Hawaii

Finally blogging about Hawaii! It was such a fun trip full of adventures.

Hawaii airport.. that flight is a bad one especially the red eye coming home.
We showed up to pick up our rental car and they took us to these huge grandpa boats. When I saw them I thought no way am I cruising around Hawaii in that actually I wouldn't even cruise around home in one. I knew Drew would have the same reaction so I waited and finally he said um what can we upgrade to. In the end Drew was really happy and I secretly was too.

Our first condo where we spent two nights in Waikiki

Our challenger (maybe it's a charger) for the week :)

Leonards Bakery donut type things. They were delicious!

A restaurant we ate at on the beach. No wonder all the food is so expensive

you can't beat the view.

You grill your own food.. good idea to not have to hire as many cooks

and Drew obviously loved it.

The best picture I could get of Waikiki at night.

Whales someone made out of sand. They looked pretty realistic.

Shopping at the International Market Place. Drew loved to bargain but I feel ghetto. By the end up the trip we had different hand signals to say if I really wanted it or not and I was not allowed to talk and had to be able to walk away from anything.

It was amazing to watch this guy make all of these beach pictures with spray paint. We ended up buying one and love it but cannot find a frame for it.

Shopping in Waikiki at lots of stores I've only seen in movies.

Drew loves ferraris

I love watching surfers! We never had time to surf or boogie board

although I'm terrified of sharks anyways.

Crabs

I love him

All I could handle

The swap meet. I loved it!

Our second condo where we spent the rest of the time. The view from our balcony. Nothing better than eating breakfast listening to the waves.

Costco pizza for lunch! It was actually the same price as here

which was a steal in Hawaii.

Trimming the trees

The best snowcones in the world hands down. My dad introduced me to it on my first Hawaii trip and I had to take Drew. Worth every penny and every second of driving to the North Shore.

Sunset beach. We tried to find Jack Johnsons house on the North Shore but no luck.

Turtle Bay Resort.. had to visit just incase the bachelorette was being filmed here.

The Hawaii temple is so beautiful! We went to the visitors center and ended up meeting a senior missionary with the same last name as Drew's grandpa. Come to find out his grandparents were there a couple weeks prior and they met also and realized they had the same name.

Why did I not go to school here?

Polynesian Cultural Center in the Samoa village. We have never laughed so hard at some of the presentations when we tried to involve Chinese tourists who didn't speak English.

Drew thinks he could do this.. I think you have to be polynesian to do it haha.

Trying to find a husband for my sister in law Clarissa :).

The luau for dinner.

I love getting Leis. We sat next to this older couple from Australia and we got to learn a lot about Australia and they gave us their info if we ever visit. We also learned not everyone had tried root beer. They kept hearing about root beer so we grabbed them a glass to try. In the end they said it was disgusting and tasted like a mixture between cough syrup and something else. Bummer.. I thought everyone loved rootbeer.

We were getting bored waiting for it to start so we played "surprise face".

An awful picture but they are Drew's favorite treat in Hawaii. I think they are called a strawberry delight served only at the Polynesian Cultural Center.

The view coming out of the elevator.

Drew ready to protect me with his scuba knife from the cruise strapped to his leg. This knife is soon going to disappear though because I found it under my pillow the other day. Apparently he wants it easily accessible because we live sorta in the ghetto but I thought I should be warned about this instead of getting comfy with an arm under my pillow and pulling out a massive knife.

Hawaii part 2

On our way to dinner and the Waikiki fireworks.

I don't understand why Drew always says he can't look at the camera while he's driving ;)
We had to go back for a second try just to make sure they were as good as the first time.

Had to get a picture of the box so we could recommend it to others and

go back someday if we make it back to Hawaii.

Fireworks

Yum! I love cheeseburger in paradise! So worth the drive into town.

The next day we decided to hike diamond head and go to Hanauma Bay.

So bloody hot!

The views from the top were beautiful. I don't know if they were worth so many blasted stairs and a small dark tunnel though. Drew put up with a lot of whining because we chose the hottest part of the day and I don't pour gallons of sweat to cool my body like he does. As you can tell from later pictures I turn into a tomatoe.

Waikiki is so beautiful. I'm a city person forsure and Drew isn't so we compromised this trip.

We found a snowcone! Nothing beats Matsumotos though.

Hanauma Bay

Snorkeling was a blast! It was amazing how many different things

could live in this little cove. A must see with every visit to Hawaii!

Drew was very patient with me needing breaks from snorkeling

when I got sea sick from the waves.

The cutest little boy!

We looked over and the lifeguards had pulled an unconscious man out of the ocean and were starting to bag him. Although their technique was giving me a heart attack we think they saved him. He had lots of water coming out of his mouth by the end when they took him to the ambulance. It's such a different atmosphere.. nobody was rushed not even the EMTs when they arrived. One lifeguard after said, "wow I've never had to do anything that was scary". Not very comforting good thing we could both swim pretty well.

Gas was outrageous! Obviously Costco was the cheapest haha.

Our condo is on the right.

Does anyone know what these are? They look soft but they are pretty hard.

I worked so hard to catch the wave like that.

The beach dwellers otherwise known as homeless.

If I were homeless I would prefer a beach front tent.