A fun weekend!

If you have been reading my blog you know that my biggest complaint is how it rains a lot or looks like its going to rain. Well the past 4 days have been sunny and clear. Not only has been pretty sunny, but you can actually see the mountains. So we took full advantage of the glorious weather and took on a few little adventures.

Saturday we decided to take on the Mokapu Trail. It's pretty much straight up 1 mile paved trail. The views are to die for and you can do some whale watching along the way. Elijah did awesome and walked the entire trail to the top. We had a make a small pit stop on the way for Elijah to go pee pee and did as all boys do and peed off into the bushes. As everyone walked by they would snicker and say things like, "when nature calls". But when there are no potties around one must empty their bladder somewhere. Right? Ava road in the stroller on the way up and walked some of the way down, while Elijah road in luxury in the stroller. She did really good staying the stroller and taking in all the views. I will for sure be visiting the Mokapu Trail again for some good exercise.

Elijah hydrating before hitting the trail. He soon found out that wearing a camelback was hard work and was willing to give it back to Daddy.

Ava with the best seat in the house.

This is from up of the trail. can you believe how clear the water is. If you look you can coral near the rocks.

Look at that view!

Of Course Ava wouldn't look, but thats okay.

A family picture. Maybe one day we will all smile.

Ava thinking she is big stuff walking down the trail.

Sunday we were invited to go out on a pontoon boat by our friends Katie and Dan. We can rent boats here on base for pretty inexpensive. We ended up with a pretty beat up boat since we went out mid day, hence the thorn seats. We headed out mid day to the sandbar here in K-Bay and hung out splashing around in the 1-3 ft water. After hanging out there for a couple of hours we headed off to try and find some fish. We did a little fishing with no luck, but the kids loved the ritual of it all. Elijah caught right on to baiting the hook and reeling the line in. He has been asking to go fishing for sometime now we never have taken him. He HAD A LOT OF FUN! Ava of course got in the action did pretty good herself. It was the kids first time on a boat and they both did awesome. I was so worried they wouldn't like it (be scared) or they would be misbehaved, but they were really good. I am sure we will be going back on the boat sometime in the near future.

At the sandbar

Ava doing an awesome job reeling in the line

Elijah in man heaven. This is his first time fishing and I think he is hooked.

These are the views from the boat. But this is what we see if we go on walks in our neighborhood.

Elijah loved fishing so much he even tells stories about it. This is a huge deal for Elijah to talk about anything in major details. Last night we were talking about our day on the boat and Elijah went on to tell us and act out this story: "I cast the fishing pole. I caught a BIG fish! (moans and groans acting as if he has the biggest fish ever)." He goes on tell us that he even caught a shark. I wish we would have caught it on video because it was funniest things ever. Elijah also, started private swim lessons this week. I am very happy about this adventure and hope that he learns to be a great swimmer.

Ava is for sure striding into being independent. Her new thing is after I unstrap her from her car seat so won't let me get it out of the car. She tells me, "My turn. Okay". So she proceeds to hang on for dear life as she navigated her way out of our Honda Pilot to the ground. It's pretty scary, but she wants to do it herself!