7 Days til Christmas.......Day 10 in Hawaii

Oh we're going to a hukilau,

A huki huki huki huki hukilau,

Everybody loves a hukilau,

Where the laulau is a kaukau at the LUAU.

by Jack Owens

All that to say that we went to a luau tonight. :-)

This is my 4th or 5th luau and it was the best yet.

We went to The Fairmont Orchid, "Gathering of the Kings" Island Breeze luau. It is a very fancy hotel, so I figured it had to be a nice one. It ended up being a more intimate setting, with good drinks (not watered down), really good food and a fabulous performance. So good that it kept a 3yr old and 6 yr old entertained the whole time. That is saying ALOT.

Before dinner the kids and Nana got up to do a little hula of their own. :-)

Love this video!

It was a beautiful night.

We were sporting our aloha wear.

The show started right behind our table!

Zachary was so enamored with this white "spirit". He would continually ask when it was going to come back on stage. We couldn't tell if he was afraid of her or liked her. It was very hard to get a picture of her because she was moving all the time. Then at the very end Dairn & Zach were coming back to the bathroom and the spirit was coming off stage and Zach gave her a hand shake. He was super excited.

We all had a great time and the show kept us intently watching on what was going to happen next.

And the desserts were to die for!
Hot Molten Brownie

&

Macadamia Nut Cheesecake

Were our favs!

It ended with the fire dance!

By the very end we heard how all the Polynesian islands had started and about their first King. We went from Tahiti, Samoa, New Zealand (I didn't know it was considered Polynesian) and Hawaii. So the culmination was "The Gathering of the Kings".

It was a wonderful evening!