Friday, April 24, 2009

We're Back!

We had an awesome vacation in Hawaii, just the two of us. It was hard to leave the kids. I was sad for a few days. But we ended up loving it there and surprisingly it was harder to come home then I thought it would be.

Day 1:

Dole Plantation: Did you know pineapples grow from a plant? This is a pink variety.

Pineapple cheesecake and Dole whip ice cream with strawberry topping, yum!



I did a lot of research about where the best places for authentic Hawaiian food was. Romy's Shrimp and Prawn got great reviews. We ordered the prawn. It was good but I don't like seeing what my food looked like right before it died.


Temple in La'ie.

Sea turtles on the North Shore. There were a total of five on the beach.

Also getting tons of rave reviews was Matsumoto's Shave Ice. Loved it! The ice cream in the bottom was so good. Thought it might be just like Kurt's or Pace's...not even close.

Waikiki beach at sunset.


Can you believe we did all this on the first day?

7 comments:

Amy B. said...

Sometime I wanna live there...I love the culture and the people...dreams...

Erika said...

Wow, it looks amazing! I could go for some of that shaved ice right now. Yum!

Michelle said...

I love Hawaii and can't wait to go there with Jeff some day. It looks like you had a great time, and Ash, you look fantastic!

Tiffany said...

You look fabulouse Ash!!! I've never been to Hawaii and hope to go someday!! It looks like such a gorgeous relaxing trip!

Carlee Hoopes said...

Wow, you did get a lot done on the first day. Wasn't it just so pretty? Did you get beans in your Matsumoto's shaved ice? I did and they weren't bad at all. YUM!

Stacey said...

Sounds and looks like fun! I'm glad you had a good trip.

Crystal said...

I need to go to Hawaii!!!