black rock and snorkeling

On new years eve we went to black rock at kaanapali beach - it was a beautiful day, not a cloud in the sky -

quincy is so comfortable in the ocean and does pretty well at keeping his head above the water. he lets the waves push him in and out while he floats on his tummy, but i wanted him to have a life jacket on so i didnt have to keep such a close watch on him, but he absolutely didnt like the life jacket. looks relaxing to me....

quincy is getting sleepy

besides the rock to jump off of, there is a coral reef around the rock to go snorkeling, which is what i did as i was not going to jump off the rock

here is caleb and miles jumping off the rock

my snorkeling experience was complete because i finally saw a turtle!!! they are the coolest looking animals...and huge too...

here is the bay that i went snorkeling in

our water proof camera became not so water proof right after i took this picture :( but i got the picture of the turtle!!

Sugar Cane Train - that had nothing to do with sugar canes

Today we went on the sugar cane train. we thought we would see sugar cain feilds, learn about sugar canes and see the fields they grow in and maybe get a sugar cane to taste....our expectations were a little too high.......

here is everyone waiting for the train to arrive
here it comes...........

all aboard

and were off..

quincy is very observant and always seems to have such a serious expression when he is checking things out. here he is looking out the window on the train

jackson, mollie and sophia checking out the awesome veiw of the road :/

daddy and jackson

quincy had to make a quick phone call

this was the neatest part. the train had to slow down, even slower than it was already going and went over this wooden bridge. as it was doing so it blew steam out of the engine

silly time for quincy

the train made a 20 min stop in lahaina, enough time for the kiddos to get a quick lunch. this is a hawaiin hotdog that was red, kids thought it was cool, i thought it looked gross

our 'tour guide' serenaded us with music

beautiful view from the train

so the only time sugar cain was mentioned was here - this is the OLD sugar cane feild......yep that was all the info on sugar canes............

here is quincy getting crabby, he wanted to know more about sugar canes too..

and the boys falling asleep, that is how exciting this train ride was....not so much

but i will say that even though the train ride was dissapointing and a lot of money - we are still in maui and having a blast!!!!! and in the end the kids still think its cool they got to ride on the train that we pass every time we drive into town.