We love Waimea Falls. Its beautiful and its a long but easy hike. Well worth it. Thats why we take everyone there :)
Before our trip to Kauai, we spent a day on Oahu's North Shore to explore Waimea Falls, see some Green Sea Turtles, and of course eat shrimp and have shaved ice.
I love the foilage in this picture. We've probably been here 10-15 times and the beauty of the place still stuns me.
I love my parents facial expressions here, they look so happy!
right before she tried to eat the flower...
so many beautiful flowers. see wendy's blog for good photos. most of my flower pictures turned out blurry.
more wood pictures. very cool looking!
my pretty toddler!
and...TA DA...the waterfall!
Grammy spent her entire two weeks teaching Lexi how to walk. Grrrr. I guess it worked because two days after Grammy left, Lexi started pulling up and standing.
playing in the very cold water
Kylee wanted the lifeguard to hold her, so of course i had to take a picture. I mean...I didnt take a picture because he was gorgeous.
nice little grandparents/babies photo
this is about half a second before Lexi did a faceplant in the grass. where were her parents??? oh thats right...taking the picture...
these beautiful peacocks roam around the entrance to the hike
after the hike we went to the beach to swim and see sea turtles.
Grandpa and his lil baby Lexi
the waves were so violent today the beach was closed for swimming. as a result, you could see the huge sea turtles in the water but none of them came on the beach like they normally do. the surfers were incredible to watch though, so that made up for not seeing turtles.
afterwards we went to Dole Pineapple plantation to get some pineapple ice cream. All of us shared this one platter, but look at Kylee's face...
Lexi had ice cream for the first time. And she wasnt playing around. If I didnt give her more...she cried!
After a long day with no nap, Kylee was tuckered out shortly after we got home.
Kauai pictures to follow!
We spent our first afternoon at Lydgate park. The ocean here is generally calmer and good for kids for swimming. It was a little cool our first day so we just put our toes in the water. Or in Mom's case, she ran after Kylee and got hit with a big wave.
Grammy helping Kylee through the debris on the beach
my husband took this thoughtful picture. I was actually whale watching. We went to Kauai during whale watching season, so we were able to see lots of whales, even from the shore.
of course Kylee played in the sand
swinging my baby around
Lol this was right at the beginning of the trip, when Lexi was still doing "pushups" and trying to teach herself how to crawl on her hands and knees. She was already dragging herself around when the trip started, but by the end of the trip she was crawling on hands and knees.
Grammy and Kylee
Daddy and Kylee doing a beach stroll
Another part of Lydgate park is this huge, awesome playground
so much cool stuff to do
and of course, swing
and OF COURSe (for Kylee) a wheel to play with
my little climber
climbing up all these steps to the huge slide looked daunting and scary to me...but Kylee climbed right up
Grammy was worried Kylee would get scared or stuck halfway down, because it was a really long slide, but Kylee loved it
naughty Grammy! again...helping Lexi walk
two of my three favorite girls :) 
