Their Favorite Day

When you ask the girls what their favorite thing we did during our 13 days in Hawaii was, they will tell you "Sea Life Park." We had never been there before on past vacations, and unfortunately, it might not be able to survive this sagging economy, so we might not get to go back. It reminded me of Marine World Africa USA, minus the Africa part, during the old days, when it was still small and in Redwood City. They had a bunch of marine animals, shows, and activities for kids and adults. We went with our cousins, who you see in a few of these pictures.

There were penguins... ...yes, penguins actually live in Hawaii. Who knew?

And, of course, the dolphin show...

Petting the 8 month old sea turtle was the highlight for Katelyn...

...though falling down and scraping both her knees was not. This was Kate's other favorite part of the day...the Sea Lion show. The sea lions were almost as entertaining as their trainers. But Padyn didn't get to see the sea lion show because she was busy...

...playing with a dolphin...

These are in reverse order, but I was hoping to give you a sense of the set-up. The people stood on a platform in the dolphin pool and the dolphins swam around the people. Each person got the chance to kiss, be kissed, and shake hands with a bottle nose dolphin. Pretty cool. At the same time there where people in the pool who paid a whole lot more money to actually swim (and be pushed and pulled) by the dolphins. We didn't think Padyn was ready for that yet.

That's right...nice view.

You might notice that Robbie is missing from these photos. He spent the day hanging with Grandpa and Mimi learning to fake laugh. I think everyone had an equally good time.