Hawaii, 2011 - DAY 4

Day 4 was Polynesian Cultural Center day. We headed up to Laie and stopped off at the temple first. It was an overcast day so it wasn't really hot. At the temple we took some pictures and went to the visitor center. A sister missionary caught us in the visitor center and asked if we wanted to see a movie. We told her that we saw a movie last time we were there about the first LDS people in Hawaii and so she suggested we see a cartoon movie they had since we had kids. The movie was NOT good. We decided to sneak out before it was even over and made our way to our car. We then headed over to the Polynesian Cultural Center.

The family in front of the Laie Temple

The kids at the visitor center

We made it to the PCC and decided to head over to the Samoa village. We really enjoyed the presentation when we were there before and this year didn't disappoint. Kap, the guy that does the presentation about Samoa is hilarious.

Kap

A Samoan guy climbing a coconut tree

Next it was time to head over to the New Zeland village. We enjoyed the dancing and hearing the history of their people.

A New Zeland dancer

At the New Zeland village, the girls got tattoos

Then they decided to have some fun with poi balls

We then walked through an old hut of a Tongan kind

Lainey and Brielle at the village of Tonga

Coop in front of a big hut

We decided to get a little something to eat and then made our way to the canoe pageant. It rained a little during the parade but it felt good.

The music and MC for the parade

The King

New Zeland

Samoa

Fiji

Hawaii

Tonga

Tahiti

After the parade we went over to the Hawaiian village. A guy played the ukulele and another one danced. I really enjoyed this village

After Hawaii, the girls decided to fish

We then headed over to the Tahiti village. We enjoyed the dancers.

Tahitian dancers

Guy Tahitian dancer

After Tahiti, we headed to Tonga. This is a very entertaining show!

The Tonga guy. He did the show last year when we were there and was soooo funny

Cooper by the river. He liked watching the tour boats go by

The family by the Easter Island statues

Cooper and me being funny

It was finally time for the luau. We bought a different luau this year and it seemed just as good as the one we paid a lot for last year.

The kids with their leis waiting for the luau to start

Yummy, the sweet purple rolls

Drinking out of a pineapple

Cooper enjoying his pina colada drink in a pineapple

The show during the luau

Getting the pig

The food was good. We sat by a mother and her two daughters from Australia. After the luau was over, we had a little while until the night show started so we took some pictures and looked in some stores.

Travis and the kids after the luau

The kids by the "Mahalo" sign

Brielle

Mom and Lainey

We attended the night show, "Ha, the Breath of Life". We saw it last year and during the show last year we were able to take pictures but this year we were told that no pictures were allowed. Oh well, the show was good and they even changed it a little from when we were there the year before. Fun day at the temple and PCC!!