Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Family Portrait

We were so happy with the pictures we had taken on the U.S.S. Missouri, that we had the same photographer take our pictures again when Lacey and Tristen came. This time we decided on a more "Hawaiian" looking theme of Bellow's Beach. Bellow's is a military beach on the Air Force Base, but where the Marines from K-Bay do their amphibious landings. It's our favorite place to swim because the sand is so fine and soft and the water so clear. To everything good, there is a bad and that is the numerous man-of-war jelly fish that get washed onto the beach there. Our first time there I swam right into one and had it wrapped three times around my arm. It felt like I had just put my left arm into a furnace. Every time we have gone since, we see numerous jelly fish. One of our great entertainments is to sit on the beach watching the people who get stung run out of the water screaming and crying.





No crab is safe around my son.

Me with my three kids. (God, I love them so much).
Jason with his three kids.






We spent most of our time trying to keep our son clean. You can see it didn't work. Half way through the session, he was soaked from head to toe.









Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Lacey and Tristen feeling the Aloha Spirit!!

My stepchildren, Lacey and Tristen arrived June 10th. We have had a blast with them!!! For Lacey's 17th Birthday, we rented a boat and went out to the sandbar in Kaneohe Bay.
On our way out we saw a couple sea turtles.


The first thing we did after throwing out the anchor was eat lunch.


Singing Happy Birthday to Lacey.





The water was very warm and beautiful!!! During the summer months, the water gets warm and the waves go down. It makes for perfect swimming and ocean fun!!!













Me floating in the water totally content.




Here we are playing on Bellow's Beach.










Joseph caught a crab.

A man of war like the one that wrapped itself around my arm last summer. Bellow's is full of these. I'm always on the alert when swimming there. Once you've been stung by one of these bad boys, you never forget.