Saturday, September 13, 2008

HAWAII

I know it has been awhile since my last update. We have been busy and out of town for the past few weeks. So forgive the many updates as I try to post what we did on our vacations. Just a warning there are a lot of pictures.
Last year we were able to go to Hawaii with Garrett's work. When we flew there the plane was delayed 6 hours so they gave us one free ticket to return within the year and of course we could not pass that up. Last year we stayed in Honolulu at Waikiki, so this year we decided to stay in Maui at Wailea. It was so awesome. We LOVED it. Well it is Hawaii so whats not to love, there were even fewer people and more remote than even Lahaina and that was perfect for us. We only got to stay for 4 days because of our busy schedules this summer but it was worth it. I don't think that you ever want to leave Hawaii no matter how many days you have there. So here are a few of our pictures from Hawaii. Forgive the picture selections, I am not a big picture taker of just scenery so most the pictures have one of us in them. And when you go on vacation just the two on you it is sometimes hard to get someone to take your picture. Just a disclaimer because I hate pictures with just me in them.
This is where we stayed and the grounds were breathtaking.
This was by far the coolest place I have ever been to. It looked like a movie scene.
We ate at some of the funnest restaurants and almost all of them were right on the beach or had a great view of it.
I think the sunsets were one of our favorite things here. Every night we sat at the hotel somewhere and watched.
We went snorkeling at Molokini. The fish were amazing. So beautiful.
I was suprised to need wetsuits in Hawaii. But oh man did I need one. The water was warm but after 2 hours in it I was freezing.








Garrett in his snorkel gear!!

Me putting on my fins or flippers or whatever they are called.
We swam with the biggest sea turtles. There were tons of them, I have to admit when some came close I got a little nervous.
Right outside our hotel room.

Laying by the pool.

The sunsets really were amazing.


This was our last day and we had to take one more walk on the beach before we left.






We brought Dallin home a Eukele, he loved it. He made Garrett get out his guitar so they could "make music together". It was so cute.


7 comments:

janae said...

what a fun trip!! I am glad you have people in your photos way more exciting:)

jen said...

Ok so why didn't I read this before we took Taedon with us...never again until he's like 4!! ha ha! The Grand Wailea is absolutely beautiful, I'm so jealous you got to stay there! You look so good! It's just not right you get to have that hot of a bod after 2 kids! Well, looks like such a fun trip!

Joe and Marci said...

Okay, I'm a little jealous. I've never been to Hawaii, so thank you for letting me go vicariously through you :) Love the pictures, looks like you guys had a great time!

Kes said...

Who wouldn't LOVE An incredible trip to Hawaii!?? You Cut your Hair it is so cute! It's been so good to talk to you this week. Hopefully soon we'll really get together. we MIGHT come down this fall so I'll let you know.

Tell Dallin hi for Ry :-)

Anonymous said...

That infinity pool is amazing! Wailea really is an gorgeous part of Maui.

Great shots. You should look into setting up a free account with HawaiiPhotography.com and then you can post slideshows of your images.

Aloha!

Angela said...

looks fun! glad you got to go to Molokini. Thanks for the link to your blog. Very cute. Makes me want to go to Hawaii!!!

Brynn said...

oh how beautiful and romantic. I love the sunsets too. I'm sure it was such a relaxing time for you. It looks like your honeymoon. Something we all need is a vacation like that.