Hooray for the sun!!

So this is what the weather has been like for weeks:

It was terrible! I know, I know it is probably below freezing and snowing where many of you are and I should just be thankful... WELL I WASN'T! That's one of the major reasons we went to all the hassle of moving out here was for the everlasting sunshine and heat, and here Hawaii was trying to be a slightly warmer version of Seattle!

Luckily it isn't Seattle and after our relatively brief suffering we were finally rewarded with sunshine, and not only sunshine but the first day without a high surf warning in MONTHS! WOOHOOO! Snorkel season is coming back!!!

We were up at our favorite beach again celebrating the return of the sun and we weren't the only ones!

SOOO many turtles! Tons basking on the sand and munching in the shallows and swimming around in the surf.

Can you find all of them on this shelf?

(hint: there are 5)

 Isn't the Shell on this one beautiful?

(and yes that is someone's house in the back ground! those lucky duckies! Can you imagine how cool it would be to have sea turtles literally in your back yard?! Of course then you would have to have me in your back yard, but I bet it is worth it)

My friend Lisa made me a T-shirt with this on it a few years ago for my Birthday:

I LOVED IT!!! and therefor wore it to death. It was soo worn it was no longer socially acceptable to wear in public, But then I got this great idea to up-cycle it into a cute beach shirt! This was my first try and I still have to fix the straps a little but I was pretty proud of it:

Richard was very exicted to be able to use his camera again!

Here is a neat picture of some fish under a ledge:

And this adorable tiny fish: 

Richard had to dive down 10+ feet to get this shot! I'm very impressed with how clear it is:

Not only were there tons of Turtles they were all so friendly/curious! We had so much fun swimming with them. Here is a video of me and the turtles:

And one with Richard and them as well.

Richard looks up out of the water at the same time that the turtle goes up out of the water to get air, and it startles the bubbles out of her! :o

Here is a clip of a few of them just being beautiful:

And  here is one snatching some floating sea weed:

I'm always amazed at how unconcerned they are of personal space, here is one taking a breath up by Richard:

And here is one charging Richard:


We have not had one actually crash into us yet in one of these 'chicken' games they seem to like to play. I always get out of the way since half of them out weigh me. Richard lets them get right up in his face though...they usually stop or change directions at the last possible second, but I'm sure one of these days they are going to collide with him and I just hope I have the camera running when it happens!