Thursday, May 07, 2009

A few of our favorite things

I'll tell you why we love visitors coming to see us, besides the obvious fact of seeing our friends and family. For one, it gets us out of the house, and two, it helps us realize how nice it is to live in the Islands.
Seriously, living here is not like vacationing here. But when people come it flips a vacation mode on for us, and we appreciate our surroundings more. This month our visitors were Mark and Moe Williams. I'm sure Moe will post something when she settles back home. They stayed with us for three days and two nights, but we only got one full day with them. They were on Maui for most of their vacation. But when they asked us to take them to do our favorite things, it was easy. Lanikai Beach and Castle Beach.
Ashlyn never hesitates to accessorize for beach days.

Kind of looks like Heather left Ash in the middle of the ocean here, but they were pretty close to the shore at Lanikai, and Ashlyn loves her freedom with the water wings.
Lanikai is great because of it's beauty and warm waters, but for a little fun we headed north to Castle beach to do some body boarding. Funnily, after all our trips to the beach, both in California and Hawaii, I think this is the first time I've seen Heather on a board. She crashed into me, as you can see.
It was Mark and Melissa's first time, but they picked it up pretty good.
Plus Heather showcased her new found talent, wave photography. Looks like a huge wave huh? It's actually only about a four foot face though.
Here's a nice little curl, not bad for her first time shooting in the waves.She even got pummeled a few times, but what good ocean photographer doesn't?!
I tried to get a nice little shot here, but Ashlyn's desire to get in the water trumped her desire to please her parents for a picture.
But she still came through for me. My sweet girl.

And boy!


5 comments:

KDH said...

Thirty-two days and counting!

nana and atom said...

fun! i guess i'll have to come back soon so I can get in real beach time... you know, body boarding, swimming in the water without freezing to death, stuff like that :) the kids are lookin real cute! (not that i'm surprised or anything)

Josh and Tiff said...

ahhh how cute!! i still can't believe you have 2 now! how fun! so what island do you live on? we still haven't been to hawaii and what better way to go, then to have someone be your personal tour guide!

M. Williams said...

Yes, we definitely need to get those pictures. I have been posting a set of pictures each night. I haven't even got back to Oahu with you guys yet. Please send to my aol account. If you don't have the address let me know and I will send it to you. Hope all is well. Miss you guys! Thanks again.

Amber Horspool said...

Ashlyn's hair looks so long!
Jax is getting so big and he looks more kissable than ever. We miss you guys!