Precious Moment

Most of the time having a little one with a cold is not so much fun, but today since Makayla's nose is terribly stuffy and she was quite a bit fussy, I put some music on the computer and let her curl up with me on the couch for her nap. Levi is asleep, the house is quite and I am enjoying this precious moment. Oh, how I love being a mommy!

Hawaii 2008

Napili Beach


Beach Beauty


Getting Ready to go in the ocean


Playing on the beach


Mike took Levi in the ocean and the water was so clear that he could see the fish swimming around him. There was also a turtle but we're not sure if he saw that or not. He absolutly loved it!


Maui Ocean Center


This year since we brought both kids and wanted to find something fun for Levi to do besides play in the water we went to the Maui Ocean Center. Mike and I had never been before so it was a lot of fun. Next time we go to the aquarium though Mike would like to scuba dive in the shark tank instead of just watch someone else do it!


Levi cheesin' it up. Hard to tell if he was having fun or not.


Touching the starfish


This is, as you can see, a hammerhead shark. What you can't see is that they are in an open tank with a 3 foot rock wall around it and the sharks were circling around with their top fin out of the water just looking like they were waiting for some innocent small child to fall in.


Standing in front of the dolphin fountain that Levi would have much rather have been swimming in.


Puamana Pool


This is where we spent most of our time.


Makayla liked the water, not quite as much as Levi, but she had fun.




Isn't she adorable?


Levi on the other hand, LOVED the pool. Now for the fun and the scary! The first day we got there we pretty much went from the airplane to the pool and since it was our first day we hadn't had a chance to buy a floaty for Levi so we thought we would just hold him. This went well until Mike stood him up next to the pool and asked him to jump in and instead he began running to the other end of the pool. Mike quickly swam to the other side just in time to catch Levi jumping in. He did this once more to me and since I am not as fast in the water as my husband, Mike had to jump out and run to get him. That was the last time in the pool without a floaty. From then on he had a floaty like the one in the picture. In the water he did an amazing job holding on to it and he was able to kick himself all around the pool. When he got out of the pool we had to make sure he didn't slip it off but most of the time he would climb up the ladder, hold his floaty up and jump off the side. He held his breath and his face went completely underwater every time. He would quickly pop up and repeat this process untill he was to tired and worn out to do so. I was so proud of him and I can't wait to get him back into swim lessons for two reasons; one because he totally loves the water, and two because it is very scary to see him jump in without a floaty when you are not ready and yes this did happen once. Mike was sitting on the side of the pool and Levi was standing right next to him. Mike must have blinked or something but Levi jumped right in to the 8 foot side of the pool, and before I could even yell for Mike to get him he was already in the pool. Levi probably got about 3 feet deep before Mike grabbed him and pulled him out. Levi though had held his breath and came up as happy as ever. So scary for us and unfortunatly Levi didn't even get a little bit scared so he NEEDS to learn how to swim and fast!


Swinging at Puamana


Playing in the grass


Coming back from the pool


Makayla laying back during one of our morning walks


Watching the surfers


Lahaina's Banyan Tree

We're Back and our Prayer was Answered

Just getting on the plane

Lounging and playing with some toys

Watching a movie


Well we're back from Hawaii and we had an amazing time! (I'll post more pictures later) We played at the pool, sat on the beach and did a lot of relaxing! The only part we were nervous about was the flight, 5 hours with two kids under 2 and of course we didn't buy them there own seats because we didn't want to pay the extra money. We prepared for the worst and prayed for the best and our prayers were answered in a big way. On the way there we had 6 seats for the 4 of us and on the way back we had 5 seats, it was perfect. Levi was able to lay down on 2 seats and take his normal nap and when Makayla fell asleep we were able to lay her down on an empty seat next to us. At one point both kids were asleep and Mike and I were looking at each other thinking about how we could hardly believe this was happening. Mike even watched the movie! We were amazed by the Lord's provision and we can't be thankful enough!