Diamond Head Hike

Yesterdays activity was to hike the Diamond Head Crater. It wasn't the most beautiful hike on the way up, but the view at the top was really beautiful. The workout was great though.

practice, practice, practice

Peter came home last night and practiced his suturing. His skills were pretty impressive. Love that boy!

While Peter is working.....

I've been here. There is a pool on the beach that we have access to in Waikiki and I've been loving it. Lots of sun and reading while enjoying the sounds of the ocean. Seriously, my life is pretty great!

Peter delivered his first baby

Okay, maybe he didn't deliver it himself.... but he was there and helping. He also got to participate in a C-Section yesterday too. He is working in the labor and delivery this week so he'll probably get to see a lot of cool things this week.

On a side note, one really cute thing they do at the hospital here is that they play "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star" every time a child is born. Love that!

saturday was packed

Since Peter works 6am to 6pm during the week, we have to pack our Saturdays with activities so that he can have the most fun as possible. So Saturday we woke up and headed out for a hike up to Maunawili Falls. It's a gorgeous hike (REALLY MUDDY) and the waterfall is beautiful. We even jumped off the rocks into the falls. The boys were pretty daring and jumped from the highest rocks.

After the hike we headed to Hanauma Bay to go snorkeling. I was stunned by how gorgeous the color of the water was. We spent several hours swimming around seeing all kinds of fish and even a sea turtle. I'm still so surprised at how many fish there are since there are so many visitors that visit those waters each year. It was awesome though.

Afterwards we headed to Sandy Beach for some boogie boarding. That was one of the things on top of Peter's list. The waves were decent sized, but with the strong current, shore break, and how tired we already were, we didn't have that much success. It was still beautiful though. We will have to go back when we aren't so tired from the day.

I had so much fun on Saturday and I can't wait for Peter's next day off so we can go play even more.

Friday Fun

During the day on Friday, Jo and I took a hike up to Manoa Valley Falls. It's a small waterfall located in the jungle wildlife up the hill from University of Hawaii. The waterfall was smaller than I expected, but it was still nice to get out and do something active and enjoy the jungle.

Later that night when the boys got home we went down to Waikiki for dinner at Duke's and some swimming. It is just so gorgeous down there and the sunset was amazing. I loved people watching and seeing the many sailboats in the water.

Dragon's Nostrils

On Thursday of this week my new friend Jo (a wife of one of Peter's classmates) and I went out for the day. We started out at the beach in Waikiki and then headed east to check out what is called Dragon's Nostrils. The drive along the coast was gorgeous, we even saw the local lighthouse.

Dragon's Nostrils are two blow holes next to each other and when the water comes up, it really looks like a dragon is blowing snot out of it's nose. Plus the noise is really loud and kind of scary. It was definitely beautiful and fun to climb down the lava rock to see the blow holes. There were also some cool tide pools nearby and the waves crashing against the rocks were amazing.