids all morning in the pools and waterslides while treating them to some much-deserved treats of Mickey Cookies. The kids had a tasty lunch of the minion-shaped chicken nuggets that Tory bought earlier in the week, one of the thrifty ways to save money on the vacation of grocery shopping for some meals ... read more

It was a very nice morning for everyone to sleep in until 6am and wake up refreshed. This was the morning of the Character Breakfast at the Makimaki restaurant, where we got to meet several characters. Mickey met us on the way in to get a family picture, as he mimicked swinging a baseball bat because Nathan was wearing his baseball shirt. At the table, Pluto and Chip and Dale met us as Vivian and Rosie gave them all big hugs, while Nathan added these character's signatures onto his Map of Aulani where he was keeping the character's autographs. After breakfast, the girls and Steve did some splash pad fun and then made a new friend with a 6-year-old girl at a swimming pool by a cave, while the showed off for each other with Rosie's ... read more

On our way to the island of Oahu! We were picked up early in the morning by our friend David in his Escalade with just enough room for Vivian to share a seat with whoever would take her (Nathan, Steve, Tory all took turns.) At the airport, LAX, we had a funny moment where Vivian was asked which way she wanted to get up to the next level by pointing at 2 options, the escalator or the elevator. She didn't know the name of the escalator, so she made up the name step-a-vator! The flight went pretty well, Vivian had a good nap and the 6 hours to Hawaii is not bad when you are anticipating what is there. Plus, Tory brought some great toys and books to entertain the kids. Once landing in Honolulu, Steve ... read more

This morning felt good to be able to sleep in with no room service loud buzzer waking us up. We rolled out of the room around 10:00 to the breakfast place above one of the pools with an amazing view of the beach. Taking it slow on the morning, our next stop was at the Spa for a hydrotherapy treatment that was a pool full of massaging jets for different muscles in your body from head to toe. There was also a hot jacuzzi of jets that we sat in before going back to the room to get cool and have some time on our patio with swim-up pool. The resort has 2 main pools, a long pool and a very large round pool, so we tried going to the round pool this day for the ... read more

It was a late night so the 7:00 room service loud buzzer this morning was not enjoyable. We have a standing order of coffee, greek yogurt, bananas, and juice so they will come at 7:00 every morning, which we now realize is probably a good time to stop that. Thankfully Tory was able to fall back asleep and Steve went out to the patio to read his book. It was windy the whole day and some overcast in the morning, but the humidity made it feel warm. After some chatting on the patio of the room, we went out to the main pool and did a spin class. It was not your ordinary spin class, as the bikes were submerged underwater yet still was a good way to get a workout in while on vacation. It ... read more