We were so excited about going to Hawaii, it was my first time to Oahu and Joseph's first time ever. We loved it! For the first two nights we stayed in busy Waikiki. Joseph learned to fish from a native and enjoyed fishing for the whole day :)
We went and hiked Diamond Head
I had to get a picture of this guy :)
The view from the top is amazing, you can see everything
Our Juice Boxes
After our hiking fun, we came across a banyan tree. This entertained us for like 15 minutes ha ha.
For the last 3 days of our trip we went and stayed with the Wesley's and got great hook ups. Sister Wesley got us into the Polynesian Cultural Center for free! It was such a fun day.
They teach you games and activities the islanders play. The funny thing is we kinda got stuck in an Asian group for part of the day.
We learned how to throw spears and of course Joseph was the best out of the guys ha ha . . . really though.
Pretty waterfalls and scenery everywhere you look.
Okay so I have a question. . . There are lots of Asians in Hawaii (well known fact), but whenever they take pictures they make peace signs with their hands. Why is this? We loved it so much we took pictures like this too.
Joseph making fire
The Beautiful LDS Temple. It is currently closed for remodeling, I wish we could have done a session.
Joseph and I LOVED the passion fruit that you find everywhere. We had Passion Fruit on our ice cream every night. It is soooo good!
Our much missed friend KATE! She is currently at school at BYU Hawaii and she graduates in April. I have missed her and it was so fun to spend 3 days with her in Hawaii and have her get to know Joseph. We went surfing, boogie boarding, pie eating, . . . it was great!
The peaceful beautiful beach. We both want to go back :)
A woman at the PCC made this rose for me out of palm leaves. It was fun to watch because she did it in like 20 seconds and didn't even pay attention to what she was doing.
After a fun day on the beach
So we don't have many beach pictures because we wanted to be careful with our camera and really enjoy the beach. This is when we were just watching Joseph and Keli'i play because the waves were too huge and scary for us to play in.
Anyway, we were way high up on the beach and this wave crashed and came so high on the beach that we were panicking trying to grab my sandals, my phone, the car keys, the camera, the boogie boards, our clothes . . . Too much to grab so my camera got wet. I was so sad!
We went home and put the camera in rice and 2 days later it worked great! Too bad it was when we were on our way home.
We went home and put the camera in rice and 2 days later it worked great! Too bad it was when we were on our way home.
We had a lot of fun and decided we would open our restaurant in Hawaii. Well we are now in Arizona and enjoying the warm weather. We miss our family and friends a lot, Love you all!
Fun pics! Enjoy the days that you are happy to post a picture of yourself in a swimming suit...won't last forever. ;-) Oh, that and your husband still having a six pack and, well, muscle tone...those were the days...
ReplyDeleteHow fun! The Wesley's are the best! It's too bad about the temple being closed. :( At least you got to do some other neat things!
ReplyDeleteFUN!!!! Thanks for posting! To answer your question about the asian's and their peace signs :)... they do this because to them that sign mean victory, their fingers are making a "V" for victory and it's just a trendy nonsense thing they do. (At least that is what real Chinese people in China told me)
ReplyDeleteI loved seeing all your pics! Kinda funny- my friends got in an argument about the Chinese people doing the peace sign: One said it was because they worship Americans and think it's what Americans do. The other said it's because they are self-conscious about the size of their heads in comparison to their bodies, and doing the peace sign will distract you in the picture....I think I would beleive what your friend who spoke to actual Chinese people in China said. That is a cool trick -putting your camera in Rice. I returned mine to Costco after it got wet-
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