This was the awesome house, Hale Kohola, that we rented while we were all there. Brad, Kaden & I were the first to arrive so we stayed at Trendwest the first night until everybody else arrived the next day.
Erica & Kaden enjoying the front yard pool.
View of front yard from the lanai.
Kaden cooling off Chelsea.
Kaden really enjoyed toting water from the creek that ran through the yard into the pool & vice versa.
The cute little dolphin bridge than ran over the creek. Kaden on one of his many bucket runs.
A little high flying action. You can see where the creek ran into the pool. It was so pretty.
Chillin' on the deck with the cousins.
Diva.
Here's a shot of the bridge & front lawn & steps down to the street.
The inside of the house was amazing. I had to move way too much stuff out of Kaden's reach. The owners of the house are art collectors & the house was basically done up like a gallery, way too many breakable things! We were lucky though, no accidents!The sculpture on the ceiling was a mother whale & her calf. So amazing!
Kaden on the porch with a giant snail, it was nearly as big as his foot!
The main living areas (kitchen, dining, living room, sitting area) were all upstairs, along with 2 bedrooms. The kitchen was behind Chelsea to the right & the living room was behind her to the left.
Another shot of the whales.
The view of the goff course & ocean from the lanai.
Brian hanging out in the kitchen. The pillars behind him had giant banana leaves & fruit sculptures mounted to the top of them as well as along the far wall. Wish I had a better shot of them.
Looking downstairs. There were 4 bedrooms downstairs, 2 of which were master bedrooms. Since we got there first we got to claim one of them! (didn't ever get a shot of it though). Under the stairs was also a big pond & fountain full of a bunch of little sculptures of whales & fish & nudie mermaids! (can't believe I didn't get a picture of that!)
The incredibly large kitchen, you've never seen so much counter work space!
This was everbody the last day in the house, just before check out. Brittnee & Dave had left the previous day & Anita & her family were headed back that eve. so with the reduced numbers we headed back to Trendwest for the last few nights.
Having our own house was awesome! It was so nice to be able to let the kids run around, play in the pool & do their own thing without having to worry about other people & all the rules that go along with sharing commen areas at a resort. The pool was open all night & your toys were left next to the pool where you would need them again soon! Oh, & Kaden spent most of the time running around without bottoms on as we are trying to potty train & thought he would enjoy practicing aiming at the trees. You can't do that at a (family) resort!
