We had such a great time in Hawaii. Thank you again to our parents for watching the kids and giving us a chance to relax. I am so proud of Adam for graduating...especially because that's the reason we got this trip. "Hoo-rah for Adam, hoo-rah for Adam, someone in the crowd yells hoo-rah for Adam" (yes there is a story behind that, but it's too long to write). Our big adventure was that shortly after we flew into Honolulu the electricity went out on the whole island because of a big storm they were having. We were on our way driving up to Laie because we were staying at my cousins apartment. We had no idea where we were going. Laie is small, but with there being NO lights (there were clouds so there wasn't even any moonlight) it was still difficult to find. we found the complex okay, but since there are a bunch of buildings we couldn't find the apartment or the parking space. Plus, their mailbox (where they put the key) isn't the easiest to get into. We were using our cell phones as flightlights, and needless to say that wasn't very effective. We finally got into the apartment but there wasn't a lot to do with no electricity so we just went to bed. Then next morning the electricity was still out, but we were lucky enough to still be able to go to the temple. They have generators that run some essentail lights. It was a really neat expereince. At about 1:00, with no lights and nothing to do, we headed to Pearl City to go shopping and get some food. We decided while we were down that way to just get a hotel and stay in the Waikiki area. The rest of the trip was the much less exciting with a lot of hanging out. We went to the beach a few times, went on a snorkeling/whale watching trip, went out to dinners and actually got to talk, went shopping, went to a couple movies and basically did whatever we wanted. It was so nice not being overly scheduled, and having a lot of time where we weren't really doing anything. Anyway here are a couple of the pictures from the trip:
Adam at Ko Olina before we went swimming
Also at Ko Olina
On our boat trip, this is before Adam started getting seasick
The whale. It's not a great picture and was much cooler in person. We saw him closer up, but I wasn't a good enough photographer to actually get a picture.
Our last day in Hawaii at the temple
The whale. It's not a great picture and was much cooler in person. We saw him closer up, but I wasn't a good enough photographer to actually get a picture.
3 comments:
Cory, I'm so glad that you had such a fun time and relaxing time in Hawaii! You are very lucky that you guys got to go out there....with NO CHILDREN :) Wow! It really sounds like you enjoyed your time there!
Cory, you look so good! I'm glad you guys had such a great time! We decided to follow your good example and are going to Hawaii ourselves in March...actually, Jake has a conference in Honolulu for work and I made him promise that we could go, too! His parents are actually coming, as well, since they've never been. It'll be nice to have their help with the kiddos, though!
Can I just say that we miss you guys so much!? I saw that pic a few posts ago with Sammi, Talmage and Jason lying on your stairs and I had to laugh, but I felt sad at the same time, because we REALLY miss you guys! You were such great friends. Jason asks me a few times a week where Sammi is, and I tell him she's at her new house with her grandma. Then, he'll usually ask to go see her, but I have to tell him she's far, far away! How are things going, by the way? Did things work out with the job for Adam? What are you up to? Hope all is going well!
Oh what a fun trip! How is CO? Are you missing Utah, but glad at the same time to be outta here? Paul is growing up so much!
Tell Adam congrats on graduating!! So you ended up renting out your place here, right?
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