...Since Easters

Easter is a little different with adult children, especially considering that this momma just got home from vacation.  We had no candy in the house, and we finally colored some eggs on Sunday evening.  Gifts were souvenirs from Hawaii!  But if you can put away the Easter baskets and Easter egg hunts, it really helps to focus on the Savior and his resurrection anyway.  We are grateful for his hand in our lives and his influence as we strive to develop spiritually in this life.  It was a nice day.  Wonderful to have Kori home!  And we did have a fun time coloring eggs together.  We couldn't believe that Wes even got in on it!  Watch out, pumpkins are next!

Kori did not feel very well and did not want her picture taken!

Wes has his eye on you!

Nice.

My little hula girl!

Kori must have been feeling cold, because she made a bunch of eskimos!

And the grand finale as always... ugly eggs by Clint!  Happy Easters, everyone!

Mom And Kori Love Hawaii - Part Seven: Heaven

Heaven on earth.  You betcha.  No place I'd rather be.  Ever.  And so it's hard to leave our beloved Oahu.  Our last day, we checked out of our hale, and then had all day before our red eye flight.  We drove through campus one last time, visited the Dole plantation, and saw some LOST locations.  We've been to Dharmaville and Mokuleia before, and wanted to see it again.  We also discovered the survivor's camp beach at Papa'iloa.  We loved our stop here because there were about a hundred sea turtles RIGHT THERE!  I wanted to just reach out and touch them!  They were swimming around these cool lava pools, and we could see all of their little heads out in the surf too.  So awesome!

Sawyer was here.

Papa'iloa!  Pretty private and super enchanting!

Turtles!

Dharmaville.  Again.

Me and Kate sat right here!!

"We have to go back!"

Mom And Kori Love Hawaii - Part Six: Beach Hopping

We didn't do a lot IN the water on this trip.  Well, we did paddle board up the river in Hale'iwa, which was fantastic!  The surf was high most of the days we went to the beach, so we just mostly walked around and enjoyed.  Ah!  Love these beaches!  We visited several, starting with our Temple Beach in Laie.  It's just down the street from campus.  It's where Jamie and I spent a lot of time as students, and the sand here is just so light and wonderful.  Love this place!

We love Waimea Bay!  The surf was high the evening that we spent here.  I could just listen to that all day long.  We wanted to see the green flash, but there were too many clouds.  But it made for a cool looking sky!

Also along Pupukea, we stopped at Shark's Cove.  We've driven past this place lots of times but have never stopped till now.  I can see why people like to snorkel here with all these cool tide pools all around, and when the ocean came up over the lava rock bar, it was spectacular!  Someone has built these beautiful gardens behind Shark's Cove.

Sunset at Sunset!  Doesn't get much better than this!

In my humble opinion, Kahana Bay is the most beautiful spot on the island.  When I was a student, I loved being on the bus and driving past Kahana.  Kori shares my opinion too, so we knew we needed to spend a day at Kahana Bay!  These pics absolutely don't do this place justice.  I can hardly even look at them!  I just have to think about the beautiful Kahana in my mind!!!