Oct 23rd

Ryan was so anxious to use his boogie board we bought once we got into town. We knew there were good waves so today we went on the search. Just up from the street Sean's friend who lives there said we would find perfect novice waves. Ryan was in the water the whole time. It was fun to watch him be a kid and just have fun. We can both be to serious sometimes and this was just a fun day.

The other boys also found cool looking crabs. The sand crabs are much bigger and have claws. San Diego sand crabs are harmless looking. Jared thought this was super cool and wanted to help catch them. Sarah and Jared both really enjoyed "surfing" with Ryan. Emma held back and played in the smaller waves with the other kids. I just sat on the beach chair or on the sand and enjoyed soaking in the sun.

After they had enough boogie boarding we went to Turtle Bay to see the huge Hawaiian turtles. Joseph was so excited to see turtles. Form the moment we got off the plane he was asking when we would see them. Once we got home he let me know what he really wanted was to swim with them. He did, he just didn't know they were in the water farther out then we were. The turtles at the bay just laid there soaking in the sun. They really are beautiful creatures.

Then we headed to sharks cove. The bad thing is we forgot to reapply sunscreen sooner. Once we were in the car to shark cove I could feel it and see it on the kids. We hurry and applied more but it was to late and this is the day we all got burnt. Ouch.

Shark Cove was really cool and I really enjoyed it. This was the first time I really got into the water (Why I waited so long was beyond me) I went snorkeling with Jared and it was amazing to see the different variety of fish. Sarah saw an Eel and that was the end of her snorkeling. Jared would have spent all day out there if I would have let him.

Needless to say we all crashed. We were so tired and worn out form the sun and our new sunburns. Luckily I brought aloe gel and we applied to all the kids several times to help with the burn. It made for a rough night sleep with no air conditioning but it was all part of the experience. Joseph and Emma peeled. That was fun to pick it.