Easter

Hmmm...kind of bummed because I had some really cute pics of Avery and her
cousin Addy at Easter and I can't get them to load! Oh well! We had a great time
for Easter with G and G Beeching, who came down for the weekend and cooked
a lovely Easter dinner for us! The whole family came over and Avery just loved
having Grammy and Grandpa and Nana and Papa around!

Mahalo, Hawaii!

They had the neatest little playground on the hotel grounds...

Visit to Waimea Plantation cottages...

Our "garden view" from the hotel (time share) room...

An endangered monk seal- they had him roped off from the public...

Avery LOVED Hawaiian Shaved Ice!

Our view from the baby pool we hung out at...

We took walks in the mornings to watch the sea turtles riding the waves...

First time actually putting her feet on the sand...

Next door at the Hyatt- gorgeous!

Feeding the Koi fish at the hotel...

Spouting Horn- a natural "hole" where the sea water shoots upwards of 60 feet...

Avery was OBSESSED with the many roosters on the island...she was on high alert all the time...

Hanalei Bay- South Pacific, Blue Hawaii, and many others filmed here...

The Napali Coast- mostly inaccessible and absolutely amazing...

Waimea Canyon- Mark Twain called it the "Grand Canyon of the Islands"

These are the falls from the movie Jurassic Park!

On our helicopter ride (just mom and dad) over Kauai.

At one of the waterfalls at our hotel.

On a sunset cruise- we saw a few whales!

With Grandma and Grandpa Beeching.

Grandma and Avery in one of the many pools.

Ahh....Hawaii. What a beautiful place! We had a fantastic time this week in Poipu Beach, Kauai. Ave did a great job on the plane, although we had a couple of rough moments on the flight from L.A. to Kauai. Let's just say Chris and I looked at each other and said "What were we thinking?" We got over that pretty quickly when we saw where we were staying with Avery's Grandma and Grandpa Beeching- amazing! Avery loved spending time with them (and we loved having Grandma and Grandpa so willing to spend lots of time with her so mom and dad could go on a boat ride, a helicopter ride, a nice dinner out, etc.). She is such a lucky girl to have such wonderful grandparents! The weather was perfect the whole time- Low 80's and sunny, sunny, sunny! While Ave remained white as snow (due to the tons of hats and high spf from her neurotic mom), we managed to get a pretty good tan (first tan since before I was pregnant with Avery!). It was just such a lovely trip! I've posted tons of pictures, and then there are lots and lots of videos from the trip below this post- check those out- none are too long! Mahalo to Grandma and Grandpa Beeching for such a neat experience, and Mahalo, Hawaii!