Hawaii from July 23rd- August 3rd.
Here is a quick recap- we arrived on the evening of the 23rd. We ate dinner and costco and headed to the North Shore located beach house where we were staying. The house was awesome! It was tiny and had no air conditioning at ALL! but it was a screamin good deal so we couldn't really complain. The largest capacity this house has ever housed before us was 9. Our party had 17... yeah it consisted of 3 bedrooms a tiny living room/kitchen and 1 bathroom... really... that says enough about the trip right there, but I'll continue just for fun. That night crey and the boys(my brothers, brother in-law and nephews) headed down to the ocean which was approximately 15 steps away from out back door. Talk about perfect! The next day we visited the Dole Pineapple plantation, it was fun very informative about how pineapple was a multi-billion dollar idea and the pineapple ice cream at the end of the tour made it all worth while. The next day we visited Pearl Harbor, this is a very cool place to visit - however- I would NOT recommend taking a 2 year old and a 1 year old...Seriously!!!! The next day we went to a swap meet super fun! I got 2 swimming suits for $20.00 you can't get that kinda deal here that's for sure! The next day we went to church. It was so fun to see that even the locals wore crazy flower printed dresses and not just us tourists. After church me and crey went and walked about a mile or so along the beach and saw some turtles it was so so sooooo fun to see them so close. I'm talking within 2 feet. Monday - I believe we finally had a chill day, which was well needed. We spent the entire day on the beach and it was SO FUN! I can't exactly remember what we did the rest of the days but we had a lot of fun, we went into town one day Halewia and I loved this city. We visited Hunama Bay, the snorkeling was awesome here... it was a little over crowded and I probably wouldn't ever go here again but it was cool. One day we hiked Diamond Head, it was about a 90% incline going up over 500 steps and once again I would NOT recommend bringing a 1 or 2 year old on this... and the fact that 3 of us girls were prego didn't make the hike amazingly enjoyable. We chilled a few more days and got our relax on, on the beach. One day we went on a hike with our friend Kylie who lives in Hawaii- lucky girl! and even though this hike was completely free and it poured the entire hike I would have to say this hike was the highlight of the trip for me. It was incredible! The boys all did some cliff diving and it was like we was walking through the set of lost. Thick jungle fun-nes. One day we went to the PCC this was a super fun attraction. It's pretty pricey but if your parents are paying by all means partake. I had low expectations of what to expect and I was PLEASANTLY surprised with how entertained I was. There were a few days that Crey and my brothers surfed, skimmed boarded, body boarded, and did some stand up paddle boards, and the whole while I had to sit my butt down on the beach and just watch =( . That was probably the hardest part of the whole trip for me. I love playing in the ocean and I was so sad I couldn't do anything but a little snorkeling and swimming. oh well Hawaii will always be there so I guess I will have to go back when I am not pregnant. I have been once before to MAUI and I had the time of my life so maybe I will take Crey there someday. All in all Hawaii was an awesome trip - having such young kids with us in such a tiny house made for some seriously sleepless nights for all of us, but it was still a blast and my parents paid for everything so I can't really complain about a thing. My feet just about doubled in size on the plane ride home so I was a tiny miserable... ok I was really miserable the entire flight and they only do red-eye flights from so that sucked, and my 2 year old nephew ended up screaming for about 45 minutes and everyone on the plane wanted to kill him but that's what you can expect when you take a 2 year on a 6 hour plane ride.
The pic above is at the dole plantation. Awesome flowers everywhere!
These two were taken in our back yard. The one above is one of my favorites of me and Crey
Look how stinkin cute my nephews are!!!!
Crey getting his surf on. I was so jealous.
Look how studly and manly all my brothers and hubby look.
Good times snorkeling. If I wasn't so freakin scared of sharks I would have enjoyed it a lot more!
My big belly. In hawaii we felt the baby move for the first time, Crey was sitting right next to me so he felt it when it moved, it was so cool!
Crey getting his skim on like a pro!
Me and crey just chillin with the turtles.
This was some of the most delicious sea food EVER!!!
We stopped some random woman and asked her to take a picture of us, you never know how pictures are going to turn out when a stranger takes them but this one was actually pretty good.
This one we were trying to take by ourselves and I believe we were actually talking about the fact that we were trying to take the picture by ourselves and how difficult it is when some girl with a rad accent asked if she could help. We were thrilled and took her up on the offer. She also did a good job not cutting off our heads...
Anyone who knows me can tell you I don't do sea food. Well... that was until my husband refused to give up on me. And let me just say I am sure glad he wouldn't budge. This was hands down some of the most delicious food EVER!!! This was my first experience at a joe's and it was a good one =)
yep... this nice waitress is actually tying on Crey's bib for him... isn't she a sweety.
Fabulous pic of us right before we covered our fingers and faces in buttery delicious crab, shrimp, potatoes and more. MMMMMMmmmmm good!
