Finally Hawaii Pictures!

So, finally, here are the pictures from Hawaii. I had a very, very hard time narrowing down enough for a slide show (I took A LOT of pictures) and it's still a little long. I hope you enjoy it anyway. I didn't include any from the Polynesian Cultural Center because those were of the different cultures and not really of any of us. Aloha!

Hawaiian Landscapes

Apparently I took quite a few pictures in Hawaii... and it's taking me a while to get them all sorted. Here are some of my favorite landscape pictures. I will post fun pictures of the things we saw and did later tongiht (at least that is my goal). Hope you enjoy. Let me know if you like any of these....

BRRRR I didn't want to come back....

We arrived back in Salt Lake this morning. Our flight left Honolulu at 10:35 pm (1:30 am MT UGH) and landed about 7:30 am MT. Needless to say, we are all exhausted, especially Mr. Connor. He slept on the plane but overall didn't get as much sleep on our vacation as he could have.

We had a wonderful time on our trip. I went a little crazy and took tons of pictures, which I have yet to sift through. The weather was beautiful (about 80 degrees all week). We had one day where the waves were really big and I spent a lot of time trying to get good pictures. I will try to post some this weekend. What a shock it was getting off the plane to 26 degrees. BRRRR.

We did a ton of fun stuff...

• Visited the Dole Plantation (3 times... it was close to the hotel and they had a train, do I need to say more). I've never seen how pineapples grow, that was very cool
• The Macadamia Nut Farm. They have filmed a lot of movies and TV shows here. Plus, the tour we received from the Samoan chief was a trip highlight.
• Pearl Harbor and the USS Missouri.
• Had shave ice at Matsumoto's
• Went on a whale watching tour (unfortunately didn't see any whales, but we did see sharks)
• Visited Sea Life Park
• Drove around the island, got to see all sides
• The Polynesian Cultural Center
• Ate some great meals, including dinner at Kona Brewing Company
• Swam in the pool and went down the waterslide (Connor's 2nd favorite thing after the train)
• Got to see fairly good size waves one day
• Saw lots of surfing

Overall, we had a wonderful time. We were sad to leave, but are very happy to be back in our own comfy beds. Pictures soon to come! Aloha!

ALOHA!

It's official, tomorrow we leave for fabulous Hawaii. Connor is very excited... mostly because we told him about the train (The Pineapple Express) at the Dole Plantation. He also told his teacher he would bring her back the ocean AND the beach. I hope the suitcase is big enough. Have a great week everyone, I know we will. ALOHA!