Little Rosey's Adventure: Monday in Maui

I was feeling a little over-confident about my first day's sea turtle spotting, so after some research, decided we should hit up "Turtle Town" Monday morning for some more sightings, this time with a waterproof camera.

So first thing Monday morning we headed to Maluaka Beach in Makena, where supposedly the turtles like to hang out. This is Maluaka Beach:

Unfortunately, the waves were really big that morning. I watched about a dozen people try to get past the waves to find the turtles before I got the nerve to give it a try. I went far enough to get knocked down by a wave, recover, and after I regained composure I got terrified of running into a shark and went back to shore. I was relieved when the real snorkelers came back and said they hadn't seen a single thing. I'm beginning to think that my run-in with the turtle on day 1 was really lucky. Anyways, we spent about 30 minutes of the morning watching a group attempt to board a boat while fighting the waves. It actually became quite scary and the people were literally under water while trying to climb up the stairs. I think it took the boat about 10 times back and forth before they got the final person on board. I was nearly sea sick just watching and I definitely would not have gotten on that boat. In the picture below check out the guy trying to scramble on board:

We had a great day on the beach though. Rory loves the sand now - so much that he will try to eat it by the handful. I don't even want to know how much he's actually swallowed but I figure he can't be the first kid to eat sand. He's having a blast!

Rory is growing so fast these days that he's even changing on this trip. We've noticed 3 new teeth that have come out (can we blame them for his lack of sleep?) and he learned how to smile when I want to take a picture! I'm pretty sure we can thank Shauna for that. But he's got the greatest (hideous) smile! Here's what his smile looks like:

Beautiful view from the beach.

Then, Monday night we went to the Old Lahaina Luau! It was really cool because it was the same Luau that I went to 10 years earlier with my family! It was awesome to be there with Joe and Rory. We had a great time. Rory is such a ham. He just wants to be on his own. He'll say hi to everybody and wants to see everything! It was so much fun.