Hawaii

Darren and I celebrated our 10 year anniversary a little early in Kauai and it was amazing! My parents watched the boys for 8 days so we could go. The flight felt a little long and my ankles were swollen when we arrived, but it was a small price to pay to sit and relax by the beach!  We stayed at the Kia Kea resort which is a small resort but very quaint and relaxing. It was a small walk to poipu beach and had walkways all along the beach.  We rented a car and got to go see Waimea Canyon and the waterfalls. We enjoyed the resorts lawn and pool. Got to see the endangered Hawaiian sea turtle and endangering Hawaiian monk seal's which are out almost every day on the beach. We thought they came out every day but apparently they are only there every once in a while so we lucked out.  We drove to the north side of the islands  and stop to see the lighthouse their but it was awfully rainy so we didn't get to do much. The whole drive was pretty much on the coast it was very pretty. We enjoyed the Kauai coffee tour.  One day was particularly rainy so we went shopping at a couple of their  shopping centers.  We went to a really awesome luau at a family garden and they had great food and a great show.  We also did a catamaran snorkel barbecue trip which started out great and the snorkeling was pretty cool Darren got to snorkel with the endangered turtles and we saw a ton of spinner dolphins and bottleneck dolphins. But after the snorkeling after sitting and bobbing darre got seasick.  A nice lady gave him something to help and it did.  We could not see The Nepali coast because it was too rough of seas over there so we saw the southside which was still very pretty. Darren did runs most mornings while I sat in the relaxing lunch chairs and actually finished an entire book! It was a great trip and I'm so glad we got to go and reconnect a little!  We would FaceTime with the boys at grandma and papas and Nathan was so sweet and would just burst into tears when he saw me.  Brice was a very good big brother  and would try to hug him and tell him that I'd be home soon and try to get him to play something else to get his mind off of it.  Seeing my boys and missing that made it easier to leave the beautiful island.