HAWAII~ HAPPY NEW YEAR!

January 1, 2015

January 2, 2015

We were so blessed to go to Hawaii for the first of the year! We flew in on January 1, 2015! It was such a fun way to start the year out. We had gotten up early and flew most of the day. We landed in Waikiki around dinner time, so we went to get our rental cars and then headed to a fun restaurant on the beach. We had rented a convertible for the week. It was pretty fun but......We didn't fit too well with our big bags haha. I'm sure we looked ridiculous driving through the city with our big suitcases on our lap. After dinner we headed to the home we were going to be staying at for the next week. We were staying in a cute little town called Kailua. Bob had met a lady at Browning who has a home in Hawaii and Utah. She was so kind and offered to let us stay in their beautiful home!

Our first day it was a little bit cloudy and had been raining a little on and off all day. (luckily their rain is a mist). So we decided to go on some hikes! They were so much fun and had amazing views! The next day we had a blast! We started our day out with a little jog on the beach. After we got back

we headed to the beach by our house for some sun and boogie boarding. The waves were a blast and I was pretty happy to start my tan out! Afterwards we headed back to the house to get cleaned up so that we could head to North Shore. We stopped at the Laie temple

and then headed to the Polynesian Cultural Center.We met up with Dave's brother and sister in law that are living in Hawaii and enjoyed the PCC together. The luau and dinner that night were so much fun and definitely one of our highlights this trip. January 4th: We had our

first full day of sunshine today! We drove to North Shore

again, stopped by and got a shaved ice, rented some surf boards and paddle boards for the guys to try, and went to Turtle Beach to snorkel. At the end of all of that we stopped by Sunset beach to watch the waves and beautiful sunset. January 5th: We had a pretty relaxed day beach

hopping. We did a lot of swimming, laying out, and boogie boarding. January 6th: We beached around our house earlier in the day and then ended up in Waikiki later on that day. We explored the town and the beach. January 7th: This was our last full day in Hawaii and we made the most of it! One of my

favorite roommates from USU lives in Hawaii with her little family. They have started a zipline company on North Shore and I had told her we would be coming to Hawaii for a trip so we needed to catch up. Ashley and Nick were so sweet that they told Zach and I that we could come go on their whole zipline course for free! We got up early this day and headed

to North Shore. Summer and Dave dropped us off at the zipline and then they headed off to play for a couple hours. The zipline is absolutely amazing! It runs over all of these amazingly gorgeous hills and orchards where they produce a lot of the produce for the island. The other awesome thing is that you get the view of the

ocean as well amongst all of this. The course was so fun and it built up to us being able to go upside down and backwards on some of the runs! Once we were done we met up with Summer and Dave and Ashley and Nick and went to lunch at a yummy joint right close to the zipline. It was so nice to get to catch up and visit with them! They are both so much fun and the best

people! After lunch we drove all along the shore and stopped from beach to beach. The waves were huge and so cool to watch. There were some crazy people out surfing in these gigantic waves so we stopped and watched them for a while. We continued pretty much all along the coast line and stopped at the Dole Pineapple Plantation. I had been craving this place our whole trip! We got their pineapple

icecream that had fresh pineapple sliced on it. YUM! We

finished the day in Waikiki. We swam and body boarded, walked around this really neat hotel that had outdoor fish and aquariums, and ended with one of the most gorgeous sunsets we had seen the whole trip. January 8th: Our last day we got up early and went for our last jog/walk on the beach and then stayed at the beach until lunch time. Then it was time to head back to pack, clean the house

and get ready to head to the airport. We loved every minute of this trip and getting to spend time and make memories with our family!