Tuesday, October 21, 2008

The rest of our Hawaii trip!

Sunday morning we woke up and went to church. Everyone there was so nice to us. We even got a lei greeting in relief society. Here is us in front of the chapel.
After church we did a bunch of free things, it was nice to have a day where we weren't spending money! Here is us at birthing stones. Apparently queens would walk here from Honolulu (about 45 minute drive away, so I can't even imagine how far they would walk) to give birth to their babies. There was one big rock that they used as a form of an epidural, to ease the pain by the way they laid on it.....I've given birth, and I honestly don't think a rock would work near as good, if at all. They must be tough women!
We also went to a botanical garden, for about 2 seconds, there wasn't much there. Afterwards we went to Dole Plantation and walked around.
This is us in front of the gift shop.
Baby Pineapple
After Dole we drove to the North Shore to watch the sunset and take pictures. This is a picture I snapped as the sun was setting.
Landon
Playing in the sand...his favorite.
Look at his cute feet. I just love em'!Paul was tossing Landon up in the air. This was a good shot.
In the air.
A good family picture in the Hawaiian sand.
After the beach we headed back to the villa and made dinner, it was kind of random things, we were just eating whatever we had around our villa.
Monday morning we headed to the Lagoon to hang out for the day, to catch some sun, and snorkel. Oh, and to play in the sand.Here's the boys working on making a sand castle.
Paul got buried.

After our day at the beach, we went into Waikiki and went to cheesecake factory for dinner.
After cheesecake factory we went to Cirque Hawaii. It was a pretty good show!
Here's us after the show with some of the cast.
And some more of the cast....
And the rest of the cast, they were all so nice to take pictures with us.
Tuesday was Adam and Lisa's 3rd anniversary. We figured that would be the perfect day to do temple sessions. We watched Zack while they went, and they watched Landon while we went. While they were in the temple, we went to the shrimp shack for lunch. I don't like shrimp, so I had a hot dog, but Paul was excited to has fresh shrimp.
After lunch we looked at the BYU Hawaii campus, then hung out at the visitors center. Here is Landon with one of the sister missionaries. She wanted a picture with him.

Here is us in front of the Hawaii Temple.
And another one.
After the temple, we took Adam and Lisa to dinner, then we went to Outback, it sounded really good to us. here is Landon sitting on the table. He sat there the whole time. He was not happy in his car seat!
Wednesday was our last full day in Hawaii. We got a later start that day. We went to Highway Inn for lunch. It was ok....I don't think I'd recommend it.

After lunch we headed back out to the North shore and had Matsumoto's shaved ice! I highly recommend this place if ya ever make it to Hawaii. The snow cones have ice cream at the bottom. They also give you the option to put condensed milk on it, I don't recommend it, and I recommend a small size, not a large. Everyone felt sick afterwards. And get the blue plastic things, they make the snow cone much cleaner to eat.

We then went to Turtle bay.
We were just about to leave because we weren't seeing any turtles. Just before we left, this big guy came out of the water. His name is Brewtus (we were told by a guy who works with the turtles), he's about 35 and weighs between 175 and 200 lbs!

After turtle bay we headed to Germaine's Luau.

Here is us with some of the natives in the show.
Here's Landon in a canoe.
This is a lighthouse right by the Luau.
Here's all of us.
And us.I thought this flower was pretty, so I had to take a picture.
Here's Landon and Zack in the canoe.
Landon reaching for pineapple on the table.
Then he took Zack's sippy cup.
Here's us after getting our food. I think the food at the Polynesian cultural center was much better, as well as the entertainment.
Thursday morning we stopped at Pearl Harbor on our way out. I wish we had more time there because it is an important part in history, and there was lots to see. We saw one exhibit and that was all.
After Pearl Harbor we went to the airport, got lunch, and boarded the plane. Here's me reading Landon's new book to him. He kept trying to eat it.
Our flight back went very well. Landon slept some, and played some. We are so gratefukl that he's a good traveler and baby! We had a very nice and enjoyable vacation, but it's good to be home!





4 comments:

Em and Ms said...

Looks like quite the trip! I love the picture of Landon in the canoe--he looks like he's rowing! Matt will be jealous you got to see a sea turtle.

kimberlee shaffer said...

looks like you had a full trip. I lived at Turtle Bay when I went to school there and surfed right there by the pool. Some of the best times of my life. I will live there again someday (=

Brianna said...

How much fun. I am glad you guys were able to go and have a good time, I am surprised you aren't announcing that you are moving there. haha. I am way excited about your new blog, I would love for you to show our etsy shop on it. We are trying to make it work and get off the ground, get some more business. So I think it would be great. Let me know when you have it up!

kim huish said...

Looks like a great trip! Bummer about your car getting broken in to! Those crazy Hawaiians! haha Glad you had fun!