Sea Life

Today, Ella and I met "Nanny Diane" and her sister Carol and we took them to Ko Olina beach. (Diane and my mom were best friends from when we first moved to Victoria and remained so for almost 25 years) Diane comes to Hawai'i every year with her mom and sister(s) and, as always, it is so wonderful to see and visit with her. The weather was beautiful; a breezy 80 degrees. Ko Olina is so gorgeous, it's by far my favorite beach here for the fact that it is quiet, sandy, has lots of grass and palm trees as well as restrooms and a walking path. On a good night this weekend, I think I'll pack a nice dinner and take Ron and Ella to watch the sunset.
Anyway, today was great to catch up with Diane and Carol. As we were out swimming in the waves (Ella loves her floaty), a Hawaiian sea turtle came up next to Carol. It was AMAZING! (of course Diane and I were thankful it didn't come up next to us as we probably would have drowned in fright!) Seeing as we were in the middle of the lagoon, we didn't have a camera but here's a picture of one. They are endangered and protected here so you can't touch, feed or block them in any way. I'm sure Carol got much more of a view than we did but it was only a few feet away before it dipped back into the water.
It was definitely time to take Ella in as we were close to the breakwater and I figured if there was a turtle, there's probably other ocean critters too and who wants anything brushing up against your leg! :)
After dropping Diane and Carol at their shuttle back to Waikiki, Ella and I found a great deal on some new Sketchers for both of us. Little girls have the cutest runners...I wish they had matching ones for Mommy.
Oooh, how cute is her new bathing suit!!!!