Sunday, August 5, 2012

Aloha ~ Hawaii ~ Day 11 ~ North Shore

How nice is it to be awoken on a Sunday morning, and take your cute little bed-head self and sit out on the balcony for a few minutes while trying to wake up, have a little breakfast, and have a chicken fly up to try and partake of your bread crumbs.  

We went to the Lihue Ward which meets in the Kauai Stake Center. It was a fabulous Sacrament meeting with the Spirit so strong.  Afterwards, the bishop asked all the visitors to stand as the rest of the congregation went up to the front at sang "Aloha 'Oe" (until we meet again . . . ) while someone passed out beautiful handmade leis to everyone.  The sister doing so was so kind and thoughtful, trying to match the particular lei with the recipient, and she hit it right on the nail by giving Ashlyn a pink one.
Definitely feeling the Aloha today.  John is really liking the dress-casual island church attire.  Putting on a suit next week will be painful!
We took a nice, easy day and relaxed on the beach in Hanalei and did some snorkeling, which was awesome!
This was at Tunnels (where Bethany Hamilton was attacked by the shark).
Ashlyn went out on the boogie board and was able to go very far out with John and me.



Meanwhile, the other kids were being super hilarious showing off their personalities...


A giant waterfall on the mountain behind us.
Then we headed over to Hanalei Bay






 The North Shore of Kauai is so beautiful! 



3 comments:

Price Cream Parlor said...

You hit a few of our favorite spots! Looks like a fantastic vacation! You could totally get use to wearing those clothes each Sunday, right?!

sista # 2 said...

We loved attending the ward in Maui too! James starts school in 2 days :(

Sharon and Marvin said...

You guys are having so much fun and deserve every minute. Hot here in NP and even hotter in Simi where I went to play with Chelsea and Mel this afternoon. Love your scenery pictures...beautiful areas.