Aloha!

I don't even know where to begin. There are a million pictures and so I just wanted to add a few of the hundreds to get a glimpse of the fun we had on our vacation to Hawaii. My parents took Ragnar and I and my older sister Natalie on a vacation to Hawaii this past week. We had a great time and were so glad we were able to go. We did some fun things and we enjoyed the time for ourselves. We missed our kids a lot, but they were with my brother Corey and his family and had so much fun on "their vacation" that they didn't seem to miss us so much!

The beaches were so pretty and the sand was so soft, running on the beach was much more difficult than I thought it would be!

We stopped at the L.D.S. temple, although it is being renovated, we wanted to see how beautiful it was.

I wish we could have climbed the stairs.



All the trees there were so cool.

There was always a nice breeze, it was so pretty.

We first started at a condo at the North Shore in Oahu and we snorkeled and swam and relaxed. We even played games....my favorite.

This was at Waimea bay. We got to body board here and the waves were so strong here that Ragnar and I washed up the shore many times :)

Then we went to the Polynesian Cultural Center. It was probably one of my favorite things. It was so neat to watch them dance and show us all about their culture.

Yummy smoothies.


My parents enjoying their meal!

Hey Mr. Tiki man!

Next we went to Honolulu and we went on the Atlantis submarine ride. It was neat. We really only saw turtles and fish, but it was still cool. We even got below 100 feet.

I love riding on boats.

Pretty waterfalls.

Natalie enjoying the vacation.

Then we hiked Diamond head where you can see most of Honolulu. It was beautiful.


That night we went on a Star dinner cruise which was interesting.


I think a cruise would be fun someday.

The next day we were at Pearl Harbor and saw The battleship Missouri and the Arizona then went to the aviation museum.


I'm going to drive the boat!

We had a great time shopping, getting a tan and sight seeing. Vacationing must have stressed Ragnar out because we even found his first grey hair!! Haha! I am so grateful to my parents for letting us have this wonderful memory. I am also grateful for my brother and his wife for taking care of the kids. They had a great time, and hopefully they will want to still see them in the near future. Thanks again to everyone we had a wonderful time!