Hawaii......Day 5!

We woke up early on Sunday, which happened to be Mother's Day. We decided since we were up and ready to go that we would go to the 8am church! Crazy eh?! But we actually had lots of time to get ready. My kids even Face Timed me to wish me Happy Mother's Day! They showed me some of the things that they made. I enjoyed talking to them!

Ready to go to church!

Then we went to church. I loved that every time someone came to the pulpit they would say, "Aloha" and everyone in the congregation would reply, "Aloha"! We stayed for the full 3 hours. Every sister in the ward came in with beautiful Leis on. One lady came up and gave me a hug and wished me Happy Mother's Day and slipped a Lei over my head. It was so sweet of her. She probably had about 8 Leis on. She gave one to mom and Carol too. So sweet.

After church we went back to the house and had a big dinner. Mom and Dad were in charge of it this time and they had it cooking while we were at church. We had chicken and baked potatoes and a salad. It was delicious.

Then we took off back to Waimea Falls Park. We paid to get in and then started on our hike. It's a very slow leisurely hike and so so pretty. It's absolutely beautiful there. I loved seeing all the different flowers. I went a little crazy with my camera!! So enjoy all the pictures of Waimea Park.

Just starting our little hike.

Richard and I! Love that his eyes are closed!! Ha ha!

One of the many beautiful flowers!

Mom and Dad walking together.

Once we made it to the falls, Megan and I decided that we were going to go swim in the Falls. We had to put life jackets on and then we went and jumped in! We tried to get as close to the falls as we could. It was fun. A little cold, but so refreshing! It was fun!

Waimea Falls!

Megan and I swimming by the falls!

Trying to get closer!!

Richard had fun with the camera and decided to take pictures of all the chickens. They are everywhere there. We found out that they are protected and they just wander everywhere. Kind of funny!

There's some of the crazy chickens!

Such a pretty park!

Then we headed back. It was a fun little hike and fun afternoon. We decided to try and find the beach with the turtles that we failed to find on Friday. So we went a little further and we FINALLY found it! We were walking on the beach and I was watching the waves and saw turtles in the waves. It was so cool. We watched that for a while.

Cool picture of Richard watching the waves. Just after I took this picture a huge wave soaked him!!

Love the ocean and the big sky oh and that man too!

Look closely and you can see the turtle just poking his head above water.

There's the turtle in the wave.

Then we went further up the beach and saw a BIG turtle laying on the warm sand. We were able to take pictures and watch it for a while. It was so cool!

And here's the turtle on the beach.

After seeing the turtles we headed back home. Richard and I stopped to get something to eat together. The kids called us and DJ was sobbing. He kept saying, "I want you to come home right now." Oh, it broke my heart. I felt so bad. We got him to calm down a bit and said good bye. We found out later that he was so tired and went right to sleep that night. Sheesh. Well, it made me cry. I do love my kids. We both missed them so much. But it was also nice to spend so much time with Richard. I really did enjoy it! Well after we ate we headed for home and relaxed and went to bed! It was a super nice day. Loved that I got to spend Mother's Day with my mom in Hawaii too. That was kind of cool!