The Mac Kinnon Family

Emily loves being silly.......munching on some dinner before swim practice!

There's nothing better after a successful swim meet.....then riding your bike into town for shaved ice!!!!

Mac had his second long course swim meet for the season today.  He got his second Qual time for the 100 free....he is super excited.  His first Qual time was last weekend, he received it in the 200 free.  Way to go Mac......he's so excited he can go to states in July!!!!  He really has a good group of kids he swims with and a good group of boys.

Mac's swim group had fun at the end of practice tonight.  They took a latax swim cap and amazingly when you fill it with water it expands huge.  They all took turns and got in.....and then the coach did, it was fun to watch and the kids loved it!

Emily really wanted to have a "date" with John, tonight was the night.  They went to dinner and watched the fireworks in Waikiki, Emily was on cloud nine!

Running in Hawaii is much different then the pacific NW.  It's taken some time to acclimate and get adjusted to the heat and humidity when I run.  I needed a running goal and found a great race.  While it was an early 6 am start, it was perfect not to be too terribly hot yet.  I enjoyed the race and look forward to finding my next one.  One of my goals when we moved here was to run a race on each of the islands.....will see if I can make that happen!  Big thanks to John and Mac for getting up early with me to get me to the race and meeting me at the finish!  I'm blessed to have such a great support from my family, it helps to keep me running!  I love you guys!

I ran a half marathon this morning, John and Mac got up early with me to drop me off.  While I was running they went on a hike.  It looks beautiful!  Emily went to a friends for a sleep over, I'm sure she was thrilled not to have to get up or hike this morning!

Mac has a great swim coach.  They had some fun today and took a "group" selfie of the Gold group.  I'm so glad he loves his swim team!  Can you find Mac sandwiched in there....

Jan and Brian fly home tomorrow so we left it up to Brian to decide what he wanted to do today.  After thinking about all his choices he really wanted to go back to the Hale Koa and swim in the pool.  They kids had fun just playing and enjoying time with each other.  Brian also loved having a snow cone!  They make some pretty good snow cones here.  We've had a great visit and cannot wait to have Brian back again.  He asked if can come longer this summer.....we'd love to have you!!!!!  Thank you Jan for bringing Brian, it's such a special time to have the cousins together!  Aloha until next time!

After our beautiful Easter service we headed to Haunama Bay so Brian could see some of the amazing fish.  Everyone was eager to get their snorkel gear on and Brian learned pretty quickly how to snorkel.  They were all off to explore the cove, they saw some great fish. After everyone was worn out we headed home but stopped for some lunch!

We were up very early this morning since we were heading to the lighthouse for a sunrise service.  The kids were easy to wake up when we said the Easter Bunny had come to visit!  The kids enjoyed their new treasures and ate a quick breakfast.  We headed to the lighthouse and enjoyed a very nice sunrise service.  What a perfect morning to celebrate Jesus and Easter.  After the service the kids did an egg hunt which they enjoyed.  Next we are off to Haunama Bay to snorkel.  Happy Easter!