Ko Olina Resort

We packed up the kids today and headed over to the Ko Olina Resorts to meet a friend of mine from back home and her family! Her husband has been here for a few weeks for work, so she decided to fly out with her 2 kids and spend a week out here as well! They are staying at a fabulous condo just walking distance from the beach. Jack (3) and Trevor held hands as we walked. It was so funny to listen to their conversations!

Even after living in Hawaii for over 5 years now, I was blown away by the BEAUTIFUL beaches they had there. We walked around to the next cove over...which was just as gorgeous as this one!

We packed a picnic lunch and ate in the shade before going down in the water.

We had a little visitor, a baby mongoose, who wasn't very shy. McKenzie threw it a piece of bread and I was shocked at how close it came to us all! Addison went absolutely BONKERS!!!

My friend had taken the kids down to this beach before, so Jack was excited to show Trevor around. Surprisingly, Trevor ran right into the water and walked around the rocks without missing a beat!

Another shocker was that Addison ran right to the water as well! And then she never left it! She is part fish, I believe!

Poor McKenzie was bummed that she didn't have a friend her age, so she pouted for a few minutes, but realized she should make the most of it, and got over it real fast. She pulled the boys around on the boogie boards, and found a sea cucumber, laid out with Meridith, and ended up having a pretty good time!

Here, the boys took turns pulling each other on the boogie board!

Farren (5 days younger than Addi) & Jack (3)

Trevor even got brave and took the board out in the water and swam it in to shore.

If I tried to get Addison to play in the sand, she would walk her way back to the water.

We had so much fun. I can't wait to go back again and enjoy the beaches there! It was so secluded and I couldn't believe how bare the beaches were. There were hardly any other people there! It was hard to get the kids to leave, but it was late afternoon, we were turning into tomatoes, and we all needed a nap!