Hawaii!!

I can't believe we have been home a week now! Life has been busy. Gerry and I finally got to take a vacation other then to Utah! As much as I love Utah...Hawaii was absolutely fabulous. We flew out early morning on the 17th and flew into O'ahu and spent the day in Honolulu at Waikiki Beach and just hung out. We were overwhelmed with how busy it was and thought it was an upscale LA. We flew out that night to the island of Kauai, also known as The Garden Island. Which exactly what it was. Covered completely with beautiful scenery. Once we got there we decided this was our kind of vacation. There is a rule on the island that no buildings can be built bigger than a palm tree. Also Kauai is a very small island...you can drive around it in 2 1/2 hours. It was absolutely amazing. If you have never been then you MUST go! We stayed up in Princeville area, which is on the North Shore if you are familiar with the island. It was gorgeous! We hit as many beaches as we could. Some days we would beach hop, others hang out at our favorite ones. It's funny because one morning while eating breakfast we were watching Good Morning America and it was naming Americans most beautiful beaches. And ranked #2 was Hanalei Beach, Kauai Hawaii. That day we were laying out on that beach! Crazy huh? It was the most relaxing vacation ever. One day we did do a little work... we went on a kayaking/hiking tour. It wasn't as easy as I thought it would be. We started with a 45 min. kayaking then hiked 30 mins up to a beautiful waterfall, had lunch, then kayaked back 45 mins. It was so stinking fun. We also rented snorkeling gear and enjoyed seeing the fishes. Gerry is more expert in this area...and went out a lot further in the ocean then I did. He actually got to see a bunch of sea turtles, 2 different times. He said it was so cool to just sit there and watch them eat, and swim to the top for air. I took his word for it. I was too chicken to go out that far! It was tons of fun! Our absolute favorite thing was to eat their famous shaved ice w/ macadamia nut ice cream on the bottom (yum) and layout, read, listen to music, and enjoy the beautiful beaches! Our last day we flew back to Honolulu and went to lunch and did some souvenir shopping and went to see Pearl Harbor, we didn't go in because it was Memorial weekend...packed...but we enjoyed the beautiful sunset there and then had an overnight flight back to LA. It was perfect. and a much needed vacation. Thanks to Grandma Lind for making it possible and coming out and taking care of Zach and Lauren. Who thought they were on vacation too, with all the fun they had with Grandma and Aunt Rhiannon!! What a great time. We will be back...it honestly is the most beautiful place. Love it! It was also great to have sweet Zach and Lauren's hugs when we got home!! Here are some pictures from our vacation. I took over 300...I just couldn't get enough!!

**Sorry pictures look like crap on the slide show. Just on the slide show not sure why they are so grainy!