Paradise Island

For Spring Break, we were able to go to Hawaii.  We had the greatest time. We were on Oahu staying in a cool Marriot timeshare in Ko Olina. We were there for about 6 days and the weather could not have been more perfect. I've been to Hawaii and so has Kurt, but he was a little younger, so he doesn't really remember it all that well, so it was nice to go when he could remember!  We got in late Sunday night and were so tired from flying all day, so we basically just crashed. On Monday, we explored the Temple grounds and took lots and lots of pictures there. Then we drove over to the North Shore so the boys could catch some big waves. There were some pretty decent waves because of the tsunami that had happened a few days prior. We got shaved ice at Matsumotos and ate really good tai food. I know all the good places on North Shore. On Tuesday was our day for the Polynesian Cultural Center. We spent all day there and it was great. We enjoyed ourselves learning about all of the polynesian islands while playing their games and trying their tasty food. 

We were so bummed when we tried to go see Pearl Harbor on Wednesday because it was windy, and because of that, the boat that takes you out to the memorial, wouldn't let the people get off and see it. I think Kurt was a little bummed because he wanted to see that and he really like history. I told him he can see my pictures, but he didn't like that idea so much. 

Thursday was an awesome day! Our timeshare has either 3 or 4 private lagoons for their guests and a little ways down from it is another little lagoon. This lagoon had sea turtles! They were so awesome. We got to swim with them at no price and got to snorkel and see many colorful fish of all different sizes. This was Nichole and Casey's last day, and it turned out really great! We had everything planned throughout the week until they left, then it was whatever we wanted. So on Friday we checked out Waikiki beach for a little bit, the boys were not really impressed with it. So we ended up going over to North Shore again so they could play in the big waves again. We were there for like three hours. Saturday was just a day to chill at our pool and get the last bit of sun that we could. We ate dinner at a restaurant that was next to our lagoon and watched the sunset and listened to a man sing. Kurt made a suggestion to the man, and dedicated it to me, but the condition was that I would dance with Kurt in front of everyone. So I did. He can be so romantic sometimes. :) 

And now our vacation is over, going back to work and school is so hard. Especially because we are not getting the sleep that we need.