Shots I took while at a botanical garden.
Watching TV! :-) We almost never watch TV at home. Clara was quite fascinated by it! :-)
Clara and the snail she was given from the lady who cleaned our room.
Daddy captured this cute shot!
This is Haunauma Bay, the scene of one of Stephen's and my biggest highlights of the trip. We went with some friends who brought their snorkeling gear and watched Clara while the two of us went snorkeling!! We had a blast out there swimming around and seeing so many fish up close! The fish were so brave and if it was legal we would have been able to reach out and touch some of them. The water was so nice and it was such fun...I could have stayed out there a long time!!!
This was Clara's first time to really get in the water. We'd been at the beach another night but she didn't really get much more then her feet wet that time. I'd already been snorkeling by this time so please excuse my disastrous hair! :-)
After our fun time with friends, our little family took a drive and took in some scenery and stopped a few times along the way and had some DELICIOUS shrimp, rice and shaved ice!!!! Yummy! Here are a couple scenery pictures.
Clara and Mommy
Sitting in the easy chair like a big girl!
Hanging out in our room in her cute pink shorts from Uncle Mark and Aunt Elizabeth.
On my little sweetie's third month birthday us girls made an excursion to the beach on our own while Daddy was at work. We got rather lost along the way! Oh well. Here's an adorable shot of little pumpkin. It's one of my very favorites from the trip.
Hanging out on the beach. We found a nice little shady spot to settle down for a while. I ate some lunch and snapped some pictures, then got her ready and we went down and played in the water for a little while.
This is our mother-daughter-self-portrait-on-the-beach!
This was above our spot on the beach!
Clara with the dear lady who cleaned our room. She and some of the others who worked there took a real liking to Clara! She gave Clara four stuffed animals! :-)
Clara and Mommy
On our last full day together (Stephen flew home on Friday and we ladies came home Saturday), we all went to the beach one more time and had some fun times!!! Here's some cute pictures of Stephen and Clara playing down by the water!
I GREATLY enjoyed the water in Hawaii!!! So different from the cold California coast water! It was extremely comfortable and in some places so beautifully clear! This place was kind of exciting with it's steep drop down to the water and the pretty good size waves coming in. For a while there I wasn't sure I wanted to go in, but in the end I did and had a fun time!
Well, there's a picture of some of our Hawaiian experiences! What a special treat the trip was! And what a blessing from LORD that Stephen probably won't have to go back to Iraq!
4 comments:
Great pictures!! Clara is getting so big. It looks like you all had a good time. I thought you were going to be there two weeks? Glad you made it back after what looks like a great vacation.
You must have been a bit sad to come home. What a beautiful place. I've never been, but looks pretty. Great photos and glad all went well and you are all home safe and sound. Are you all signed up for next year's trip??? :)
How fun!! Glad you had a fun trip. Clara is so cute.
Love the pictures! Hope to call you this afternoon and hear more about your trip!
Love you, Corinne
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