Aloha

Aloha! Cord and I finally made it to Hawaii! A trip we (OK, I) have been wanting to take since we were married! It was worth the wait and more beautiful then I could have imagined! I am so glad we got to go, it was a wonderful week!

We spent the first day on Oahu. We went to Pearl Harbor then cruised up the east side of the island and found this beautiful, quiet beach where the pic above was taken. I want to go back and stay here, I loved this beach!

We made it to the Polynesian Cultural Center and to the temple grounds. The temple there is closed for renovations for the next 18 months! But the visitor's center and grounds were still open and it was beautiful there.

Then we flew to Maui where we spent the rest of our vacation on Kaanapali beach.Beautiful sunsets and the water was always perfect, day or night!


I tried to capture some of the beauty but the pics just can't to it justice!

Zip lining was a ton of fun!

Here is some video of a couple of the jumps! The first one is Cord coming across! I had just gone and then didn't get the camera going fast enough to catch his jump but you can see the line bouncing! That was the steepest take off so you could get a good jump off of it, it was our favorite one! The second video Cord took while crossing the line. He's so talented, I would have dropped the camera for sure!

It was a great time to go to Maui because it's the time of year when all the whale's are there! They were everywhere! We could see them from our hotel balcony, and when we were just hanging out on the beach or driving down the coast! If we were watching the water, we could always see a whale somewhere. We went out on a boat so we could get a closer look. We saw a lot of mother's and calf's. It was amazing, one of our favorite things we did!

We went to a Luau, snorkeling (we swam with sea turtles, another highlight), drove half of the road to Hana, and ate at some great places! But we did have a moment or two to relax and swing in a hammock and lay by the beach and soak up some sun!

Oh, and I can't forget our fun ride that got us around Maui - No car seats!!!

We did miss our kids, it would be impossible to stay away any longer then we did! Mahalo to Mom and Dad and Nadene, Spencer, Chelsea, Melissa and Meagan (yes, it took all those people to take care of our kids while we were gone!) for taking care of everything for us!

It was a great trip, can't wait to go back! Aloha!