My mom's best friend from college, Patty, came to Hawaii too and so did her daughter, Shannon, and grand daughter, Maleia. Here are Carter and Maleia sharing some cheerios one morning :)
This is what we did in the mornings when we woke up at 6:00am :)
We were at the beach by 7:30am
It's unbelievable just how warm this ocean feels.
Ava, Maleia (which rhymes with Wailea :) and Patty making a sand castle
I had Ava wear the same swim suit every time we came to the beach since I can never manage to get all those little pieces of sand out from inside the fabric. This way only one suit got ruined :)
Shannon, Tricia, Cristian, and my mom out snorkeling. Cristian was most excited that he saw both sea turtles and eels.
Carter chose to sit on the beach towel the entire time :) He was still in his "I hate sand" kick.
Back at the pool... Auntie with the 3 kids :)
Group shot
Nannie and Carter
Swimming on the steps
Ava swimming with her new floaties
My mom and her friend Patty
Carter trying out some goggles
Carter loved playing on the steps because he could touch all by himself on the first 3.
Cheesy grin... loving his first trip to Hawaii :)
Cristian taking a break from swimming to pose for a picture
Gecko hunting was one of my kids favorite activities
We did a little shopping at the Shops of Wailea :)
My 3 kiddos being so patient while we were shopping
Cristian checking out the menu at Cheeseburgers in Paradise
Snuggling up together on the chair
Cristian and Ava
Mommy and Carter
Me and all 3 of my kiddos.
reading again... he read 5 chapter books while we were gone. Even on vacation we read our 20 minutes a day :)
Looking at Geckos
My favorite picture of the trip... love how you can see the palm trees in the reflection of the water, and how tan their little bodies look after a few days!!
Playing in the pond
Ava, Carter, and Cristian
Pencil diving into the pool
Several days we packed our lunches and ate them out by the pool... Carter inhaled the salsa.
Shannon with her daughter Maleia, and me with my boys
We all went to the Maui Ocean center one afternoon after the babies napped.
Checking out the fish
This is my FAVORITE Hawaiian fish!!
And here's the Hawaiian state fish... the Humuhumunukunukuapua'a
Carter LOVED all the bright orange fish
Me and Carter... by the shark tank (since he was wearing his little shark outfit :)
Petting some of the sea stars
The turtles are pretty darn cute!
Traditional pose by the water fountain!
Cristian playing some of the games
Ava playing a game (and Carter trying to squeeze in and play too)
concentrating :)
The very cool tunnel
Carter loved that he could see fish swimming underneath him too
Giant rays kept swimming over, and scary looking sharks! YIKES.
Cute picture :)
the older two
enjoying some ice cream before we left
Shannon reading to the girls
And yet another beautiful sunset. This time the sun was directly behind the palm tree!
My mom's best friend from college, Patty, came to Hawaii too and so did her daughter, Shannon, and grand daughter, Maleia. Here are Carter and Maleia sharing some cheerios one morning :)
This is what we did in the mornings when we woke up at 6:00am :)
We were at the beach by 7:30am
It's unbelievable just how warm this ocean feels.
Ava, Maleia (which rhymes with Wailea :) and Patty making a sand castle
I had Ava wear the same swim suit every time we came to the beach since I can never manage to get all those little pieces of sand out from inside the fabric. This way only one suit got ruined :)
Shannon, Tricia, Cristian, and my mom out snorkeling. Cristian was most excited that he saw both sea turtles and eels.
Carter chose to sit on the beach towel the entire time :) He was still in his "I hate sand" kick.
Back at the pool... Auntie with the 3 kids :)
Group shot
Nannie and Carter
Swimming on the steps
Ava swimming with her new floaties
My mom and her friend Patty
Carter trying out some goggles
Carter loved playing on the steps because he could touch all by himself on the first 3.
Cheesy grin... loving his first trip to Hawaii :)
Cristian taking a break from swimming to pose for a picture
Gecko hunting was one of my kids favorite activities
We did a little shopping at the Shops of Wailea :)
My 3 kiddos being so patient while we were shopping
Cristian checking out the menu at Cheeseburgers in Paradise
Snuggling up together on the chair
Cristian and Ava
Mommy and Carter
Me and all 3 of my kiddos. 
reading again... he read 5 chapter books while we were gone. Even on vacation we read our 20 minutes a day :)
Looking at Geckos
My favorite picture of the trip... love how you can see the palm trees in the reflection of the water, and how tan their little bodies look after a few days!!
Playing in the pond
Ava, Carter, and Cristian
Pencil diving into the pool
Several days we packed our lunches and ate them out by the pool... Carter inhaled the salsa. 
Shannon with her daughter Maleia, and me with my boys
We all went to the Maui Ocean center one afternoon after the babies napped.
Checking out the fish
This is my FAVORITE Hawaiian fish!!
And here's the Hawaiian state fish... the Humuhumunukunukuapua'a
Carter LOVED all the bright orange fish
Me and Carter... by the shark tank (since he was wearing his little shark outfit :)
Petting some of the sea stars
The turtles are pretty darn cute!
Traditional pose by the water fountain!
Cristian playing some of the games
Ava playing a game (and Carter trying to squeeze in and play too)
concentrating :)
The very cool tunnel
Carter loved that he could see fish swimming underneath him too
Giant rays kept swimming over, and scary looking sharks! YIKES.
Cute picture :)
the older two
enjoying some ice cream before we left
Shannon reading to the girls
And yet another beautiful sunset. This time the sun was directly behind the palm tree!
3 comments:
I'm loving looking at all these pics (well and a little jealous too!) What a fun trip, and a great end to the summer! If I ever go, you'll have to pass on all your insider info.!
Seriously, doesn't look like it could have been a better vacation!! Hawaii is calling my name badly right now! Emma thinks it's very cool Cristian saw turtles and eels! :) LOve seeing all the pictures!
It's so cute how tan the little ones got!! Looks like you enjoyed a beautiful trip, that ocean center looks cool, I loved the pics of the fish and turtles. What a pretty condo too.
Carter is smiling a lot like Ava does in several of these pics :-)
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