April 19th

Min and Liv's trip to the big island! 

 We were so excited! 

We went to a lava tube. 

You can walk for miles in and out of the tube. And the lava fields go on for miles and miles! 

We went boogie boarding at a black sand beach in Hawi. 

This was one of the most incredible places I've ever been! We hiked down for about 20 minutes to get to the beach. The view all the way down was breath taking! 

We went snorkeling at two step. There were Dolphins not far from us. 

The Kona temple was right up the street from the Hinksons house. 

A landmark building in Kona 

A very poisonous spider! It was as big as a silver dollar! 

This is the Kona airport 

Some of the neighboring islands on the way home. 

Home sweet home! 

What an amazing trip! 

April 18th

Our first hula performance

We even made our own leis! 

The luau after was the real deal! The coconut cake was the best! 

April 18th Wes' baseball game

Wes is a great little catcher! 

And.... Guess who hit a grand slam home run?

WAY TO GO SLUGGER!!! 

April 16th Liv's birthday

She's really 13! 

I found a lady at the swap meet that painted whatever name you want in about 5 minutes! All the letters have a Hawaii theme to them. It was so amazing! But Liv's big surprise was a trip to the big island with me! 

April 2nd

A few more critters around and in our house! 

March 28th Hike up the Makapu'u trail

This was the only shade the kids could find! 

It was amazing! At one point you could see the ocean on the east, south and the west all at the same time! We also saw some whales migrating! 

Wes fell asleep with his legs hanging over the edge.😄

The white hand of Saruman. 

Definitely don't all asleep with these two hungry 

Power pole we were working on out at the Weapons Range. 

Ivy playing at Bellows with Flat Wade that Beau Benson's boy Wade mailed us to take some pictures of him around the island. 

USS Missouri Inspection.