Water Balloon Fight!!!!

This day deserves its own post because these kids are so dang cute! Thanks Auntie Lou for the awesome pictures, water balloon fights are the best!

Island Hotels

There are so many beautiful hotels on the Kohala coast. We love to take advantage of their beautiful beaches and ammenities. It was even more fun this time because Auntie Lou was here, so we really explored more of they all had to offer!

The Mauna Kea is such a beautiful resort and has one of the best white sand beaches. Unfortunately the day we went Riley wasn't interested in getting near the water, he wanted to go back to Papa's pond. We did our best to enjoy the surroundings but Riley wasn't having it and was happy just lounging in the chair.

Riley eventually changed into his trunks and rash guard, but still wasn't interested in going in the water...

If you have kids and are going to the Kona side of the big Island The Hilton Waikoloa Village is the perfect place! There is so much to do and see. Water slides, Dolphins, a tram the takes you to and from your hotel room or you can take a boat! The property is gorgeous, and there is lots of art and shopping!

Auntie Lou holding a Parrot!

This is the Water fall at the Hilton, its so beautiful! But as you can see Riley isn't a fan, he would say "its to loud Mom"! haha such a funny kid.

Bikini baby

This was Sidney's 1st time to Hawaii and 1st time on the airplane. She was a perfect baby on the plane and perfect in Hawaii. I needed to document her 1st trip with a few pictures of her in her 1st bikini!

Sunsets

Sunsets in Hawaii are nothing short of BEAUTIFUL.

We love watching them from the porch at Papa and Tutu's. We chat, have a pu-pu and then head back downstairs for dinner. The weather is always amazing and the view spectacular.

Side Note: On the Big Island you can see the sun rise on the East side and the sunset on West side in the same day. (Although we have never waken early enough in the morning to drive and see the sun rise).

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.