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The sun sets over the Pacific ocean in Ko Olina, Hawaii, near Disney's Aulani resort.

What can I say? It was gorgeous!

A former Miss Hawaii shares the "Hawaiian Word of the Day" with Kelly Ripa and Matthew Morrison during the taping of "Live With Kelly!" at Disney's Aulani resort in Ko Olina, Hawaii.

As luck would have it, "Live With Kelly" was taping at the resort on the Sunday and Monday of our stay and they were giving out tickets to people at the resort. They taped five episodes over the two days. All four of us watched the first taping (with co-host Daniel Dae Kim), and the girls stayed for the second one (seen here). Erick and I wandered back in to catch a little bit of the taping of this one, too.

It was fun to see how a talk show is recorded and it was cool to see some of the guests "up close."

To see the whole set of shots from the shoot (including Derek Hough, Daniel Dae Kim and John Cryer), use this Flickr Guest Pass link: flickr.com/gp/oldpatterns/QBQ21s/.

A Menehune holds a pipe pouring water, ready to douse any passing kids in the "Menehune Bridge" water play area at Disney's Aulani resort in Ko Olina, Hawaii.

Unfortunately the maximum height for this area is 48" so Erick couldn't play there. He was sorely disappointed, though he did console himself with the pools and water slides.

A closeup of the Hawaiian themed Mickey Mouse lamp in our room at Disney's Aulani in Ko Olina, Hawaii.

The Kukui Nut Lei around the top of his head was given to me when we checked in (the girls got floral ones).

Leaves and fruit of an "Autograph Tree" (Clusia Rosea) at Aulani, Disney's new resort in Ko Olina, Hawaii.

I'd never seen an autograph tree before, but apparently they're common in Hawaii -- we also saw one on the grounds of the Byodo-In Temple near Honolulu.

As you can see here, it's called an Autograph Tree (or Signature Tree) because people can scratch messages in the leaves which often stay on the tree for months.