hula gehls

I wish you could here Heidi say the word GIRL. She pronounces it "geh l." Don't know if you can really hear it with that spelling. Anyways....Hawaidi as we've been calling Heidi lately had been all about the hula gehls since we mentioned that we were going to Hawaii. She and Pearson had a hula party right before we left. So dressing up like hula gehls in the real deal outfits and the real deal setting was awesome! And we got to see a Hawaiian dance school put on a hula show. These girls were TIRED with jet lag and fun swimming days but they managed to copy everything the real hula gehls and boys were doing.

hawaiian adventures

We mostly layed around and lounged by the pool and enjoyed the beautiful scenery and warm weather but we did have a few "adventures" while we were in Hawaii.

I snorkeled...big whoop right? Well, I've done it every time I've been to Hawaii but each time it gives me the same kind of anxiety. Similar to, but not quite as bad, as swimming in the water with a thousand or so other people in a triathlon- the claustrophobia not to mention the possibility something might just get you under there just makes my heart race. But I did it and I saw the biggest sea turtle of my life. I would also like to say that Kyla and Heidi both tried snorkeling too. They did pretty good. Both got the gear on and both put their heads under. Maybe next time it can be full fledged. 

We hiked down to the blow holes and back up. Here are a few photos from that journey.

Tyler taking iPhone pictures...he has several "art house" pieces now. See them HERE.

The blow hole. Pretty impressive.

 My husband doing Parkour. If you don't know what that is you should watch THIS CLIP from the Office.

 Awwww.....

The real adventurers did the Zipline. My mom, Chandler, and Casey climbed to crazy heights and then zipped down to the ground.

The little girls did a little tree climbing of their own at the Banyan tree.

And my personal favorite. We're cruising down the road and I asked the girls if they would get out for a picture with this Great White. They didn't even skip a beat. They were all for it, hopped out of their carseats, and stood next to it for a photo op. Kyla did say, "Don't touch it Heidi! It might fall over."

matchy matchy {island style}

You should have seen us at the Hale Mahina. We were matching A LOT. Matching swimsuits and matching outfits. We were quite a sight at the pool.

Chelsea, Chandler and I even had matching suits (NOT planned)...as did everyone else on Maui. It seems that when the same thing comes in ten different colors and is sold at Target- a lot of people own it.

p.s. The girls did not want to stop at any point on this vacation to pose for pictures (with the exception of hula girls-coming soon). We had exactly 30 seconds to take these.

back to life...

We just got back from an eight day family vacation to Maui. It was heaven on earth. The girls LOVED every second of it. Kyla and Heidi and Pearson swam for about five or six hours each day. And having all their grandmas there was an extra bonus. I have so many pictures and I'm going to be doing several posts about our trip. You might get bored. Sorry.

All three of my girlies slept in until 11am today. Crazy! We didn't get home til 1am last night. Considering all that they did very well traveling. Glad to be home but sunshine you are surely missed already.

aloha

coming home soon...can't wait to go through a thousand pictures like this.

we ♥ this guy

happy father's day.

we love you.

♥ ALL your girls

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luau birthday {part one}

I only photographed the first half of Heidi's little friend birthday party, until things got crazy with presents and frosting...those pictures are coming from Amy and I will post them soon. 

This year Heidi and Pearson shared a party again. The theme- Hawaiian Luau in honor of our upcoming trip.I can't believe they are FOUR. Where did the time go?

 

more to come...