Taking a break after a snorkeling hunt for turtles in the ferocious waves.
On the "Four Winds II" --a boat that took us to Molokini Crater to snorkel.
At the Nakalele Blowhole. Its more impressive in real life, the picture just doesn't capture it.
This was a path we had to walk through to get to Honolua Bay.
This was today at Po'olenalena beach in south Maui. 
The black rock in West Maui. This is the first place we snorkeled, and one of the neatest. We saw all kinds of fabulous looking fish here, as well as 4 or 5 turtles. 
This was at Honolua Bay. We also snorkeled here. We had to swim out to the boat you can see in the background. We also saw a sea turtle here. It was a little bit exhausting swimming all that way, it helped that we had a couple of floaty noodles. 
I took this picture wednesday morning at 5.30AM from our balcony. 
Getting ready for scuba lessons :) Doesn't he look adorable in his wetsuit. 
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We designed a special contraption so that Bethany would be able to get the dummy back after she spits it out.. to prevent us having to go in the room during the night to put it back in! She loved staring at the strings. However, it didn't last too long, and it wasn't quite as effective as we'd hoped lol She couldn't quite suck strong enough to get it to stay in her mouth. It was very tricky trying to get the angle right. Now she is learning to put it back in herself -- I just don't know how to transition her to sleeping without being swaddled. Any ideas? xxx
Bethany had her first girls lunch out last week. She came with Cortny and I to eat at the CrackerBarrell. She wore her styling little Calvin Klein outfit that Cortny gave her, and she was so excited to leave the house and see a new environment. I need to take her out more! She was just staring and staring at the lights and the people at the restaurant. Although she fell asleep for half of it! We had a great time. Can you see Bethany's cute blond fuzzy hair coming in? Adorable.
We had some leftover tinfoil from dinner so dad made Bethany a 'stylin' steele hat. I think she liked it!
Ben got this game for really cheap off of Ebay and we've had fun playing it in the evenings after Bethany goes to bed. I am always "the game master" so I try to prevent Ben from accomplishing his missions (I get to fight him with monsters). Its so fun. I haven't yet won, but I'm getting better at learning the strategy and the names of the different monsters (its pretty complex!).
