Monday, September 2, 2013

Hawaii!

This last month has been a busy one but so much fun!  Ste finished up Summer term and we took a two weeks off of work to do some traveling!  We drove out to Orangevale, CA for our friends' wedding- Brock and Mary Kate.  On our way out there we stopped at a way good mexican place.  We thought the logo was hilarious.





Their wedding was beautiful and they both looked great! We were both part of the bridal party. It was so much fun to be a part of their big day!

Next stop- Hawaii!!! We got to join my parents on an awesome trip to Kauai.  Neither of us had been to Hawaii and we were so excited! 


  We went to the Grand Canyon of Hawaii- This first picture wasn't it but it was still a cool shot. 


While driving to and from places I would always fall asleep and Ste would have too much fun bothering me and taking pictures...


Here are the pictures of the Hawaiian Grand Canyon! :)





On our way back we stopped at a few places.  This was a trading place with this picture booth outside.  We also stopped at a Kauai Kookie Factory.  THEY ARE SO GOOD! The lady let us try so many cookies and had us try all the kinds we wanted to buy before buying them.  She is way too good at her job because we bought maybe.... 12+ boxes plus a huge bag of the guava cookies.  They are shortbread cookies.  The other flavors we got were coconut, peanut butter, chocolate chip, pineapple, and normal.  SO GOOD!!!



Mom and dad also took us to a sweet luau.  Great food and entertainment! Also, an awesome sunset!


We went snorkeling every day we were there.  Ste's parents let us take their snorkeling gear and we definitely got great use out of it!   We also decided to buy a digital underwater camera after we used a disposable camera and they turned out terrible. :) Definitely worth it! And we can use it in dusty and cold places too! WOO! 



We also met Gill from Finding Nemo.  This was on of Ste's favorite fish because he totally looks like a cartoon character with this eyes.


This was also one of our favorites. it was so cool!








This fish stayed in front of Ste forever like it was posing for him. 

Before we got this camera we also swam with some turtles!! I was actually kinda scared the first time we saw them because it was really weird being in the water with them. haha I warmed up to them though.  So cool!

We went on a hike to the Hanakapapaieosomething Falls.  It was an 8mile round trip hike and totally worth it!!! We got to swim under the waterfall there-one of Ste's goals in life.  It was awesome! At the beginning of the trail there was a like forest ranger that tried to talk us out of going to the falls by saying the second half the trail (after a beach where a lot of people stopped)  was unmarked and unmaintained and there were times where there wasn't even a trail.  Totally not true.  It was super easy to find our way and plenty of people along the way.  It was an AWESOME hike!














Here's the falls!!!









This is Ste going directly under the falls with the camera. So cool!!





This was my favorite fish. It's awesome!












We flew back into California so we were able to spend more time with Ste's side of the family.  Niece and nephew time so much fun!


This birthday girl!


Ste had fun trying to make his dad's flying helicopter fly!




So I have been into sewing lately.  I tried quilting my first quilt... ya.. I made a huge mistake.  Oh well.  I will learn! haha



2 comments:

  1. So glad you were able to buy such a nice camera to document the trip...and many more I hope. Was a fun time, little fishy sometimes but fun.

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  2. It looks like your trip to Hawaii was jam-packed with perfect! Did you make the quilt while you were there? I've been wondering if your mom really brought her sewing machine :)

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