Olympics here we come

This was only a practice run, since all of our video during the meet was blocked by timers...., but she did this well during every event. She was 1st in 25 meter freestyle with her time being 19.94. She ended at least 3 seconds before everyone else!!! Wow, she totally amazed everyone!!! She also got an A time (that is the times you need to qualify for national recognition....like go to statewide and national events) in 50 freestyle and ended with a B time in Butterfly! Have any of you tried the butterfly? It is the hardest stroke and she did the 25 meter in 26.45 seconds :)

Kaneohe bay sand bar

This is the sandbar in the middle of Kaneohe Bay. You can see a little island in the middle of the picture. This is called Chinaman's hat.

Eli happy as can be!

And his sister is pretty happy too!!!

Emersyn is such a fish and scares us sometimes because she thinks she can swim! Thank God for life jackets.

Turtle Bay

On the way to Turtle Bay, Emmy was eating mini M&M's and she decided to shake the little container they were in. As she did it, somehow one stuck to her forehead, which we laughed at all the way to Turtle Bay and she had no idea!
This is the scene from the beach at Turtle Bay. It looks even better with two beauty queens digging in the sand!!! We decided since Randy had been gone and we hadn't been to the beach in a while that we would spend the whole day basking in the sun. There is nothing more relaxing than sitting on a beach in Hawaii!

Emmy sat in a sand hole for almost 30 minutes, along with being covered up to her neck! She was so funny and even the tourists were being entertained!

This is so far our only large sea shell from Hawaii. Sadly, I found it while snorkeling and it was inhabited by a critter. But since our love for sea shells is much greater than our love for slimy critters, we took it home and now own a beautiful sea shell!!!

Swimming

Here is Ella practicing her dolphin form. She will be competing in November in a B meet and then will be tested to swim in the A meets after she turns 9. The swim coach tells me she is going to go far with swimming, considering she could barely do these strokes in July! Within 2 months, she moved up to the "strong swimmer" class!!!