Hawaii 3 - rain, cancellations, beaches etc

The last few days we had a lot of rain.We were supposed to go to a luau which is a show with a big buffet. We arrived, but it started raining, so we had to leave because the kids got cold. We got a rain check for another day. We want to our 'local' place at whaler's village (Hula Grill, I'm not kidding) and had dinner then tucked the kids in. 

The day after, still rain. Went to the beach anyway (it wasn't really cold and well, we are Danes!) We found a dead sea turtle - Eric was really upset because of that.

Silke went dipping with me, and Eric played in the sand. That evening we were supposed to go on a small sunset dinner cruise, but that was canceled due to the rain. We got a refund. We did get to see a nice sunset though. 

Day after, rain again. We tried to make it to a park, but there was a really bad traffic jam, so we gave up and took the kids to the pool which they enjoyed. We did a bit of shopping too.
Silke got to choose a nice dress, Eric a shirt with shorts.
Eric in his new clothes, pushing the button of an interesting mailbox

 We were supposed to go to the Luau where we got the rain-check, but it was canceled due to rain. We got a refund.. A bit annoying but well, that's how it is..
That was our last evening so we splurged on a nicer dinner in the indoor dining room at our local restaurant in Whale Warf. The kids even got to get a milk shake (their first!) as dessert..

The day after we packed, and on the road to the airport we made the trip to the park (it was right next to the airport) that we wanted to do the day before. Very lush, green and beautiful, however it did rain a lot..

 This is called 'the needle'