Hawaii Days 4 & 5

Kids woke up Sunday morning and had fun making shapes out of Fruit Loops :)

We headed to 9:00 am church and I am glad we went. I thought it was a really good meeting. A girl from AZ actually spoke and talked about using the Atonement in our homes and as a family. I enjoyed her talk but Marlee made it so I had to leave a little early. I took her outside and she had fun finding "bebe fowers" or baby flowers :)

As I was sitting outside I noticed this beautiful yellow flower growing out of the stone/rock wall.  It was like a little devotional to myself :) Amidst all the hard places we find ourselves in in life, everything that holds us back from reaching our potential, we still have hope! We can take in all the nourishment we can and reach for the light and we can grow and become what God intended us to be. It won't be easy but He is there to help us, and it is possible.

We wanted to try and keep the Sabbath day holy and so we chose not to swim. I knew the kids would be sad, especially with everyone else swimming around us, but they did it and were such good sports. We tried to make it into a fun family day with a little relaxing. The kids had fun participating in the little "surfing" activity.

We took a walk on the shoreline and really enjoyed the beauty of God's creations. Even the kids took it all in. It was beautiful and calming.

Marlee was too interested in the "princess" that was getting married in the adjoining beach and was too concerned with trying to get the princess to wave to her that she didn't take in the ocean like the other kids did.

Monday morning the kids were ready to hit the beach! We had a VERY hard time finding this beach but had a great time when we finally made it there!

Marlee loves water but someone she loves playing in water more than the water you actually swim in. So she enjoyed playing on the beach (again) and finding lots of seashells.

They had $1 boogy board rentals and so the kids had fun trying them out.

Casen was able to ride this wave in and couldn't have been happier! :)

He came running to shore and told me he wanted to give a picture of him riding the wave in, to all his Las Vegas friends :)

Marlee and I weren't exactly able to catch a wave but we still had fun.

All sanded off and wrapped up!

During Marlee's nap Brinley and Casen went to Auntie's Beach House (pretty much like daycare but the kids LOVED it). When Marlee woke up we all headed out to the pool. They didn't have a height limit on the slides so here is Casen going by himself.

Even Marlee got to go!

I love how you can see from the side she is laughing in this one :)

Casen telling about how awesome the slide was all by himself! Man I love his expressions, he is so animated when he tells stories!

We spent some time in the kiddie area. Kids only allowed on this play structure.

Running up so he can go on the slide again!

I know Marlee looks scared in this one but she was loving it and they went over and over again!

What a big girl! She would climb up and them go down this slide all on her own!

Hanging out in one of the lazy river entrances. We had a lot of fun doing the lazy river and went 5 or 6 times. Marlee loved the cave at the end that had smoke and bubbles in the water.

We made sure to get out of the pool in time to snatch a picture with Mickey and Minnie. Marlee kept calling Minnie "Pin-cess- Bickey - House" or "Princess Mickey Mouse".  She wasn't excited to take the picture but sure loved giving them hugs!

Done for the day!