North Shore

After the wedding we all piled in our vans and headed up to the North Shore to the Turtle Bay Resort.

We opened up our window and had a nice view of a building and first thing the next morning we switched rooms. We needed more room to sleep all the kids and we definately needed a better view. It worked out great. We had 3 couches and could have cousin sleep overs in our room.

The kids loved the pools here too. This is a funny picture of Paige after putting on the sunscreen stick. The kids were really great about sunscreen and loved the stick.  

They had a fun baby pool that the girls liked to take James in.

One night we went for a delicious dinner at the golf course and James just wanted to run! He ran and ran and ran and played with cousin Alex!

Alex taught him to say the word Bird (B) on the trip. He was always looking for B's and pointing! So cute...thanks Alex!

We tested out some fun beaches while on the north shore!

This beach is not on the north shore...but somehow we ended up here for the day!  Notice the warnings!! LOL!

The waves were huge and Ive never seen so many ppl in the ocean in one place at one time! I dont know how they did not crash into each other!  We almost lost Alex at this beach! He was having so much fun in the waves but at one point was in a panic. Luckily, the uncles noticed quickly and were on him in a flash!

We did get a special treat as we watched whales swim by!

This was at Waimea Bay...the same warnings were posted here. The lifeguards were hilarious and would warn of incoming shore break swells and would keep coming over the intercom wondering if anyone needed directions to a safer beach.  I wonder if they were speaking to us?? LOL.

I think we were all mesmerized watching these incredible waves crashing...it was hard to get a picture of them.

Luckily James was fine to hang out in his stroller!

One day the waves were calm enough here that we could actually take the kids in...if we were in the safer right side of the bay. It was so fun to be rolled around by the waves!  I just wish we had had more safer days.

The family had a picture taken on the beach and we were missing James. He was peeking out watching us all...oh he cracks me up!  Here he is waving at us!

Here is the picture he was not in!! LOL!  

So I think that is the end of our Hawaii trip! We had a blast with so many fun memories! We enjoyed great food, delicious treats, great company, way too many cokes, loved the sunshine, loved the beauty of the area, we laughed and laughed, we ate and ate, we played and played!  It was so fun to have all the kids together and I don't think they will want to vacation without cousins along ever again! They loved bouncing from 'house to house' they called it. A non-stop party!!  Thanks for a great vacation Dunham's!!