Swimming with the Dolphins

Every time we go to Hawaii we have an AMAZING and MEMORABLE time (post about the Tsunami warning to come) but I think this is the best trip that we have ever had. We were so stoked to have my older sister Lindsey join us on the trip and meet Sidney for the 1st time. She also did an amazing job documenting our trip so I will probably have more pictures and posts this week then ever! I'm having a hard time deciding how to organize everything I want to post on our blog so I have decided the easiest way to document our trip is to do it in no particular order....

Thanks to Paul's friends Mike and Diana Thomas my sister and I had an opportunity to swim with the Dolphins at the Hilton Waikoloa Village. They are such beautiful animals, I still cant get over the texture of their skin, its SO smooth. Their mating habits are a bit different and I wont go into detail here but if your interested in knowing I am sure Google could offer you some insight. Lets just say they don't discriminate...

Auntie Lou and Sidney meeting for the first time! So precious.

Sidney's 1st flight and she was Perfect, not a peep or a fuss!

We were literally holding the weight of this Dolphin, they weigh about 300 lbs. I still cant believe how they carry their weight while jumping out of the water, the trainers told us most of their strength comes from their tail.

Riley's staple drink at any resort or restaurant we go to... Sprite with as many cherries as he can coax out of the waitress

The best salad! Fresh lettuce and veggies with Macadamia nuts and grilled Ahi

Riley is the only kid I know who takes his shoes off to walk on Lava rocks. He loves it! He sees them and takes his shoes off and charges over them like he has feet of steel!

After swimming with the dolphins we hit the water slides at the Hilton... Unfortunately Paul lost his wedding ring on this slide :( Someone is now the proud owner of his Platinum wedding band.