Hawaii!!

The month of February has finally come, and we have been looking forward to it since August - not that I EVER want to wish time away with my kiddos, but we had our "annual" Hawaii trip planned!!! I may have been the most excited one, but Brennar came in a close second:) My mom became the designated picture taker, she had 825 pictures and that was after going through and deleting a bunch.  So, I think I am going to separate our trip into a few posts.

For Christmas, we gave my parents a whale watching excursion. So that was the first thing we did. The company said we were guaranteed to see whales or you would get to come back for free until you do.  But, I still had my doubts.  But we climbed aboard the Spirit of Kona and off we went "to sail the Seven Seas" according to my little pirate.  Before we were even out of the harbor the boat was being led by a group of spinner dolphins, it was so cool.  We could just look over the edge and they were right there, Brennar thought it was fantastic.  But, he kept asking if we could tell the captain to sail to the other pirate ships on the water:) We ended up seeing a mom and calf with an escort and a group of 5 males, it was pretty cool.  But, we actually saw so many whales from our room - I shouldn't have been so skeptical, I guess

The 5 of us (mom behind the camera) getting ready to climb aboard.

The 4 of us, watching the dolphins

Brilee not quite sure about her parents:)

After the whale watch, we headed back to the hotel and out to the beach. Miss Princess a.k.a. Diva all ready to hit the beach

Brilee and Grampa touching the ocean for the first time - this trip

She loved it:)

It took Brennar a little while to want to get in the water for some reason - he liked to play in the sand though. Next time we need to remember to get in sand toys the beginning of the week, not the last day!

He did like the hammock again though

The 4 of us on the paddle boat - we were heading back to where my parents were, to throw Brilee overboard - I mean give her to them:)

My little vet checking out Christian and Chelsea the parrots.

My kiddos sure do love their Grampa!!

Brilee at the luau - she is watching Elmo on the ipad, not the actual show right in front of her :)

My Big Kahuna

The sheep picture - this is always a favorite thing to do for the kids

One of the biggest attractions was the coy pond - everytime we walked by them we had to stop, which was probably a good 10 times a day, minimum

The happy little water baby

Brennar walking the beach in search of treasure!!