Summer Vacation in Hawaii - Week 4 of 4 (1st half)

We were so happy to have daddy back to enjoy our last week on the beautiful Big Island with us! Surprisingly, when we went to pick Evan up at the airport and the boys saw him for the first time, they were afraid to go to him. I guess being away from dad for two weeks feels like an eternity to two toddlers. Thankfully, by the time we got back to the car, the boys started warming up to him.

Here is a picture of mommy and daddy at the airport... we were wanting a family pic, but the boys weren't ready to be held by daddy yet. :(

When we got back to the house, we caught a gecko feasting on one of our over ripe bananas!

After daddy unpacked, we went out for lunch at a restaurant by the ocean... we put daddy in between his two boys. :) Here are my three men checking out the menus...

Looks like Bryce is having a hard time deciding on what he wants...

Totally happy to have his daddy back!

After lunch, we couldn't wait to show daddy our favorite beach!

The Bergs...

Splashing daddy...

Now that we only have a few more days left in Hawaii, the boys finally started loving the ocean!

So different from the first week when they refused to even get near the water!

As usual, we saw lots of sea turtles at our favorite beach...

Two monkeys climbing a tree...

Opa watching me photograph a turtle...

I couldn't get enough of these amazing creatures!

From not wanting to step foot in the water just a couple of weeks ago to now dunking their own heads in the water!

Looking cool in oma's sunglasses and with a mouth full of cookies...

They thought it was funny to show us a mouth full of food...

I think this one was tired of having his picture taken...

Are you still following me?!

The boys wanted to get a closer look at the turtles...

Gabrielle striking a pose by a turtle!

Good grief, leave me alone, lady!

Okay, just a few more before we leave...

Daddy and opa watching me harass the turtles with my camera... (incase you're wondering, the blur in the middle of this pic is from water sticking to the underwater glass case for my camera.)

The next day, we went to a festival at the City of Refuge. Here we are getting a free ride on an outrigger at the festival. (Evan and I are on the far left.)

The boys trying to blow into these big wooden whistle like things... I have no idea what they're called.

Finally, a family picture. :)

Daddy and one of the boys watching a man prepare an outrigger...

Our handsome little Hawaiians...

Bryce looking cool on the left and wearing a hollow seed on his thumb on the right...

An exhausted little boy...

A beautiful Hawaiian sunset...

2nd half of week 4 pictures coming soon... (too many pics to put in one post!)