Waimea Bay

 So on Tuesday, our family field trip day, we decided to go to Waimea Falls. It is up a little canyon across from Waimea Bay. It is cost money to walk through the gardens and to hike to and swim in the falls. When we got there they said that the falls were closed for swimming that day, so we decided to go another day. We had seen how nice the bay was as we drove in, so we crossed the street and went to the bay. Here are a couple pictures from the day.

Jayne always in modeling mode in her new Hello Kitty Swimsuit. She is become quite brave. She had a swim noodle and would go out with me in the big swells. It was really fun. Then she would lay in the shallows and let the waves pull her in and out. 

 

The beach break is very steep at Waimea. So Sam and Ellie played a game where they would jump of the top of the break just at the same time a wave would come. If they were able to jump into the wave they got a point. I don't know who won, but I was impressed with their energy to run and jump down again. They had us time them to see how many times they could hit the water in 3 minutes. They were panting at the end of the three minutes but got better at timing their jumps. Seth has always said that our kids don't need toys. They just need some rocks and sharp sticks. (This conversation reappears every year at the Christmas time.) But I think all they need is a beach. We spent 5 hours there and had to drag them away. 

                  
 Here's the little man lovin' the beach. Because the waves only break right at the shore, he hopped on my back and we took out the boogie board and bobbed around the bay. He and I swam 3 different times together for quite a long time. He's a fun kid and the beach allows him to use all the little boy energy that he contains.

 
Dad- the beach chair.

I just had to include this picture. These college students pulled up with a cooler and some towels. Jake thought they looked like his kind of people. So as you can see he pulled up some sand right next to them. They kept cracking up, but I am not sure what he was telling them. They brought a football and he is so obsessed with footballs right now, so they let him toss it a round and show off for them. He's got charm, what can we say. By they time we left he gave them all high fives and blew them a kiss. Not sure what we're going to do with this kid. Seth blames it all on me.