Our family of six, including a two-year-old grand-daughter, just spent a beautiful week (Nov. 25 - Dec. 2) in Kendall's home, our first trip to Hawaii. The house is lovely - spacious and well-planned with ocean views from every room. The yard drops right off onto the beach and the lawn is a perfect place for kids to play and adults to lounge. Beach towels and kids' toys are available. As we learned, Kekaha is part of the drier part of the island, but it is by no means a desert - in fact, we found that we preferred the climate to the rainier eastern and northern shores that we visited during our stay. The weather was perfect - mid 80s in the day, mid 70s at night. Kekaha and nearby Waimea are small towns, but that suited us as well. There is some traffic noise, but, honestly, the waves are even louder, so it wasn't a problem. Great hikes nearby in Waimea Canyon and wonderful snorkeling at Po'ipu not far away. Kendall communicates quickly and efficiently; she even helped arrange for a grocery delivery to be waiting at the house when we arrived on Thanksgiving night. Two thumbs-up, for sure!