What a week!

Have I mentioned that I LOVE living in Hawaii?!?!?! We have been so busy the last couple weeks and I love it. The busier I am, the better. :) We have had a couple of get togethers and meet-ups with the groups I joined. I am so glad that I found the meet-up website. It is such a great way to meet people. I am really excited to become more active with the Military Moms group. They have park, beach and in home play dates every week, along with other various activities. We went to the beach with them on Wednesday. It was at the Ko'Olina Lagoons. This is a great place for children. Very calm and shallow water so you don't have to worry as much about them being carried off by the waves. The boys loved it.

Thursday Maw Maw and Kenzie arrived!!! We have been counting down for this day during calender time. The first couple days weren't real exciting as far as showing them the island. Friday was completely focused on getting ready for Parker's birthday party. We kept it small and had burgers and cake at the house. Parker had a great time. Jenny came with Logan and Avery. Parker and Avery played on his new slide for most of the evening. Parker LOVED his cake and made sure to eat the whole piece!

Saturday we went to Hanaumu Bay. It is beautiful there. We snorkeled and just hung out of the beach. It is a nature preserve with a lot of coral, so the boys couldn't really ''play" in the water. Took Blake a little while but by the time we left he really liked snorkeling.

Then we went to the Halona Blowhole. Again...Beautiful!

After the Blowhole we went to Wakiki and walked through the shops. The weather was wonderful. We came across a pirate (at least that is what hunter called him) with 2 parrots. The boys held the parrots and the pirate continued to place them all over us. We were able to get some awesome pictures. :)

On the way home, our wonderful day was finished with an amazing rainbow.

Sunday we went to the Dole Plantation for lunch, and pineapple ice cream. ;) Then went up to the North Shore to Waimea Valley. We hiked up to the waterfall. Ben, Blake and I actually swam up under the waterfall. It was freezing! Talk about a good workout too. If you stopped swimming for a second the current would push you back out. I haven't loaded pictures from Waimea yet. :( It was a wonderful weekend! So much more fun to come. :)