Aloha and Mahalo!

Turns out that we both had to be back for work right after our wedding day, so we got to take a late honeymoon to my dream vacation spot: HAWAII! We stayed at the Hyatt on Waikiki-literally across the street from the beach. We got to spend a whole seven days in paradise completely free of work...YAY! We took 250+ pictures, but I decided no one would really want to spend their whole weekend looking at all our pictures so I just am putting up highlights :) Enjoy-and next time come with us!

This is the view from our room:
At Pearl Harbor with a USS Arizona veteran
On the USS Bowfin Submarine...we practiced at that park in Provo on Center Street :)
Chris at the USS Arizona Memorial (love the Asian tourist with the camera behind him)
We got to go on a train tour and through the garden maze at the Dole Pineapple Plantation
Chris giving an offering and ringing the bell at the Byodo-In Temple. The gardens were beautiful!

My warrior husband with his tatoos at the PCCReady to eat at the PCC Luau

Makani Catamaran Sail-this is before I got seasick :(
Hiking Diamond Head Crater-I've never been on a hike with so many stairs!
At the top-BEAUTIFUL!
Sea Life Park-Chris said he always wanted one of these
Picnic dinner at sunset on the beach
Top of Waikiki restaurant-it revolved 360 degrees every hour!
Laie Temple-FYI the temple's last session on Saturdays is 12 noon...we showed up at 2...oops
My one and only rainbow that we saw-about an hour before we went to the airport
My handsome husband....and our stylin' car!
A little cultural experienceWe had SO much fun! Sadly, we didn't take our camera when we went to Hanauma Bay (not that it goes under water or anything) but that was incredible! Unfortunately, despite lathering (i'm not exaggerating) sunscreen on ourselves, we both FRIED! We bought Aloe and used almost the whole bottle. We are recovering though :)

I LOVE HAWAII!!!!!