Family Trip 2012 Hawaii!

Once upon a time part of the Perkins family went to a magical place on vacation in the middle of February.

On their way they met interesting people, like Micheal Ballam.

And this nice young man at the airport in San Fransisco.

They took along one of their trio of one year olds in the family, who was a major contributor to the  entertainment of all.

Davin and Bri call his sunglasses 'cool dudes' which was a lot of fun.  He is shown here in some borrowed 'cool dudes', he tried on any pair he could get his hands on, and they didn't always end up over his eyes .... just more entertainment for us all.

When they got to the magical island, they found their castle on the north shore, and had the whole top floor for themselves!

The Perkins Family Patriarch got right to it, setting up his lap top to keep them all connected during their time away.

Soon it was time to go off to the beach, this time a turtle preserve.

The next day they took a hike.

That night it was off to a local pizza place for dinner.

Another hike took them to a water fall with jump off spots for cliff diving.  Its probably a good thing that their poor mother didn't make it all the way and didn't have to watch them jump ....

The Polynesian Cultural Center was the place to celebrate Valentine's Day!

Their girls were chosen from the audience to participate in a native dance.

Ben was chosen to start a fire by rubbing sticks, and then he danced, danced, danced.

Of course authentic tats were in order for all the boys. (Darby got one on her ankle too!)

Yep that's all those Perks in the magical land of Hawaii at the PCC.

 Another day at the beach, this time at the famous Hanauma Bay nature preserve where they all had some lovely snorkeling, and saw the largest fish of any of their snorkeling outings.  They found out why later.

Then on Friday these four had a chance to go to the temple, while Darby and Ben watched the youngest member of their group.

Last of all it was lunch with adorable Princess Kylie, a family friend who is attending BYU-Hawaii.  She told us that she and her friends go snorkeling and spearfishing.  (They use a spear gun). As a nature preserve, Hanauma Bay is off limits for this activity which explains why they have bigger fish there!  (Those BYU-A-Hites eat them too!)

So that was their wonderful week in Hawaii.  I hear that next year the gathering spot will be in Yellowstone, so maybe they can get a few more family members to join in the fun. And fun it is whenever the Perkins gather.