Oh my goodness. That's all I can say to sum up our day today. It was AMAZING!!!
This morning, we headed over to Heidi and Nate's house. Kezia, Ivy, and Elysse are very excited to see you all in June. It was so fun to be with them today! We headed over to Waimea Bay where the water was clear, beautiful, blue, and perfect.
We did a little stand up paddling so Heidi could take some pictures. She was making a new brochure for their business and needed a new picture. We did our best, but I'm not sure we got any winners.
As I was standing there, Heidi yelled "Cheri! Look at the dolphins!" I turned and there were dolphins jumping out of the water way out there. We headed in and daddy and I got on our snorkle gear and headed out toward the dolphins. We had to swim a far far way and we thought we were almost toward them. But then, suddenly daddy saw them behind us, really close to us! We ducked under the water and were able to watch them swimming not far from us at all. We followed them, watching them jump and spin above the water and swimming with them under the water. We could even hear them clicking and squeaking under the water, which is how they talk to each other. It was so cool! There were about 20 dolphins swimming together, including several babies. Oh, I wish you could have seen that! Daddy and I LOVED it. It was like our own personal dolphin show, but the best we've ever seen! This was definitely the highlight of the entire trip. And who could've planned it?!
(Note: these are NOT pictures of the dolphins we saw. Unfortunately, it was so spur of the moment that we didn't have a water camera. So we had to get online and get pictures of spinner dolphins instead.)
Then, we jumped off a really high rock, which was kind of scary but also really fun! Even Kezia jumped off from the very top and Elysse jumped off from lower. Brave girls!
We played a bit in the water with your cousins and then searched for sea shells with Ivy to bring to you.
We went and got shave ice that was so delicious! I got mango passionfruit and daddy got pineapple coconut. It was great!
For dinner, we got pizza and then talked with Heidi and Nate. Now, we're sitting at our little house getting ready to go to bed. We're so tired! And sunburned...
Mom and Dad
3 comments:
That was a really amazing experience you guys had!
Awesome! Where's the camera when you need it huh?
sooooo fun to swim with dolphins! I've been reading all your posts. I'm glad you've had a good time getting to know Braden's family. I remember when we were in New Zealand and I wondered if he had a single brother because I loved how sweet he was to you, even though you were a million miles away. :)
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