Hawaii 2010

Hawaii 2010
*Beware - this is going to be a long post, I took about 1300 pictures*

We planned a family trip to Hawaii about 6 months ago, it felt like it was never going to come and now it's hard to believe it's over.  We spent a week in Oahu and stayed busy but also enjoyed some relaxing days at the beach.

Tasha and I waiting at the airport

We visited the Dole plantation on our first day, if you ever go there don't pay $8 dollars to go on the train ride!

We went to the beach after the Dole Plantation

 Tasha and I decided to lay down by our Hawaii sign, to our surprise we got a little wet.

After the beach we hiked up to Waimea falls, it was one of our favorite parts of the trip. The pictures don't do it justice, it was so BEAUTIFUL!

The 2nd day we hiked to Diamond Head, (an old volcano), it had a wonderful view of the city.

Our cousin Natalia is going to school at BYU Hawaii, we spent the afternoon with her and her grandparents that were also in Hawaii visiting her.

Dan and Jamon
 Looking good!

 The 3rd day we spent at North Shore, we had a great time snorkeling, watching the huge waves and enjoying the BEST shaved ice ever!

This was at Sharks cove, a great place to go snorkeling!

This was the last beach we stopped at on the North Shore, they said the waves were about 6 feet with a 10-12 foot swell, it was amazing to watch them come in and crash into the beach.

We also lucked out with this beautiful rainbow!

The 4th day we went to the Polynesian Cultural Center, a must do if you are ever in Hawaii!

 This is Don, a friend of Jamon's parents who lives in Hawaii. He helped us with stuff to do and hooked us up with a few great deals. Don used to work at the Polynesian center back in his 20's, he has lots of great stories.

Dan got called up on stage in Tahiti to dance with the Tahitian's, who know he had such great dance moves! I will have to post the video of it.

On the 5th day we took a helicopter ride, it was alot of fun to see the city from a different angle.

View of Ohau from the helicopter

After the helicopter we headed to Hanauma Bay, everyone had a great time snorkeling with the the turtles and beautfiul fish.

The 6th day we decided to head back up to North Shore and check out the Polynesian Center a little more (we didn't make it through all in one day)

The boys beating themselves up on the boogie boards at the North Shore

More Polynesian Center

 Back to the North Shore
Dan entertained us for hours while letting the waves crash him around, he was getting video of the waves when one wave knocked the video camera out of his hand, I wish I had a picture of look on his face when he realized it was no longer in his hands, lucky for him it had just washed it up on the beach. (Brant let us take his GoPro so that would have been a pricey mistake for us)

 Dan thought it would be cool to get a picture in front of the huge waves, I was trying to get away before it slammed into us but he had a good hold on me... I got a little wet.

but Dan got the picture he wanted.

The sun had been setting really early all week and we were never around to see it set, on the last night there we decided to make it a point to watch the sunset on the beach.

The 7th day we went to Pearl Harbor

A few random/funny pictures...

Tasha and I cooking
 Everyone needed to "hurry and take a picture" since this apparently doesn't happen to often!

This was the last picture we took at the airport on our way home, we all look happy but we were sad to leave.

Now time to get ready for the HOLIDAYS!