Hawaii, part 5

Candids:

Facetiming with me!

A fan:

On the bus:

Borrowing a watch from one of the college kids:

Hawaii, part 4

In the giant maze at the Dole Pineapple Plantation:

At the Polynesian Cultural Center / luau event:

A new tattoo!

At the beach where they went snorkeling, which was, in Cooper's words, "the best day ever of my life."

Hawaii, part 3

I believe these were all taken at the Pearl Harbor Memorial / museum:

Hawaii, part 2

On some giant slide?

At the beach, naturally:

And with some giant trees (clearly I'm not the right person to be providing narration here...):

Hawaii, part 1

As soon as Christmas was over and Alan returned from an economics conference, Cooper attended school for one day, and then promptly left with Alan for a week-long trip to Hawaii.  Alan and his co-worker Martha taught an interterm class at Baker on the history and culture of Hawaii, and then naturally had to take a group of students to visit.  Coop was more than happy to tag along.

Hanging with the big kids in the airport:

Behind Martha at the Iolani Palace (I believe):

I think these next photos were at the Bishop Museum, which got rave reviews from the boys:

Xmas in Lawrence

Look who I busted sneaking around in the living room:

Excitement:

I asked for a shirt from my gym, but they don't have a lot in stock.  So instead, Coop made me one.  I love it:

And then Coop spent three straight days putting together legos:

Xmas in Inman

Grandma and Ellen getting supper ready:

Coop's surprise (and glee!) at his Christmas gift:

This snappy blazer!

With Grandma: