Kauai bound.

Tomorrow morning we will be here. Hanalei Bay, Kauai. My favorite island! When I was little we moved from Clearwater to Kauai. When Henry was two and Wyatt was four months old, we packed up the Berkeley digs and moved back. I worked here as the field technician for the Hanalei Watershed Hui. I walked the beach each morning taking water samples, floated in the river counting native fish, and was blown away by it's beauty every single day. My morning run started and ended here, at the pier:

Sky was named after the waterfall on the highest mountain in Hanalei, on the left below. She is Sky Namolokama. We're hoping she can say her middle name by seventh grade.

I am under Coach pressure to swim again. What better place to start than Hanalei Bay? The water is gorgeous, the view is incredible, and there is only one resident tiger shark. I'm bringing my pull buoy, time to dive back in!

When Sky was a baby and I returned to work, we had the best baby sitter ever. Jenna would sometimes tell me that she hoped she would love her own kids as much as she loved mine. Those days are getting closer.. we're heading over for her wedding. Jenna & Jeff are adorable. So adorable that one of the first things one of my best friends said to me when I met her was "are you the one with the really hot nanny? You must be really secure." I'm pretty sure she meant stupid. Sky will be a flower girl and the goofballs are ring bearers. I foresee disaster, but at least it will be better dressed disaster than usual..