Showing posts with label beach. Show all posts
Showing posts with label beach. Show all posts

Saturday, August 6, 2011

Hanauma Bay

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Earlier this week we went snorkeling in this bay. It is so pretty there, way more beautiful than a postcard picture...no photo does it justice.


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It was really hard to take pictures of the girls while they were snorkeling, this picture was taken while standing above the water, but we did have one of those plastic encased, under water cameras. I'm curious to find out if any of those photos will come out because we were seeing the most beautiful fish. I don't think I have ever seen so many different kind of fish all in the same place. They were so brightly colored, and the water was so clear it made it perfect for looking at them.


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Looking at a sea cucumber.


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Here Kamele is holding a "canoe" she found on the beach. I'm trying to figure out what we are going to do with all the shells, rocks, palms etc that the girls keep collecting everywhere we go. They will be heartbroken to leave them behind, but I don't see how we can bring them home.


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As we were leaving Hanauma Bay, I asked Rebekah how she liked it there, and wasn't it beautiful? She responded, "Yes, I can hardly believe my own eyes." That pretty much sums up the experience!

Sunday, July 31, 2011

Wave Runners

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By their excited faces here, you would not have guessed that the girls did not want to go to the beach today. They were too busy playing with their cousins, but once they got there, excitement took over, and they had a great time. These photos are Rebekah's first time in the Pacific Ocean, and despite all the running away she is doing in the pics, she did actually get in once I put the camera down and held her.


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Testing the waters...


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Getting a little braver {or running away :-)}...


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The waves made a bigger impact than they anticipated, and I could tell just the sound of it was enough to deter Rebekah from getting any closer. She held on just a bit longer, waiting out a few more waves...


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Now she's pretty sure that she's had enough!


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The older girls loved the crashing waves! I had never seen them so excited as they ran away from something before...


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Ka'iulani almost completely under the wave.


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Here, let me help you up (maybe)...


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They could have kept this up all day! And they just about did, at least for a few hours :-)