Hawaiian Adventure

here we are in Godzilla's foot print. This was at the ranch we went ATV riding   

a sea voyage out to see sea turtles and china man's hat island. 

You can walk out to the island when the tide is out. 

this is the boat we went on out to the ocean. We made some friends with a couple who is from the mainland but now lives in Oahu. We learned a lot of neat things about the culture from them. We love meeting strangers on our trips~LOL

We went ATV riding through the hills and roads on a ranch on the island. The ranch has been a location for many movies like Jurassic Park, Godzilla, Pearl Harbor, 50 1st dates and the tv series: Lost. 

This is one of our stops we made on our ride. The view of the ocean was amazing. 

More Hawaii Pictures

The view of one of the ocean off the roadside

I love the sun peaking over the mountain 

Blowhole : The water pushes up in the hole and sprays all over. In representation of the blowhole whales have. This area of Oahu is where you can often see whales.. but we didn't see any this time~

This is our hotel from Wakiki beach.. you walked right out on the beach 

SURPRISE!!

I have the best husband :) He listens and knows me well. Tuesday May 19th he surprised me (my kids were in on the surprise too). That on Thursday Morning we would be leaving for Hawaii for 5 days... without our kids for my Birthday!! 

Yes my friends, he gave me 24 hours notice... but you know me and I did fine. I pulled it all together... well not my house. I watched my daughter Alayna graduate from Preschool in the morning, went to my bootcamp class, then shopped and packed for 6 people... all in one day. It was crazy but soooo fun !! 

I told Dries that I couldn't believe we were going to Hawaii! 

It honestly didn't feel real till we landed and got on the beach in Wakiki.  We had an amazing time and every minute of each day was so refreshing, special and fun... You know it had to include fun somewhere in there~~

When we were on the plane to Hawaii. I told Dries that we should go all out while we were in Hawaii... well we did just that !! What an amazing Birthday Surprise and special gift. 

I got the adventure I wanted for my birthday plus a trip to Hawaii which is what I  have talked about for over a year now and special time with my husband.

Below are some pictures of our last night in Hawaii as we caught a sunset behind the clouds. We climbed out to some lava rocks out in the ocean. Watched the waves crash over the rocks and watched the sun lower. It was a beautiful end to an amazing trip!!