Hawaii part 4; Breakfast and Lots of Swimming at Turtle Bay

Hawaii part 3

 The groomsman dinner and Luau held at the Polynesian Cultural Center Friday evening!

Hawaii part 2!

 Breakfast at Turtle Bay was one of my fave things!  The food was so good and there was a huge selection too.  Here is a piece of fruit that looked way more interesting than me liking it to eat. 

 Chloe took a pic of daddy at breakfast, probably the best scenery for breakfast I've ever had!

 Then time to swim in the ocean!

 We built lots of sand castles and even a real mermaid, maybe it's a "mermaid kingdom fire dancer"!;)

 Chloe loved it there, she couldn't have been any happier:)

 Sweet girl!

 We all took turn snorkeling and saw lots of fish, coral and Tyler and Rebecca even saw a sea turtle.

 Lunch at Ted's, yum!

 We stopped off the rode to try fresh coconut milk.  The experience was probably better than the taste in my opinion but still way fun!

Another gorgeous view from our balcony.  Pretty sure we hit up this pool at least 2-3 x's a day:)

Hawaii Part 1!

 We took off Thursday April 12th from Des Moines to go to Oahu, Hawaii to celebrate my brother in law, Todd, and new sister in law, Jen's wedding plus some more days to take a much needed vacation!  Chloe was awesome on the flight.  She has her new reading material and is all set:)

 Then a little movie time:)

 After flying all day we snuggled in together in a rental mini van, 7 people and a million pieces of luggage and we all fit!  Thanks for hauling us around Tyler:)  And thanks for letting me have the front seat, that saved us a lot of barf bags;)

 Our fabulous villa at Turtle Bay! 3 bedrooms, 2 baths and an amzing view!

 The view from our balcony!  Breath taking!  I think it was around 6:30 when we arrived.

 Just in time to spot the bride to be in the pool and take a swim! 

 This pool was at least 85 degrees!  It made swimming morning, noon and night possible and very comfortable, it was awesome!

 All cleaned up and ready to go!  From this moment on Chloe always wore a flower in her hair, preferably one that matched Rebecca's:)

 Chloe's first steps on the ocean, making sure she didn't get her dress wet!

A little skeptical but she soon fell in love with the beach/ocean:)

Easter Weekend!

This week we had our usual 3 days of school, gymnastics, play date with Hannah and visit from Uncle Rich.  We also got to add in a visit from Andrea and a new hair cut for Chloe, it's so cute, Andrea is so talented!  The rest of the week was very special as well.  I'll tell you all about it below.

 This morning Chloe woke up to an Easter Basket.  It had a fancy princess clock, she had been asking for a clock for her room:), some Easter gloves and a bunny that hops!

 Family photo before Church.  Chloe behaved so well in church, best morning yet! She sat in between gramma and Brigett and followed along in her program for the entire mass, I was very proud of her:)

 Family photo!  We had such a wonderful weekend with family.  It started Thursday night when Uncle Rich came over like usual, then Aunt Brigett arrived that evening!  Friday we took a girls trip to the outlets in Williamsburg.  We had so much fun shopping together.  Chloe was a trooper and even took a nap  on the way home.  Then Brigett watched Chloe so Jason and I could go on date night.  We went out with our friends, the McSweeney's, out to dinner and then to a play.  We had a wonderful time!  Brigett, thanks for watching Chloe and giving us a night out!  Saturday morning I had to do some testing at the Dr's and it ended up going way longer than expected, nearly 7 hours!  Jason and Brigett helped out so much and I appreciate all their extra efforts in getting ready to host Easter.  Saturday afternoon Mom, dad, Rich and Andrea came over for an evening of food, relaxation and family.  Today we enjoyed a nice Easter mass followed by grilling out for lunch on this beautiful day!  Thanks family for making the trip, helping with the delicious meals, and pitching in with cooking, cleaning and care taking.  Jason might be most thankful for dad fixing his lawn mower!  Magic fingers:)

 While we were at church the Easter Bunny stopped by and hid some eggs.  Chloe was so excited to go on her hunt and see what surprises were in the eggs.

There were ink stamps, pads of paper and bubble rings, what fun!  Chloe would like to thank Gramma and Grandpa Kneifl and Gramma and Grandpa Smith for her Easter presents, she can never have too many stuffed animals for her bed!!!  Happy Easter!