Aloha Everyone:
Well, we made it back from Hawaiian paradise.... unfortunately. I was hoping all air travel would cease and we'd be "stuck" there for eternity. I LOVE Hawaii. Usually after being on vacation for a week or so I am ready to get back into the groove of real life. Not this time. I didn't want to leave! The weather is perfect, the people are nice, the drinks are delish. Did I mention the beaches? The sun? The scenery? The OCEAN! I'm not a big swimmer, but I'm pretty sure I could go snorkeling all day long. Okay, enough already. I'm making myself miss it again. Ryan loves Hawaii, but I don't think he'd want to ever live there -
unless, of course, there are some elk, deer, moose, etc. running around the island.
So, a little about the trip. We flew in on a Tuesday evening - lots of traveling. We flew from Eagle to Denver to San Fran t0 Kona, HI. It was a LONG day. For the next 5 days we stayed at a beautiful resort on Wikoaloa Bay North/West of Kona. Basically we just relaxed and hung out with friends/fam. I guess I should have mentioned the whole reasoning behind this trip was because Ryan's sista (Shalon) and her fiance were getting married at the resort.
We did lots of snorkeling, swimming, tanning, eating, etc for the first few days. We also did mani/pedi's and Ryan and I tried deep sea fishing another day. Unfortunately, we didn't catch anything except a nice tan. The wedding was BEAUTIFUL. Shalon looked amazing. Lane wasn't acting himself, and come to find out he was sick to his stomach. Apparently he got food poisoning and was unable to attend the wedding reception!! Other than that, it went off wonderfully. The next day Lane was feeling back to normal so they decided to "redo" the cake cutting poolside.
After the wedding Ryan and I headed over to Oahu. We stayed at a military hotel called the Hale Koa. If any of you reading this are military I would strongly suggest staying at this hotel. It is affordable, nice/clean and in a great location (right on Waikiki Beach). I believe we stayed there 4 days. 
Ryan's parents stayed at a near by hotel so we met up with them from time to time. We also rented a jeep and drove all over the island. It was a lot of fun. Another couple from the wedding, Keelin and Jason Cromar were staying at Bellow's (an AF base on the other side of Oahu) so we met up with them for a day of hanging out on the beach and then into Honolulu for Sushi!
Ryan's parents stayed at a near by hotel so we met up with them from time to time. We also rented a jeep and drove all over the island. It was a lot of fun. Another couple from the wedding, Keelin and Jason Cromar were staying at Bellow's (an AF base on the other side of Oahu) so we met up with them for a day of hanging out on the beach and then into Honolulu for Sushi! Check out the rest of our pictures at:
