A Look at the Landstroms: Aloha!

As many of you know, I was chosen by one of our investors to speak at the ICBA National Convention (ICBA is an organization of smaller community banks), which just so happened to be held in Honolulu, HI!!! So, myself and my coworker, Sharon, spent a week in Hawaii, (airfare, hotel and most of our meals were paid!) which was an amazing experience, to say the least!

Here we are on the plane to Honolulu...

With our account executive, Dee Anna Hatfield, standing at the Taylor, Bean and Whitaker booth at the convention...

A few pictures of the hotel where the convention was held (the Hilton Hawaiian Village)...

(Yep, those are penguins)

On Saturday, March 3rd, Dee Anna took us to Pearl Harbor. It was a moving experience. This picture was taken while we were on the ferry that took us out to the memorial...

Inside the U.S.S. Arizona memorial...

All the people that died in the bombing...

The U.S.S. Arizona, in it's final resting place...

Among our many adventures while in Hawaii, was the Honolulu Screamer. It's tagline is, "Whale watching with a twist" It's a custom-built jet-boat, holds 49 people, and offers a ride like no other! Here is a picture of what was behind us - we sat in the very front, where we were strapped to our seats...

Here we are while the boat was cruising along in the Pacific - jumping waves and dipping the nose in the water, so we could all get wet!

They stopped for a moment and the captain and his wife took pictures of all of us. Behind Sharon and I is the Diamond Head Crater.

Here is the Pacific - look at all the gorgeous colors of blue and green!

Here we are swimming in the ocean...

In addition to all the daytime activities, Honolulu boasts tons of nighttime adventures, as well!

There was tons of great shopping, awesome resturaunts, and performers, of sorts, lining the streets! A mime came up and made us these balloon flowers...