Fiona enjoys a ride in a rocket ship.

We stopped off at a little town called Kawerau on the way to Whakatane. Little did we know that they were having a Christmas festival that day. What fun!

Madeleine has a few bounces in the bouncy castle.

Fiona jumps like crazy.

Here's Madeleine sliding on the bouncy castle.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, YEAH!

Fiona and Heather on our hike to the beach.

While in Whakatane we went to the beach at Ohope and took a hike on the Kohi Point Walkway. The view down the beach was awesome.

Here's everone on the way to the rocky cove.

It was low tide and there was lots of exposed rock.

We made it to the cove. The water was cold but what a beautiful setting.

So cute!

The happy family.

One part of the beach was all seashell fragments, worn smooth by the motion of the waves. So nice to walk on!

Heather's scrambling on the rocks at the rocky cove.

Like my bikini?

Now those are some cute legs.

Panning around the rocks.

Nancy and Madeleine enjoy the waves.

Miles and miles of visibility on a beautiful day.