Each morning in Kona, it was so nice to sit out on our porch to eat our breakfast. It was great with the kids because we didn't have to worry about getting the dining area in the house messy, and they also loved running around out there.
Here's our view from our porch.
Lane, fixing his morning coffee
Sydni loved working her self onto the rail to sit. She would work and work to get situated just right.
Before lunch, we headed out to find the perfect beach, and we found a great one. This one was White Sands Beach Park, and it was so pretty. The sandy bottom went way out, the water stayed shallow, and the waves were pretty calm here. It was so peaceful just floating out there. Lane did a little bit of snorkeling, too.
Another one of his great sand volcanoes. And this beach had this shady area, so I didn't have to worry as much about the kids getting sunburned.
Sydni was enjoying soaking up a few rays.
Just another pretty shot, and interestingly enough, that man sitting over there had grown up in Oklahoma! He heard our Texas accent and knew we weren't from Hawaii for sure.
After lunch, Lane, Dane, Tyler, Caleb and I had reservations on an Afternoon Dolphin Sighting and Snorkeling Cruise through Body Glove Cruises. Billie was so nice to stay at the condo and watch Sydni while we were gone. It was about a 30 minute boat ride out to the snorkeling sight, and along the way, we were able to see tons of spinner dolphins. They are just so pretty and graceful, and I thought it was neat that they usually swim in pairs. I saw a tiny baby dolphin swimming next to its mother, which was cool. Dane loved seeing the dolphins, but he was very disappointed that the dolphins didn't come swimming with us at the snorkeling spot. As we were headed back to shore, I got back in the boat and found Lane and Dane, and I saw that Dane had tears streaming down his face, and I asked what was wrong, and he said, "I wanted to hug a dolphin." So, trying to be a comforting mother, I said, "I'm sorry, I'll give you a hug." And, still crying, he said, "No, I wanted to hug an animal." So, on the bright side, Dane definitely does not consider his mother an animal! He really did so great, and he went out twice to snorkel, and the only problem he had was that he loved looking around in the water so much, that he would try to look straight down, and his snorkel would fill up with water. Next time we get to snorkel, we'll make sure that we get him a dry snorkel set that has the cap on the top to help keep water out. Anyway, he was on his way out for a third time, when they called us all back to the boat to leave. He also went off the water slide into the ocean twice, and it had about an 8 foot drop from the bottom of the slide down into the water. Very brave, we thought! Anyway, I also enjoyed it so much, and I wish that I had known how when we were at the other beaches, so that I could have explored a little more. Tyler & I were able to see a manta ray swim by.
Enjoying the boat ride
This is the submarine that all the boys rode on the day before. We saw it from our boat.
Here's a video of the dolphins that we saw.
A few dolphin pictures.
A picture of the coastline.
Not sure what Tyler and I were pointing at, but we were having fun!
He was really paying close attention to the boat pulling back into the dock.
On our way back from dinner, we were able to capture this beautiful sunset in front of our resort entrance. So pretty!
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