Oh how we love summertime!

Okay so I was informed that my last blog was not blog-worthy! 
I know, it was weak sauce... 

But now we have something blog-worthy to write about!....

We just got back from Hawaii!!!  We are a little crazy excited about this... it was a GREAT trip and and here are some pics to help depict that! (And by the way, we took 984 pics/videos on our main camera so I am trying to pick out a few for you all to see).......And a big thanks to several friends who tipped us on what to do in Oahu! There was A LOT to do, we simply couldn't get to it all. 

So a little summary of the trip:

We arrived on a Saturday and spent the first 4 nights on the South Shore at the Hyatt Place, two blocks from Waikiki Beach. This is a newly renovated hotel, very posh, and gets an 8.5/10 on cleanliness, which if you know me is huge. They only do valet parking, $25 night so that is a bit lame, or you can park across the street for $12 night at a public lot. 

The Hyatt Place:

 

The view (Mountain View):

The highlights of the South Shore: Diamond Head was a great hike, with very scenic views, a lot of fun. Hanuama Bay, excellent snorkeling, went really early to beat the crowds, it cost like $16 total but was worth it for a good refresher on snorkeling. And saw plenty of fishies! 

Us at Diamond Head:

Nate is cut-off a bit, but you can see the beautiful view!

The ward building where we on on Sunday, way cool: 

On Wednesday we checked out of that hotel and made our way to the North Shore where we stayed at the Turtle Bay Resort for another 4 nights. This resort is simply fantastic, it has wonderful amenities, great dinning, it's smack-dab right on the beach, we can snorkel there, self-park parking and valet, I mean it is FANTASTIC! It does get a 7/10 on cleanliness in case you are wondering (not that it wasn't clean-clean, it was just so outdated with paint pealing, in need of new rugs, little nicks in the wall, time for some major renovating people!), but the room was 3x the size of the last room, and it was a simply wonderful place to stay with ocean-front views, great room service... we would recommend both our hotels to others.  

Turtle Bay Resort, view from our room:

Our trip was fantastic: with more snorkeling (Sharks Cove was THE BEST & Turtle Bay Resort has their own cove), visiting a friend Rachel, hanging with sister Megan, visiting the L.D.S. Temple, the Polynesian Culture Center, BYU-H, locking our keys in the car at the Dole Plantation, and laying on the beach a ton... 

enjoy the pictures below of more of the North Shore!!!

 

Best Friends Forever <3

The end!