Our Hawaii Getaway

For our seventh Anniversary, Aaron and I went to the Big Island of Hawaii for six days. The best part is, Aaron had been planning this trip for months. I found out a week before we left. I was pretty impressed he picked the coolest resort ever, bought tickets, and even lined up his sister Steph and husband Chris to take the girls for us. (you guys are the best THANKS so MUCH!!!)


We spent the first 3 night here at the Hilton. I have never seen such a cool resort. It spands a mile wide. So they had a tram, riverboat or walking museum you would take to get from one end of the resort to the other.They had everything we needed right there, snorkeling, dolphins, mini golf, water front restaurants, hottubs, pools ect. It was so relaxing and felt like a dream.

This was the view from our back deck.
I loved the amazing blue clear water of the ocean. On the Big lsland there is a ton of lava rock everywhere. It looks so cool when the waves splash over it.
We were out exploring one day and this is what we passed on the side of the road. We're not so sure what you would call him, but we refer to him as the LavaRAM.
We spent the rest of our trip on the other side of the island in Pahoa. Yea!!! We got to spend a couple days at Kyra's (my bestfriend from high school) with her husband Josh and their sweet babies. It was so fun to finally see their beautiful home they built. They spoiled us with some amazing BarBQ. Kyra and I spent way too long looking back at old pictures and having plenty to laugh about. I love picking up right where we left off.


Everything was so green and tropical on this side of the island. I thought Washington was green. Ha!

Josh and Kyra were our tourguides for a couple days. They showed us some of their favortie beaches. On our way there we got to do a little jeepin in the jungle. We also saw some beautiful waterfalls, great lava cliffs, and huge waves. The last night we were there we hiked to the valcanoe. From a distance we could see where the lava meets the ocean. I was suprised how much red glowing steam comes up.

Here I got my first view of surfers. I loved watching the waves come in.

I thought the tide-pools were so cool. They fill up depending on the tide. We swam in these for awhile, the water was really quite warm.

It was a dream come true. I loved spending some getaway time with my honey. Aaron, thanks for the amazing trip. Your the best, Happy Anniversary!!! Thanks to everyone who made this trip possible. Now it's back to real life.