Well, for those of you who know, we've been in beautiful Hawaii for the last week and it went by way too fast. Thanks to Terry and Zina we stayed at the serene Ko' Olina Resort on Oahu. Pedicures, pools, private lagoons, nice dinners, whale watching, Sunset Beach, the Polynesian Cultural Center, a wet swap meet, and a Triceratops. It was a week of fun, sun, and some rain too.
I would say that the highlight of the trip, besides just being with the Pippin clan, would be our boat ride. It began with a lot of huge waves and a sweet Gabriel clinging on to the railing saying,"I don't want to go for a boat ride!". The hostess on the boat told us they've only seen 2 breeches (which is where the whale comes mostly out of the water) since the beginning of whale season in October, I was telling myself not to expect any. Were we all in for a surprise. We saw at least 20! Yes 20 times we saw those huge and incredibly fascinating water beasts lift their bodies out of the ocean with just 2 rotations of their tales. Breeching 101 I guess. They were having fun on an extremely wavy ocean, I did get a little queazy.
We missed home, but it sure is hard coming back after being in Hawaii. Aloha!
I'm ready for Hawaii. Let's Go!!
Finally after months of anticipation we're
there! And are those rain clouds?
A trip to the North Shore and playing in the sand.
Uncle Jared was a good sport for the little
ones and let himself be burried.
Gabey loved his orange tube. He is so scared and
clingy in the water, but when he has this on, there is
no stopping him. He loved to be a Gabey-Shark. Here
he is chasing after Hailey. I love this kid, he always
makes me smile:)
The cousins love hanging out.
Best Buddies.
Haleiwa shaved Ice. Yum Yum!
Sunset Beach, on the North Shore, Jake took
some rock'n surfer pictures.
"I don't want to go on a boat ride!"
"Nevermind!"
4 comments:
I'm jealous! What a fun trip. And that is so awesome that Gabe was able to go too. That is an impressive sand Triceratops. Look at you go and be all talented. You look great! Your family is totally cute.
We are going to have to swap pictures. It was such a great trip!
Looks like a ton of fun! Good job on the sand dino!
Those pictures were so much fun to see! Looks like a really fun trip! I can't believe the whale pictures. That is awesome!
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