spring is here

This week spring has arrived.  The air is warmer, the days are getting longer.  One afternoon, we headed down to the ocean and since it was a lovely spring day we took the inaugural trip of Jake's little red wagon.  He got the wagon for his first birthday from Nanny and Poppa.

After heading to the store for some chips for the adults, we ventured to the park. Jake took his first solo trip down the slide and loved it.

Happy Spring everyone!

Big island. Big adventure.

We took a huge vacation and headed to the Big Island, Hawaii for two weeks in February. It's a good way to kick the west coast rainy winter blues. The flights were a bit long, and kind of hard to manage, what with the no sleep and all......

But once we got there it was fun, fun, fun.  We went for two weeks and had a fantastic time. Jake was a great guy to travel with, and we had many hikes, and plays at the beach. The first day we woke up in Kona, and enjoyed the coffee and the ocean.

We saw lava landscapesa 50 year old lava-filled in crater
an active volcano

a lava tube that you could walk through
and the remains of trees that had been encased in flowing lava

waterfalls
black lava sand beaches
luscious valleys
and remote beaches

sunny rocky beaches

sunny sandy beaches
green turtles!!!!
fish, fish, fish
the southern most point in the United States
ancient Hawaiian temples and restored villages

tikis

and palm trees.

We snorkelled

we ate fresh hawaiian fruit and vegetables, like purple sweet potatoes

drank fruity drinks with umbrellas

we played in the sand

we played in the surf

did alot of driving around 

and eating on the road

we went on many hikes

and we had a great family vacation.