California Beaches: Two Thumbs DOWN!!!

I'm sad to report that California beaches are horrible! The water is freezing, not to mention brown, the sand feels like gravel, and they are way too crowded. We went to Huntington Beach today hoping it would make us feel like we were still in Hawaii... We were greatly disappointed!

10 Months

Our little Isaac Timothy is 10 months today! Before we know it he'll be asking for money and the car keys!

Home Sweet Home

After flying all night and taking turns napping all day, we are finally settling into the realization that Hawaii has come and gone! Isaac is sound to sleep and it's early bedtimes for the rest of us. I can't wait to catch up on everyone's blogs. That's this week's goal... Good night and sweet dreams!

Until We Meet Again...

Sadly, our Hawaii vacation is coming to an end. We have one more day to soak up as much clean air, grass skirts, coconuts, banana bread, snorkeling, shopping, and breath taking views that we can. I'll be honest... I don't want to come home! This place is just too good to be true!

Tiger Shark = No swimming

No swimming today... Shaun peed in the "pool" and it attracted a shark (or so he thinks that's the reason). A Tiger Shark was spotted in a cove just after Shaun and my dad got out of the water. It was in the EXACT same area they had been snorkeling. The lifeguards hurried to get everyone out of the water. They ended up closing all the beaches on the west side of the island. Bummer!

Aloha from Earth's Paradise!

Awwwwww! I must say, if you have never been to Hawaii... well... that's probably good because you would be addicted like me and never want to leave! We arrived at the Big Island yesterday and have been in awe of it's beauty ever since. It's been overcast all day with a rainy afternoon. the plane ride was loooong! Isaac was a NUT the first half of the plane ride then slept the last two hours. he was up bright at early too, 4:30am... his usual time (of course 7:30 Cali time). Grandpa took him on a walk at 5 because he couldn't sleep either. An hour and a half later they came back with stories of what they saw. Today was spent sight seeing, snorkeling with sea turtles, and grocery shopping for the week! It's now 7pm and Isaac has been in bed for an hour. I don't think he is going to catch on to this whole time change thing. it looks like we'll be going to bed early and waking up before everyone else on the island. Oh yeah, Shaun got his cast off so he is in a boot. He still can't put weight on it but at least he can take it off to go in the water!

loving life!!!!

Kona, Hawaii

Snorkeling Kahalu'u State Park

Can you see the turtle?

Still loving life!!!

Clever Family Picture

Look! It's a picture of Isaac with Mommy, Daddy, Uncle Aaron, and Antie Lisa! AND if you look really hard you can see G-Daddy and Grammie in the small left corner of the computer! Ahhh! We're all together!