Enjoying the HI life poolside!

Spontaneous Pool Date
I love that we're in a stage of life and a geographic location, where a friend can text "Hey, wanna go to the pool?" and 20 minutes later there we are!

Everybody loves jumping in, diving for rings, and experimenting with the many floaty things we end up with: kick boards, noodles, boogie boards, and floaty disks.

Diamond Head Hike
We completed Honolulu's iconic hike this weekend! It's short (1.6 miles round trip) and has gorgeous views, but involves a lot of steps. Totally worth it--especially when you celebrate the accomplishment with fresh pineapple smoothies at the bottom.

This is the way up
(but it's not actually all steps).

This is the view of Diamond Head Crater

From the other side of the Head you can see downtown Honolulu.

They were very excited about drinking smoothie out of a real pineapple!

Beach Day!
We decided to join some friends for another morning at Kailua Beach. An early morning start means we get to beat the crowds, spend a few hours, and still make it home for lunch. On this trip our friend J got mildly stung by a jellyfish, so they spent a little more time in the sand than they did last time. But they all got back in the water again at least once before we left.