Yesterday was Joe's birthday and we started our day in Ko Olina. We went to go have breakfast at the Disney Resort with Mickey, Minnie and Goofy...what birthday boy wouldn't love that ( thanks Joe being such a great dad:) While we waited for our table, we walked back to the beach with the Sea Turtles. They were still there! I was very excited that Joe got to see it. We also got to join in the end of the fish feed at the first lagoon. Jayden was all smiles....so was his mom!
Below are some pictures from our breakfast.
Sorry mom but this is one of my favorites.
Joe got to do a dance with Goofy for his birthday. I have it on video too but I won't share too much :)
Jayden clapping to the music
Part of the musical train
We then headed home to skype with family
Then we had some cake for Joe's birthday. Jayden helped Joe blow out the candles.
Happy Birthday Joe!
Then we got ready to head to the North Shore and the Polynesian Cultural Center for a luau and evening show.
We took the more scenic route.
Grandpa & Jayden by a waterfall
Once we got there, we watched a keiki (kids) show. Joe was selected to compete in a fire starting challenge...he won ! Nice Job!
He also then got to do a dance....we have it on video but I won't do that to the birthday boy.
Not yet at least :)
Then it was time for the luau. Yummy food and good entertainment.
Then we were off to the evening show....but that we did not get to finish. A woman came on the microphone and said there was a tsunami warning for the State of Hawaii and they were stopping the show.
I immediately went into panic mode. We were as far away as we could be from our house on the island. And as I pulled up the information online....the north shore was probably one of the worst locations to be at. To get home we could take the the coast line...either way...great. I think my nerves calmed when I realized they had a specific time for the first wave. With tornadoes, you take cover, just wait and hope nothing happens. We made it safely back to our side of the island...thanks to Joe. The thing that was so different for me was that in a tornado, you stay where you are but for the tsunami, you get out of there.
Along the way, you could see people packing up their cars on the coast line. Also, every single gas station we passed was overflowing with people. Thankfully, we had no worries there. We saw the large traffic flow from our town so we decided to just park in an area of higher ground. Our home is not in the evacuation zone but it looked a little crazy so we went to an area that was very calm. We stopped at a local grocery store and grabbed some water and snacks just in case but everything was fine. After the 4th wave hit and they were smaller than expected, we headed home. Jayden slept in our bed....more for my comfort than anything. My mom and Peter definitely had an adventure for their first visit to Hawaii.
Very thankful that it was nothing more.
