Autumn & Kalina

Today was a day to stay out of the sun for a little while.  This morning everyone but the kids, Grandma, and Daddy went to Ahihi beach to go snorkeling.  It’s a spot that Pony really likes to go to.  Since there’s only rocks we didn’t get to go.  They said it was okay, but it was to murky, so instead they went and had cinnamon rolls and maui chips in Kihei.  After they came back we went to Lahaina to go exploring and have lunch.

We walked along the street and went into different stores.  Shopping is not something Autumn likes to do but she did a good job yesterday.  This was a spot to take a little break.  I was checking out the waves.

Autumn wanted to join me too.

 
We bought some shirts, and some decorations for Autumn’s croc’s and then had lunch.  Uncle Jeffrey wanted to eat at Cheeseburger in Paradise because he needed a new cup from there.  We watched a few more waves while we waited for our turn to sit down.

Autumn liked the stairs.  She said what was on each one as she walked up.

After lunch we walked some more and ended up by the big banyan tree.  There was a craft fair so we looked around there.  Autumn thought she needed to duck to get under this branch!

We had been asking for ice cream since lunchtime.  We finally found a store that had some.  (although, I’m pretty sure we passed other ones-guess mom didn’t see those)

Hey, wait!  That’s not an ice cream grandma?!

You either Allie!

Auntie Cait-what are you sharing with Ryland?

Snow cone?  Hmmmmm, maybe we’ll have to try that another time.  After our treat we headed back to our hotel.  Since it was past nap time mom took us down to the pool to play for awhile.  Then we headed to dinner in Kahului at Da Kitchen.  Mom got to have kalbi ribs and a fried spam musubi.  I had some kalua pork and pesta pasta.  This dinner was much better than last nights!

Thursday was the first full day of our vacation.  We woke up pretty early and headed down to breakfast with Grandpa, Mom, and Dad.  By 7:30 we were at the pool and having some fun.  After awhile we went down to the beach to play.  This was the pool on the way to breakfast.

Grandpa brought our blow up turtle that he bought in Kauai last year.  He started to blow it up, but the guys at the pool had a pump he could use so that he wouldn’t pass out.

This was us playing at the water with Auntie Caitlin.

We did lots of playing in the sand too.  Grandpa would build up a mountain and we would knock it down.

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Sometimes we would go down to the ocean and get water with him.

We headed back to the pool around 11ish for some more pool time.  Then we had lunch at the pool and headed up to the room for nap time.  After nap we headed into Kahului for dinner.  We tried a place called Ramen Ya.  Everyone had noodles and they were yummy!  After a little walking around the mall the restaurant was in we headed back to the hotel.  It was a long day!

Friday started with Autumn and Daddy going to the grocery store while Mom and I went to breakfast.  On the way to breakfast we saw this snail with a fancy shell.

We wanted to go to the beach today so after breakfast we went up to change and headed for the beach.  Grandpa played with us in the water.  Later auntie Cait came to the water too.  We played at the beach all morning, but mom forgot her camera.  She says uncle Jeffrey has some pictures that she’ll add when she gets them from him.

Guess Jeffrey only had a couple of Autumn with Auntie Caitlin.

Towards the end of our beach time we all went and played in the water one more time.  I got tired of it and went to play in the sand with Dad, but Mom and Autumn went out to play in the water more.  Mom would hold Autumn and let her float over the waves and do a kind of “body surfing”.  Except a HUGE wave came and they were in the wrong place.  The wave knocked them down and made them go under water.  When mom finally got them up again another big wave was coming.  It knocked them down again.  Autumn didn’t like getting tossed by a wave.  She said that she didn’t like it.  It was too dark.  After that we all headed up to the pool.

When we were at the beach there was a family that was leaving that day.  They gave their boogie board to us.  We didn’t use it at the beach, but it was fun in the pool.

After pool time we had nap time.  While we slept Mom went shopping to get new glasses since a fish now owned hers.  Then a bunch of them went to rent snorkel geat in Kihei.  On the way they saw a taco truck and stopped for a snack.  When she came back she found out we had to change rooms.  We switched to a room by grandma and grandpa and then headed down to listen to some hawaiian music from students at the University of Hawaii.

Dinner was at a place called MonkeyPot (don’t order the mac and cheese from the kids menu-it was so gross grandma barely swallowed her bite!)  and we walked down to Lappert’s for come ice cream.  Then it was back to the hotel for night nights.  Tomorrow some adults are going snorkeling so we are going to hang out with grandma and daddy.

Today we left California and hopped on the plane to Hawaii.  I sat with Mom and Autumn sat with Dad.  Allie was across the aisle.  Grandma, Grandpa, Pony, Jeff, Caitlin, and Ryland left earlier in the morning.  We have been talking about going surfing and hula dancing and the beach forever, so when we got to the hotel we got our swim shoes on and headed out.  Hind sight being 20-20, Mom says we should’ve put our swimsuits on too.  That beach was so much fun-we played in the waves and the sand.  Mom says that it was a night and day difference from us at the beach last year.  Last year we were smaller so we were afraid of the waves and noise.

Checking it out.

I went out first.  The first touch of Hawaii water!

   
When Autumn went out she kept running away from the waves.

Now we played together.

Quick, run!

Keep me safe Autumn!  Block those waves!

Daddy held our hands so the waves didn’t knock us down.

Allie was soaking in some rays.

Kicking and splashing

Grandpa came down when we were finishing up.  Autumn was showing him how to stay away from the waves.

It’s 7:45pm in Hawaii and we are passed out in bed.  Mom is struggling to keep her eyes open to finish typing.  Tomorrow at 11 is hula lessons so stayed tuned for hip swinging pictures!