Aloha Tanner- August 2010

(Although this is already a year past due I still wanted to document the trip with the Steeds and Rebecca.)

Natalie and Rebecca couldn't wait to get to the water after they landed, here they introduce Tanner to the Pacific Ocean for the first time.
This is over by Electric Beach where Kerry often dives. We come here a lot on Sunday afternoons to watch the dolphins jumping and playing. Wouldn't you know after we built up how many we had seen from this place we didn't see one this day.

On Monday we went to see Grandpa at his office. Tanner made himself right at home. Quite a few people came in his office to see what all of the fuss was about.



Time to really play at the beach. While Dave and Natalie hit the water for a few minutes Rebecca started to play with Tanner in the sand.

It didn't take long for him to decide it was fun to play with the sand and quickly became covered with it.

Still not very sure about the wave action though.

Making sure to protect that delicate skin before really taking him into the water.

The boat at the PCC. I love this place.

This man is one of the reasons that I love the PCC so much. Even though I have seen his routine multiple times I laugh just as hard and am entertained just as much as the first time I watched him.

Another day at the beach on the North Shore this time. While his mom and dad were diving with Grandpa, Tanner snoozed.

Headed into Sharks Cove for a dive. Natalie had been to Hawaii twice before and was so excited to dive but couldn't because she had an ear infection the first time and then was just pregnant with Tanner so she couldn't dive the second time. Kerry was pretty excited to have someone in the family to go with this time.

Preparing for the dive.

Natalie and Dave

At the hotel Tanner had a blast playing in our closet and kept climbing into Kerry's shoes.

On the final day we went to "Turtle Beach" to play and swim with the turtles. Tanner and Dave had a blast making their sand castle and Natalie came to join in.

You can see how close the turtles come right up to you, I just love it. One of them even nipped at Rebecca's leg while she was in the water.

Tanner still wasn't sure about the wave action and after this picture was taken he was swammped by a wave when Dave was holding him, he didn't like it much.

After a day at the beach we went and cleaned up and had dinner at "On Dong" (Rebecca's favorite place on the Island) and then we dashed to the airport to send them home. It was a fun week that ended way too soon.

Tanner getting familiar with the beach on the first day at Waikiki.