Waikiki 2011

We left for Hawaii on Saturday, January 8th. We flew into Honolulu where we met my parents, the deGraaf's, Pearl and my Aunt Donna & Uncle Ray from VT. This trip to Hawaii couldn't have come at a better time. After miscarrying the baby Mark and I really needed to get away, get our minds off of it and relax! (Well, maybe it wasn't PERFECT timing... it would have been nice to have a few more days to recooperate from the surgery, but still...)

We spent the first week of our vacation in Waikiki. Our favorite part of Waikiki is - the BEACH! Logan LOVED the beach - he loved playing in the sand and swimming in the ocean. Katie... Katie looked adorable in her MANY swimsuits. She wasn't a huge fan of the sand or the water (she screams if you get her anywhere NEAR the ocean!) It took her a long time to get comfortable enough to play in the sand or even walk in it. Making it a lot easier for us to keep an eye on her!!

We didn't have the best weather while we were on Oahu. It rained a couple of times while we were there. But we didn't mind as it gave us time to tour the island without feeling bad about missing a beach day. Since Uncle Ray & Auntie Donna had never been before we took them to many different sites around the island. Logan and Katie weren't too excited about this - but they still behaved.

We also spent a day at Hanuma Bay - one of my favorite places! Hanuma is a sheltered/protected bay where there is excellent snorkeling. In the past week have seen many different kinds of fish, turtles, eels and even little octopus. (Although I didn't get to enjoy it as much as in the past as I wasn't allowed to go in the water to go snorkeling.) This year only fish were spotted - so I didn't really miss a lot. Logan LOVES snorkeling and was really good at it too!

Another one of our favorite parts of Waikiki is the POOL! Logan and Katie both loved swimming in the pool! (But poor Mark had to always be in there with them!)

Waikiki with our kids was a much different vacation than when Mark and I were there just us two after we got married. Katie and Logan had a hard time adjusting to the time change and were up at 4am several mornings (good thing Walmart and Safeway are 24 hrs! We killed a lot of time there each morning).

Pictures from our week on the Big Island to come..