Arrived first day and drove around the island. Found our rental house and we all love it. The kids went to the beach right away. Body surfing and boogy boarding!! Saw the moon rise the first night and it was beautiful.
Bogdan woke up early and saw the sun rise on the beach, and took some great photos. The second day we had a nice big breakfast and then went to mass at St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church. (we have seen more Catholic churches here than in all of TN!) Mass was nice and they greeted all visitors with a shell necklace and a public welcome. Lots of Hawaiian music during mass. Then we spent the day at the beach, which is in our backyard, a short walk down the grass alleyway. Sunny and a bit cloudy.
Yesterday we went to Pali Lookout, which is about the windiest place I've been to since Mt. Washington in NH. Great views and lots of wind. Then we went snorkeling at Hanamua Bay. Marian didn't like the snorkeling too much, but Gabriel and Anna and Bogdan and I all went out. We saw tons of fish and Gabriel invested in an underwater camera. Can't wait to see the pictures developed. We came home and had leftovers and then the kids played Monopoly with Bogdan. They've decided that they don't want to play with him again, he's too cut-throat.
The boys are off to parasail and jetski today. The girls are going to find something to do. Possibly the Arboretum?
The weather looks pretty windy for the rest of the week, mid-80's in temperature with some rain. But, the kids will swim in any weather. We also watched Avatar and How to Train your Dragon, which everyone liked.
Tomorrow we are going to Pearl Harbor in the morning and the Polynesian Cultural Center in the afternoon and night. There is a big show at night, as we're celebrating Bogdan's birthday.
Our favorite activities so far: body-surfing right off our beach, snorkeling at Hanauma Bay.
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