Day 2: Bummin around the hotel pool and hotel beach

Josh walking on water
our post-insanity bodies. loving it!

Grammy hanging out with her baby

this is the beach right in front of the hotel . i love how it was deserted most of the time!

still deserted...

we had the sweetest hotel pool! we played in it every single day. i loved it so much I could go back to kauai just for that.

here's naughty Grammy...again...walking Lexi

two slides...one a little higher and faster (of course, thats the one we all went on)

It was great, the pool gave out beach towels, noodles and sand toys for the kids to play with.

this is part of the toddler pool. it has a sand like base so it doesnt hurt the kids and its fun to play in.

Lexi, like Kylee, loves the water

all done but still happy!

Our first day in Kauai

This is the wrong end of the blog, but after a day of activities, Lexi all tuckered out and ready for bed
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 :)

Waimea Falls 2011

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!