Day 1... part 2 ;)

After some naps we headed back down to the beach for some swimming in the tide pools with the dogs! We finished off the day with steaks on the grill, wine and a beautiful sunset :) It was a perfect day and a fantastic way to kick off mom and dad's visit!

The dogs were loving it!! They have been so neglected since Rhett was born ;) DOgs aren't allowed on any of the beaches on the big island, so we had to sneak them down there... it was a looong walk! (but well worth it!)
me pointing to where I have my paddling practices with my canoe club (that's the Waikoloa Beach resort and "A-Bay" in the backgound)
Grammy having soooooo much fun with Everette
He is such a 'Daddy's boy', it really is amazing and soooooooo sweet!

Our little paradise...
There are actually 8 turtles in this picture! One of them is on top of another, trying to get to the water!
We had so much fun playing in the tide pools.
A VERY happy boy :)

Day 1

We took a little adventure around the Hilton Village... just a relax day to break mom and dad into the Hawaii time zone :) We got a kick out of these two fish. You don't usually see a baracuda and a blowfish hanging out together. The Blow fish was HUGE!! You can't tell in this picture, but it was about 2 feet long (imagine if it was blown up!)
At the dolphin quest it was all we coulddo to keep Rhett from running in with the dolphins!

Me and my beautiful boy!!!

Saying hi to the parrot in the lobby of the Hilton

Rhett is loving the attention from GrammyLia

It was an amazing morning!!!

Aloha Grammy and Tata Grassman!!!!

My mom and dad arrived Tuesday for a nice long visit :) We were so excited to see them!!! Something tells me that they were even more excited to see Everette ;)

The Kost Ohana

The Kost crew soakin' up the sun!
Rhett loving on his cousin Isaiah
Rhett, Isaiah and Oma

Rhett loves to jam on Oma's piano
Lounging :)
Cousin Alex and Rhett
Uncle Alex helping Rhett with the water gun
Cousin Rebekah and Rhett playing with the waterfall

It has been a while since we have seen Mike's brother Alex, Alika and the kids. On Saturday we spent the day catching up over at Oma and Opa's. Marion made her famous spaghetti and we swam for hours and hours in the pool.

Park Day with MOPS Buddies

We have a wonderful big park in Waimea, about 20 minutes from our house. On Thursday we met some moms and kids from our MOPS group up there for some playtime. Rhett had a great time running around with the big boys!


Joshua played with Rhett the whole time... he really was great with him. Not to mention it gave me a little break ;)
Noah, Joshua and Everette

In Our Shoes

Rhett has a fascination lately with our shoes :) He is always bringing them to us when he wants to go outside and play!

our little monkey LOVES to dance!!

Kepa's Frist Birthday Campout!

I am trying to catch up on a few posts. These pictures are from a couple of weeks ago. Our friends Ellen and Lance have a little boy named Kepa. For his one year birthday they had a big campout party at the beach! This was our first time camping in Hawaii. I can't say that I loved it... it was VERY primitive and the air was too still and stale. We had a very hard time sleeping as it was pretty sticky. BUT we are willing to give it another try sometime! It was beautiful, that is pretty much a given anywhere out here ;)
Birthday boy Kepa!
Rhett and his new girlfriend, Coral (we celebrated her first b-day that day too)
The party site
Matt, Mike, Everette and Ceasar walking out the the water (that's lava rock)

Boating fun!

Sorry these are all out of order....
Captain Matt teaching Rhett to drive the boat.

We took our boat out today with our friends Matt and Sarah... we were 'fishing' but didn't catch anything but some great views, great weather and some color!! ;) We had a fantastic time!!! Many of you know that my boy does not like to fal asleep in the car, however he did fall asleep on the boat, sitting up! He just loved the boat! Me and my little man out on our boat off the Kohala coast.
My everything!
Little fish in a BIG ocean!

'Captain Matt' taught Rhett how to drive the boat and gave him an 'intro' to scuba diving ;)

Another Beach Day

Everette and I met Oma and Opa at the bay at the Orchid Mauna Lani on Friday. We had a great time swimming and digging in the sand as always :)
Going swimming with Oma
Looking for treasures
Found one!!

Trying to pose for a picture...
Handsome!
Me and Marion