Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Exploring the Island

The Beach House Restaurant. I loved that everywhere you went their was outdoor seating and gorgeous views of the ocean. The windows are always open, and no screens are necessary because I think we only saw 1 fly the entire time we were there.

People from all over come to watch the sunset in Kauai, even the native's seem to show up on the beach. This picture is taken in front of the Beach House restaurant where we ate delicious fresh fish. I am not a big fan of fish, but it sure tastes good when it is fresh. I loved the food in Kauai because everything had a slightly different twist of tropical flavor to it.

We happened to find a Botanical garden while waiting for our dinner reservations, Ty was not too into it at first but then changed his mind after seeing some of the most interesting flowers there.

This one almost looks like a bird if you notice the yellow "beak" at the top.


Ty putting on sunscreen getting ready for our first snorkeling adventure.








Amazing sunset at the beach.



We watched three sea turtles here at Spouting Horn beach.



Watching the sunset.


Spouting horn, the waves go up through this lava rock and spits the water out.


The very first beach we visited we happened to have this Monk seal to enjoy the sun with. He had reserved seating at the beach. Posts were put up with a rope around them, and everyone left him in peace. It did not seem to bother him to share the beach with the people.






Whew! Hot stuff!

Roosters are everywhere on the island, or what Ty refers to them as "Cocks". Seeing a rooster at the beach just seems like something is wrong. We seen "cocks" at the beach, the supermarket, the forest and everywhere whe went. They have no predators to eat them and their population out does the islanders.

This was one of my favorite trees here, they were huge and the leaves had a fern look to them. The remind me of the ones you would see in Africa. This is only the top of one that was growing in the canyon below.

Some one happened to have carved this into the hillside, it appeared to be rock but I was suprised when I put my hand on it the dirt crumbles easily. This is the type of red dirt that can be found all over the hills.

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Soccer

Soccer
Halen finished up the soccer season last week. This was his third season and he was pretty agressive trying to help his team. He broke his pinky finger being goalie, but it didn't hold him back too much. Grandma and Grandpa Gerber and Jensen came to cheer him on. On one of the days that it looked as if the game would be cancelled due to rain, he said "Oh no, soccer is my life!" His sense of humor has been really something else this summer and he has said many things that have made us laugh.

Aubrie

Aubrie
Aubrie enjoyed all the camping trips this summer her favorite spot was Joe's valley.

Halen

Halen
Halen loved fishing this summer at Pete's Pond near Joe's Valley.

Disney Trip

Disney Trip
We had a blast at Disney Land celebrating Ty's graduation. September 2008.

Disney

Disney
Just plain old goofy!

California Adventure

California Adventure
We loved the weather and had a great time at California Adventures.

Titan

Titan
Titan is our new pup we got in April. The kids love him.