a day at the beach with friends - day 8

i was SO excited for this day to get here.  (not more than our anniversary but still pretty excited.)  we were going ziplining!  we organized with our friends and two grammas, and it was happening.  but.

ahhh, ka'anapali.  you love to rain in the mornings.  

so our ziplining was cancelled.  and they could rebook us, but we'd have to stay until saturday.  (not like that would have been so bad...)  but it wasn't gonna work.  so, ben and i convinced our friends that life the weather was better down in wailea.  come to our beach.  (ha.)  but they did!  

we decided it would be fun to have all the kids ride together to the beach.  (ok, so maybe i wanted a break...)  so my dear husband, took one for the team, and drove to the beach with 4 kids.  in a minivan.  did you (or i) ever think those words would come outta my mouth?!  well, i have proof of his grand sportsmanship.  such a team player, my benji.

sand equipment?

check.

crabby pants found by benji

 i got sunscreen in her eyes, like, 10 minutes after arriving.

poor bubba.  

she snuggled on my lap for over an hour.

 sorry, i had to capture my {fabulous} nails.

they've never been all one length for such a long period of time!

apparently, being on vacation agrees with me.

and she wasn't gonna give up her pretzels.

 boogie board maniac!

matthew and roberta wanted to snorkel, so we watched their kiddos while they were away.  ben brought the boys out to jump some waves and bumped into papa frank.  and then of course, mimi was feeling left out, so ben had to come back to get her.  we had so much fun playing with our alaska friends in hawaiian waters.  

   

when papa frank wasn't in the ocean, holding a kid and playing in the waves, he was playing with dylan.  sharing pretzels and raisins, smooching and tickling.  how super cute.

 you won't believe it, but she's saying 

ewww!

such a tease...

ben and i with our minis

          

 i'm elated over this snuggle time.

 sue and i toned up our shoulders digging 4 holes.

below, is the best of 6 pictures, trying to get 4 kids and a gramma to look at the camera!  

hahaha

this beach day's a wrap!