Koolina Beach Days

Today and last week, we've spent time with the cousins over at Koolina Beach.

 Koolina is a fun, favorite spot.

 Tanith, Kara, and I just lounging on the sand.

 Aunty Julie and Callie swimming around.

 Raiden was so sweet playing with Jace.

Taizo and Micah enjoying the warm water.

Girl time!


This is a great picture of ALL the cousins on Randy's side. You can see the lagoon in the back. It's like a huge salt water pool.


Me and my sisters-in-law, from left to right, Terri, Me, Julie, and Jan.

So fun hanging out with the cousins. It's something we love to do.

A Summer of Swimming

Every summer we do swimming. The older ones have kind of outgrown it, but the younger ones are still loving it! This year we did swimming with BYUH's swim team. We loved it so much, we did two swim sessions. I was asked to coach the second one, which was a fun and intimidating experience. None the less, we did manage to keep ourselves cool in the summer heat.

At the end of each session, the kids have a swim meet against their teammates. It's a lot of fun to watch. Kara did really awesome in the water, placing in a few of the races: freestyle and dolphin kick (forerunner to butterfly).

Micah proved to be a great swimmer himself. The first session he struggled, participating in only one race. By the time the second session's swim meet rolled around, he participated in every race he could, including the butterfly. He placed in many of the races. Good job Micah!

A little known fact about myself, I love swimming. It was fun to coach and be part of organizing the swim meet. At the end of each swim meet, they have a parent/coach race. I participated both times. Here's a little secret: I live for those races. So fun!!! I gotta get have some fun too. The 2nd swim meet race at the end was a family one. I'll try and post that video up later of that race.

Castles on the The Fourth

It's beena tradition that we spend the Fourth of July at Waimea Bay. Well. This year, we broke tradition. But we didn't mind.

The night before, we were Aunty Jan's for a movie night on the lawn. It was awesome, and we were there till 11pm at night. Needless to say, we totally slept in!

Get up at our leisure and had a lazy morning, followed by chores.

Then we headed to Castles, a nearby beach.  It was packed, a little cloudy, but the waves were good.

My water babies had a ton of fun. Randy and the rest were in the water 90% of the time catching waves, while Jace and I kicked it on the beach, playing in the sand.


 It was great family time.