The start of a great vacation... 

Thomas doing what he does best - sleeping at airports :) 

airplane views of the clear ocean water 

Thomas on a "flight simulator" while at the airport space center 

this little guy likes to look at you from behind things 

first views of the house - amazing! 

who's that shy guy? not the gecko! 

these little critters are everywhere in the house! 

gecko fun 

the first perfect sunset of our trip (on the first day of course!) 

ah...the sunset 

jumping away 

Nene - pronounced nA-nA - close to extinct species of a mutated canadian goose - hawaiians love them. 

our first breakfast! Gabi and Angela 

sea turtle - just swimming along 

chris getting close with the sea turtle 

coconuts - in our backyard! 

walking through the lava flow 

lava creeping along (a long time ago) 

lava that has taken over the road 

chilling on cold lava 

lava walk 

the CABANA! 

side view of the house 

more daytime views