9th May 2011 First full day in Hawaii

This is the Rainbow tower that we are staying in and we have the best views. There is Tim on our balcany the 16th floor.

They have penguins and turtles which they feed daily at 8am and they also have pink flamingos and heaps of coy fish in all their ponds.

Today we went to the Ala Moana Shopping centre which was huge - 4 levels of shops galore with Macy's department store at one end and Nordstrom at the other end and only 10 mins walk from the hotel. We then came back after lunch and headed down the beach. Still a bit overcast but very humid and warm and the ocean was really warm. Matthew dug a big hole and and the kids did some snorkelling in the lagoon and also in the ocean. Off to Snappers for dinner as we are all starving as we pretty much have only had the buffet breakfast at the hotel.

8th May 2011 Arrival in Hawaii

Well we said goodbye to Vegas with an early morning get up at 5.30am as our flight left at 9am and it was sad to say goodbye. The Bellagio was absolutely beautiful - would definitely stay there again. We flew Hawaiin Airlines to Honolulu which took about 6 hours and it was an airbus 330 so nice plane and very smooth ride. We got to Honolulu about 12.30 and it was overcast and had been raining but very humid and warm so that was ok. As we left Vegas the rain was coming in there also so our stint of great weather would have ended either way. Anyway got a taxi from the airport and it was a taxi limo - how special did we feel!! It took about half an hour to get to the Hilton Hawaiin Village and it is really beautiful. These pictures are taken from the balcony of our room - what a view! We are staying in the Rainbow tower which is right on the beachfront and I think the complex is made up of 5 towers. We got here and settled in and then it was off to do some laundry and explore the place. We were all pretty tired so we just went and got some dinner at Ihop and then had a walk along the street to see any other restaurants and then off to bed. Even though it was only 9.30 here it was 12.30 in Vegas time and we were still on that time.

7th May 2011 Last Day In Vegas

Our last day in Vegas and we enjoyed the beautiful pools of the Bellagio and did some final shopping. We went to the Rockstar bar for dinner and Matthew got to make his own pizza with whatever toppings he liked - cool!! The meal was really yummy. Oh I forgot to mention that on the way to the restaurant we were walking down the road and I looked down and I thought I saw a dollar bill and I said to Matthew " Hey look a dollar - grab it!" so Matthew picked it up and it wasn't a dollar it was a $100 note. Oh my goodness - that is one of the reasons I never like to carry $100 notes as if you drop one it is alot to lose. Well that was a bit of a win fall so it paid for dinner. We did our final walk of the strip as we are up up and away tomorrow to Hawaii!!!

6th May 2011 Friday in Vegas

The view of the fountains from our room - not bad hey!!!

Apparently the below is a picture of Chewy off of the Chelsea Lately show.

The Venetian canals - beautiful hotel.

Matthew got to hold a snake along the strip for $1 and then we saw the guys from Hangover and Michael Jackson just hanging around on the street. We went to a brazilian restaurant tonight Pampas and it was a very yummy meal and of course we ate too much and had to walk the strip to let it go down. The kids went to the CSI; The Experience where they get to see 3 crime scenes and they have to determine who did it.

4th & 5th May 2011 Vegas and more Vegas

The entrance to the Luxor where we went last night to see Criss Angel Believe show and it was awesome. He is really amazing and how he did some of those illusions you just cant explain it.

Tuesday night we went to the Hard Rock Cafe for dinner again and had a nice dinner then just walked the strip where we bumped into Elvis and many other charactors. The kids went off to bed and Tim and I had a drink in one of the many bars down in the casino. Wednesday we went to breakfast in the Miracle mile shopping mall and this is where the ceiling is painted like it is the sky - amazing. We then went and got our tickets for the Criss Angel show which we went to and oh my god he is unbelievable. Tim didn't come with us and we met up with him afterwards and walked up the other end of the strip where we saw the volcano erupting in front of the Mirage and also saw the fountains in action in front of the Belagio. I took a photo of the fountains during the day from our room.

3rd May 2011 Day 2 in Vegas

Dinner at Tony Roma's before we hit Fremont Street

Well we hit Fremont Street to see this amazing site and boy we saw some other real sites!! We were all starving so we had a ribs and steak at Tony Roma's and then hits the streets. We spent most of the day lazy round the awesome pools - there are 5 or 6 pools and plenty of room for everyone. Beautiful weather here not a cloud in the sky and I think it was 29 today but it gets a little cool at night.

2nd May 2011 First Day in Vegas

Well today we were up early - all these time changes mess you up - and headed to the gym which is pretty awesome then off to breakfast at Denny's which was nice. Then we decided to catch the Deuce bus to the factory outlets and we spent some money and got some bargains at the DFO's. Then it was back to the hotel and I went for a further shop down the 1 mile shopping mall in the Planet Hollywood hotel and everyone else went back to the room and then hit the pool. There is an arcade room here and they have Xbox and PS3 complimentary to the guests so Matthew was in his element have his fix on the XBox. Tonight we are off to Freemont street for the awesome site of TV's on the ceiling and a mall full of shops and casinos - love it!!!