Monday, 5/14 Evening

Aaron came home from his bike ride a bit later than usual, but we headed out to Hula Grill afterwards. We were entertained by a different entertainer tonight (probably because we came at a different time), his last song he sang was very interesting... it was definitely an "original" piece. I think the title must've been "I Love Nutella" because that was sang over and over in the chorus along with very interesting ways this man loves eating nutella... wasn't meant for the "family" very much and it had Noah & Calvin shaking their heads. The tune was really catchy, but thankfully, I forgot it by the time we left the restaurant. After dinner and sunset on the beach, we walked by Whaler's Village and saw that the Hula show was on again and Anna & Selah begged me to stay and watch so the boys went window shopping at the Koa wood store where they found very cool things made out of Koa wood and Michael dreamed of getting a baseball cap with the visor made with Koa wood that was $40. Probably not going to happen this time.

Anna blowing bubbles that were given to her by a couple that just got married

Bought these dresses at the ABC store

The girls LOVE getting their pictures taken by various flowers... this one Anna calls the "high biscuits"

Barely caught the sunset... we were still eating at Hula Grill and I escaped just in time

The girls

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