Hawaii, part 2

One of the best parts of Kauai is the Na Pali Coast.

It is so pretty!!! It is amazing seeing the green trees and mountains meet the ocean.

We spent two different days exploring the coast.

On one day we went out on "Captain Andy's" catamaran tour.  The boat went up the Na Pali coast giving us a great view of the island, plus we were also able to see a bunch of humpback whales along with dolphins and a seal.  We were really lucky because February is the peak of whale season in Hawaii.

The boat also stopped for us to do some snorkeling....

On a different day we did an awesome four mile hike along the coast.

The rest of the day we spent sunbathing and of course
 the boys continued their spear fishing quest....

Hawaii, part 1

 On President's Day we headed off (minus 2 little boys) on our long awaited trip to Hawaii!!!

We spent the next 10 days with Chantell and Raymond on the island of Kauai.

We had so much fun.... the time flew by and I can honestly say that 10 days was not enough.

(Dakota would disagree with that)

 Us, finally arriving after 10 hours of traveling...

Below is Chantell's bag, which of course was too heavy, 

along with being too big in dimensions :-)

 

 The first morning we got up bright and early to
watch the sunrise at the beach right by our condo.

Getting up and running on the trail along side the ocean
 was one of my favorite parts of the trip...

but boy did the humidity and heat make it hard.

 these 2 creatures were everywhere... 

especially the roosters, which became our permanent alarm clock.

 A must have, was the shaved ice at a place called Hee Fat (don't mind my spelling)

They consisted of ice cream topped with shaved ice and then drizzled with melted vanilla ice cream.

 We made the mistake of letting Scott and Ray get "Hawaiian Slings" on our first day.

For the next week they thought of nothing but spear fishing and where and how they could get big fish.

As soon as they rented the spears we had to go get butter and lemons

 to season all of the fish they would be getting.

Sadly, on our last day we drank a lot of home made lemon aide. :-(

 And of course the best part of every trip is all of the eating,

and Hawaii was no exception!

more to come...

yellow belt,

 Last Friday Dakota earned his yellow belt.

They only do belt promotions every 3 months and Dakota has been waiting.... 

not so patiently.

Each time they go to karate they get a small stripe "tip" on their belt.  

Dakota had so many that he could barely tie his white belt.

It is going to be fun for him to start over and fill up his yellow belt!!!

Skiing

 A few weekends ago we took the boys and stayed in Park City for lots of skiing fun!!!

The first day we took the boys to Sundance and did the rope tow.
Even Bridger got in on the action.

He was super nervous at first, but was loving it by the end.

 The next day we just took Dakota to the Canyons. 

 He is getting so good and it is so much fun to watch him ski.