Hawaii Saturday

 

Saturday we had left open.  We asked the kids what they wanted to do again.  They all said snorkeling and surfing.  So that's what we did.  We rented a couple of surf boards and they went out while Seth and I played on the beach.  Then we took them snorkeling at Turtle town/Makena beach.  While it was too turbulent for snorkeling, it was my favorite swimming beach.  Once you got in to about your chest you could just swim and float for hours.  We also met a fun Hawaiian family that were hanging out at the beach.  Evelyn and Seth played with the 6 year old granddaughter and Sam made friends with the 10 year old grandsons.  They brought an A frame ladder and everyone was jumping off it into the water.  My favorite were the 2 and 3 year old boys that had no fear of the water and just swam like little fish.  

Dad spent most of his time getting the kids on the waves.  That's really the hardest part is to time yourself onto the waves. Evelyn loves her new sport though.  She kept waving at me and throwing out shakas. 

Sam did really well too.  

Ada came back to join us on the beach after getting some rashes from the surf board.  She had fun in both places, so it works out pretty well.

After surfing, we found a fish and chips place that had the most delicious Mahi Mahi.  Even Sam enjoyed it and he's not a huge fish fan.

Evelyn chose a waffle from next door instead.

Hawaii Tuesday

 

Tuesday we woke up early because we were still on our regular time clocks.  We went to the harbor and caught a boat to go snorkeling.  It was so much fun! We saw coral, fish, urchin, turtles, etc.... They made sure that we used coral safe sun block and all our food trash made it to the garbage can.  Sam even dropped his snorkeling mask and one of the guides dove to get it because you want to keep the coral healthy.  Seth had a hard time with it until they provided him with a boogie board that had a view port in it.  He was much happier with that one.  Ada and Dad got to go snuba diving.  It's like scuba diving, but they have a little boat that they float your oxygen tank in at the surface and you have about half an hour to dive down about 15 feet below the surface and look around.  They both said it was amazing, but our water camera had run out of battery by the time they got to doing it.

We were right where the humpback whales migrate through during mating and birthing season.  We got to see quite a few whales with their babies and their escorts.  It was cute to see the baby whales tales or when they jumped out of the water to imitate the older ones.

This is a baby and momma.

This was on the flight the day before.  I just hadn't caught it to post it.

The boat had a slide that they pulled out about halfway through our snorkeling trip.  It was attached to the upper deck and Ada and Sam loved it.  Ada didn't love getting salt water up her nose and in her eyes, so she didn't love it so much.

This splash is Sam.

This flying one is Evelyn.

Ada

Ada and Sam

Ada and Sam

Ada

Jer holding on to Seth's board.

While he doesn't look it, Seth really did have fun.

The one and only picture of me in the water.... It looks a lot more like jaws is out to get someone.

Evelyn

Evelyn

Ada

Sam and Dad

Sam

Evelyn and Seth

Evelyn

Ada, Sam, Evelyn and Seth.  We went up to the top deck and no one else on the boat came up, so we had it all to ourselves.

After snorkeling half the day, the kids weren't done with the water so we went swimming at the beach next to the airbnb.  It was literally a block away.  It was so fun.  I was done by this point and just lay down in the sand and fell asleep.  The kids still weren't done with the water, so we had them spray off in the hose and went swimming at the pool at the airbnb.  Then we showered and slept really well.