Hawaii Day 7

Sunday, May 31

This was a sad day, knowing it was the last one here.

(I know it was Sunday and don't worry just because I have my swimming suit on doesn't

mean I got in the water, in case you were wondering)

We had our breakfast of fruit and yogurt on the Lanai

Took some last pictures, and walked down the beach by the condo. Picture towards Laie
Justin found a lounging spot
Then I got in my "Sunday" attire and we headed out
We went to Haliewa Joes again for their Sunday brunch.

Another beautiful view of the gardens there.
We drove down near Kane'ohe to the Valley of the Temples, and walked around this Japanese Byoto temple. It was beautiful and interesting, I'm glad we don't worship a statue, it was kind of strange! There was a sign and a donation box that said something like this: For a donation we will pray for you. Huh? I'll just pray for myself thanks. It was already $3 per person to walk around, and you had to pay if you wanted to take pictures.

I knew I would missing driving around with scenery like this. I couldn't quit taking pictures on our drive back to the condo. (Plus I couldn't remember what I had and hadn't already taken pictures of)

Here are some of the best.

One last amazing look from our lanai

The last look of our favorite side of the island of Oahu.

Looking back towards Kane'ohe

It was a dream vacation! It was definitely worth 9 months of planning, and waiting to go. I'm so glad we got the opportunity to do this at this stage of our lives, we just might have time to go back some day!

I have been so excited to share all of this, with all of you. It was such a renewing trip, for my soul, and for our relationship, undivided attention to each other with no interruptions. Justin worked so hard to make it happen, and I am so thankful I got to be with him on this beautiful island for a week, we had so much fun! Before the trip starting from 9 weeks away, Justin would send me little emails about Hawaii (Oahu), and with a little picture and/or video of somewhere we were planning to visit. It was so exciting to have a sneak peak of where we were going, and it told me how excited he was. I kept wanting to post about our trip, but didn't want to tip off any creep-o's(who hopefully don't look at my blog anyway) that we weren't going to be home for that week.

It was awesome!!! It wouldn't have been nearly as great without my

Mom, Dad,(SISTERS) Krista, and Kylee. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!

Because of them I didn't have to worry one little bit about my kids. They did so great with them that the boys didn't even miss us, I wouldn't have had it any other way! Izac even learned how to wipe his own bum!
and a big

THANKS to JUSTIN!!!

It was great, awesome, fabulous, dreamy, incredible, killer, mad(in a good way), amazing, beautiful, FUN, romantic, informative, and safe!!! With almost no mishaps(except for my pinky toenail)I hope there are many more adventures like this, with you to come!!!! I love you!!!

Hawaii Day 6

Saturday May 30, 2009

It was a beautiful, clear day, the water was so brilliant and beautiful, although it was much hotter, because of the sun beating down. I think this is the day that I got my "killer tan", the rest of the time was just prepping for it. We went to our usual for breakfast and took yet some more pics at Laie Point, it was hard not to, it was the most clear, sunny day we had gotten (we weren't that mad about the weather, but some locals thought we had picked out a crappy week to come there, is there a crappy week in Hawaii??? I'd like to see it) Now we were seeing why they were saying that! Sorry for more pictures here, but you can see why!

We drove north again, to do the things we saw when we drove up there before, to do some things we had missed out on and wanted to do.

Our first stop was Sharks Cove. A fun place to snorkel (for Justin), while I checked out the tide pools. There was plenty in there for me to see.

This was Justin's all time favorite thing on the whole trip. He did some gnarly jumps(dives), and got some lovely bruises. I sat on the beautiful beach watched, took the pictures, and read.
Justin is the white dude in the light shorts, on the edge

Don't worry he didn't flop, I caught him mid flip

The beautiful Waimea Bay!

We loved this sign, probably a religious surfers dream! We visited the Dole Plantation, only long enough to get a pineapple whip!Then we drove into Haleiwa to get some goods that we saw but didn't buy before, and since the trip was soon ending we still had some $ to burn!

We ate at a yummy place called Breakers, and then walked over to get, what else, a shave ice! This lovely concoction was called the pineapple bowl. It had pineapple ice cream on the bottom, pineapple all around it, pineapple shave ice, sweet(sweetened condensed milk)cream, and whip cream on top. YUM!It wasn't the best we had in Hawaii, but it was darn good!

On the way back we stopped and took a picture of the temple, which was undergoing renovations. Had it been open, we probably would have tried to do a session.

Before heading back to our place we headed a little bit south to the Mac Nut Farm Outlet. Had we gotten there earlier, we would have taken their tour, which we hear is totally worth the $15. The tour bus, that we didn't go on!

However, when we were walking out of the shop, we met a man who runs the gardens and plant/flower nursery there. We talked with him for a while, and he gave us a tour of the mac nut tree, told us about his family, showed us a picture of his beautiful daughter(on the front of a calendar, miss Hawaiian Tropic). Then we exchanged contact info with him, we now have a e-mail pal in Hawaii. The nursery he and his wife run is a part of the Kualoa Ranch, which we'll visit our next time there.

This is me cracking a nut, with a rock!

There it is

YUM!

We went to dinner, at Papa Ole's yet again, and then went to Angel's for this:

That concludes this wonderful day, the next post will be the last Hawaii post, I have mixed feelings about it. Sick of blogging, but keeping the memories fresh!

Hawaii- Day 5

Friday May 29, 2009

Was a day where we realized our trip was coming to an end, so of course on the way to breakfast at Papa Ole's (our favorite!), we had to stop at Laie Point again, because it's so convenient to get to, and on the way to the restaurant. So here we are again at these same places. Since we wanted to be at the PCC between noon and 1, we ate breakfast and then went back and hung out at our place until lunch. The beach in front of our condo was one of my favorite places to be so it was GREAT!

I don't know if I've mentioned, but the condo was beautiful, the owner had done some beautiful decorating, and updating. We didn't spend a whole lot of time hanging out inside, but it was fabulous when we were there. The other great thing was that she had all the things we needed for a day at the beach; beach chairs, 2 snorkel sets, 2 beach umbrellas, coolers, ice packs, a beach blanket(mat sort of thingy), beach towels. Seriously so nice to already have those things provided. She also had tons of books, CDs, DVDs, fans, AC, fridge, washer & dryer, hair dryer- so convenient!!!

This was our sweet ride. Not so sweet, but awesome to have a convertible. It played a big role in the great time we had so I had to have a picture of it. Breakfast at none other than Papa Ole'sWhen we got back from breakfast and into our swimsuits, Justin started taking pictures of me, so I kindly returned the favor.(I'm just glad he loves me and thinks I'm cute no matter if I have a flabby baby belly)Those flowers behind me are the ones we bought on the first day.This is the view out the front door of the condo.

(since all you usually see is the beach side)

Justin took this picture of the condo, from the ocean, looking back.

On the way to the PCC, we stopped at a fruit stand and Yoshimura's shrimp truck for lunch. It was so yummy, we wish we would have discovered it earlier in the trip. The cute owner came out and talked to us, and told us he is a member of the church, and we had a nice little chat with him.

(don't mind me in the mirror, taking the picture)Here we are in front of the fountain at the PCC. The pictures of us here are all in the slide show. After the PCC we got a shave ice at Angel's in Laie. I got a massive headache after that so we went home and called it a night. (even though it was late by then anyway)