Hawaii 2012 - Day 4, Part 2

Day 4, Part 2 - So looking back on all the pictures, we actually had a VERY long and eventful day on day 4.  The Botanical Garden was so pretty and we enjoyed being out of the rain forest that surrounds the Volcano area and soaked in the warm beach weather that day.  We also made a stop at the Pan'ewa Rainforest Zoo in Hilo (it was free and had an awesome playground....we were sold!)  The girls loved playing outside for awhile and worked up a sweat.  Matt enjoyed the white Bengal tiger and even got attacked by a peacock walking around......good times.

After the zoo, we went home and the girls enjoyed "exploring" in the back yard and picking flowers.  This was one of the highlights for Natalie on the entire trip.....go figure. 

 

 

 

One of the great things about having Lisa on the trip was that Matt and I were able to go on a couple of dates (this was our 10 year anniversary trip after all) while we were on vacation.  We decided to go out to eat at Kileaua Lodge which is a very nice restaurant that we had gone to for our 5 year anniversary trip.  It was very special to us and we even got seated at the same spot!