Hafa Adai Academy Marine Field trip

La and the kids took a field trip out to the Sandy Beach Tide Pools with other homeschooled students to study the limu species there.

New Year's Tradition - First Light Over the Water Pictures

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! 2015 was a tough year for our family - me journeying ahead as the advanced party to Hawaii, La and the kids back in Washington State waiting for the green light and preparing the household goods - but we're all back together for the start of 2016! That said, this was our first opportunity to execute our annual tradition of taking a family picture at the beach with the sun coming up over a water horizon! We originally planned to go to Alan Davis Beach just south of the Makapuu Lighthouse - but so was everyone else. The cars were parked back nearly a mile along Kalanianaole Hwy from the trailhead. We decided to go to Plan B - Sandy Beach Park. We nabbed a parking spot and waited for the sunrise. I'm glad we altered plan when we did - the beach park got filled fast! This was the picture we came for, but we left with a bunch more. Welcome 2016!!!