Hawaii!!!

We spent last week on the Big Island of Hawaii. It was so fun! My entire family was there and we had a blast spending time together. There are so many fun pictures...here are just a few
(sort of).

Kyle went everywhere with his blanket. I've started calling him Linus.

Boogie boarding and trying to not run into the turtles (they were coming up to us on this beach)

Both boys tried "surfing."

Little beach bums

This was the beach across from our condo. The sand there was amazing.

We hiked the lava tubes up by the volcano.
Evan was a little freaked out that lava was going to get us.

Entering the lava tube. It is crazy that this part was rain forest, but to get there we drove through a desert.

Volcano...also freaked Evan out a little although he was very excited to see it, and to see there was no lava spewing out.

Black sands beach.

Evan apparently had tired legs and needed to catch a ride.

Bubba Gumps

Evan got to make his sand angel like he had talked about for weeks before we left.

We got up close and personal with the turtles, but we obeyed the law and didn't touch them. So tempting though.

One of many geckos we caught. They were everywhere.
Other than this there was a lot of playing on the beach, snorkeling and seeing great fish and coral, and the nights the rest of the family managed to stay awake we played cards.
I love Hawaii! It is hard adjusting to long pants and socks again.