More From Wed. March 26th

So, lets see ... Wed. was the first day we had internet connection problems. I was able to post about M. and Papa's horse back ride Wed. morning, but then never got a connection again. A good friend of mine from elementary school and high school lives on Oahu, I posted about dinner at her house while we were in Oahu, but she and one of her sons decided to come spen 24 hours with us on Maui. They got in on Tues. night and we had a great time down at the pool and the beach with them on Wed. Here are some of the great pictures she took while down on the beach:















And here are a few from my camera:











And check out M's crazy beach hair after Wed. at the beach:

The Beach and Boogie Boards at the Grand Wailea

Lots happening over here on this Tues. morning. Aunti Am. and Uncle B. went out on a half day fishing excursion that left at 5:45 am. The rest of us woke up around 6 or 7 or 8. Papa was going to do a bike ride up a volcanoe. Grandma, Auntie Al. Uncle R. the twins, and 2 od Am & B,'s kids were going to drice up the volcano and see papa at some point but also enjoy a nice hike. Am. and B. were going to catch up with them after fishing. My family plus one of Am & B's kids left for the beach around 8:45, hoping it would not be as crwoded as the other day. There was a lot of people already out for 9am, but we found a spot with 6 chairs by the kiddie pool and the kids had great fun there. They enjoyed the lazy river and several water slides. Then we walked a little ways farther and enjoyed the beach for 30 minutes. Kids have boogie boards ... that was really fun. After 30 minutes there, though, they were ready for the pool life again and we went back to our spot by the kiddie pool. We headed back to our condo around nooon and are resting a bit while we have lunch, then we are going to check out the Maui Ocean Center, Hawaii's largest aquarium.

Good Friday on Ohau

What a beautiful day we had! We had plans to drive east from Waikiki and stop at a sea life park ... then maybe see a pineapple plantation on the NorthShore side, but the kids were just having so much fun at the beach, that we just decided to enjoy that ... got subway sandwiches and picnicked right there on Waikiki Beach. We did eventually head back to our room to clean up, and left for our drive to the NorthShore of the island, because we wanted to make it to the Good Friday church service at my friend's church over there. We stopped in a little surfer town for dinner at Pizza Bob's

Pictures from Friday on Waikiki Beach:

"Here Mama ... I No wear this hat!"


How fun to be at the beach together





The beginings of a great sand castle!



Mikayla by the landscaping between the street and Waikiki Beach.



Mmmm... subway picnic











This is a picture of our hotel, as we walked back to the hotel.
Our room was in the cnter of floor 22.



Thank the Lord for digital cameras ... so many many beautiful
things to see here. Here are a few of our favorite shots
from our Friday afternoon drive:






At one of the beaches we stopped to walk a bit on the boys
found a very cute little shelter












Of course traveling with a pregnant Mom on board means lots of potty breaks ... one time we stopped in this tiny little town, saw bathrooms by their baseball fields for mom to use. Right next to the baseball fields was the two truck fire station ... with this sign posted outside (click on it to read) I'm not sure why, but we found it amusing



We have found several sites and places we really wanted to spend time at, but simply did not have time to get to in these three days on Oahu ... so we have started a list of "what we will see when we come back someday" This beach we drove past is at the top of the list (Mom hoped out and took a few quick pictures):









Mmmm ... Pizza Bob's












These pictures really do not do justice to the church we visited for our Good Friday service ... it was so neat. All the window/door you see on this building were open ... like an open air service with a roof over head. And the pastor did a wonderful message walking thru the stations of the cross and then reading the last 7 things that Jesus spoke. We are blessed! We have a Savior!