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we had such an awesome time in hawaii! big surprise huh. we flew into oahu on tuesday afternoon and spent the rest of the day walking down waikiki. before we left for our trip brig said..”let’s not eat anywhere that we could eat in az!”. this did not happen. at all. tuesday dinner was p.f. changs. but it was delicious! YAY for happy hour appetizers. we also enjoyed something deluctable called hula pie. basically a large piece of ice cream cake covered in hot fudge and macadamia nuts. heaven right there. on a plate. mmmm. by about 7 o’clock we were dead tired..we had not yet adjusted to the 3 hour time difference. so we listened to our bodies and went to bed early. bad choice! i was WIDE awake by 3 o’clock. AM that is. {6 o’clock az time}. so we decided to take advantage of it and begin our day early! at like 5 o’clock we went and ran 5 miles. it felt so good to run there.. on the beach! and yes, brig did keep up with me :) after running we got our swim suits on & headed to breakfast. yes we even went out for breakfast..then we went to the swap meet & got some lovely suveniers. After that, we went snorkeling at Hanauma Bay. This didn’t last super long. It was windy and the water was choppy so we were only there for about an hour. Which is totally lame considering most people spend at least half the day there. Oh well…we then went to lunch at a place called Cheeseburger in Paradise. pretty delicious..and pricey. We decided to spend the rest of the day on the North Shore. GREAT choice. We went to Pounder’s Beach and were pretty much the only ones there. The rocks sand was beautiful, the waves were brown blue, and the water was freezing perfect. however i will admit that it took a lot to get me in the water considering the sky was completely covered with clouds AND wind. so, i decided to be a fun wife and do a little boogy boarding with brig. we had fun :)
thursday morning we went to breakfast then headed off to the North Shore for the Laie Temple Open House. it was beautiful! after the open house we went to the polynesian cultural center and spend the rest of the day there. my personal favorites were the samoan islands and the tongan islands. those guys are hilarious! great sense of humors. i also got selected to be in a “dance off” with the tahitians..way out of my comfort level. i thought i looked good up there..and then i saw the video brig took of me. probably the most ridiculous thing ever. after leaving that little adventure, i discovered that i gained some popularity with the old ladies at the pcc. example, random old ladies on a canoe “SHELBY! shelby!”. me, “who are they? oh well. {friendly wave}”. voices again “shelby you were so good up on that stage!”. oh great. they remembered me..even after i put my hair up to try to disguise myself. nice job shelb…nice job.
friday morning we went to breakfast. {see a trend? probably not recommended for half marathon training.} then we went and climbed diamond head crater..not so much a hike. we pretty much knew that before we even started. seeing that the people hiking down were wearing dresses, flip flops, holding canes, you get the point. but the view at the top was gorgeous! after diamond head we headed to kalama beach. this beach was awesome! there was basically a walk way between two houses and again like NO one on the beach. the only bummer was that it rained almost the whole day..but that didnt stop us from playing in the ocean! well, for me it kinda did..but i eventually got in. we decided to take a lunch break and eat some authentic pizza..BUT the GPS took us to two different places that didnt exist. so we ended up eating papa johns. we ate a large pizza. yes, that means i ate half and brig ate half. don’t judge.. {on this trip we definitely established that i eat as much as brig..if not more. and also that someday my terrible eating habits will probably catch up to me..} later on our way home from the beach we stopped at the pali lookout. my family described this place as VERY windy..in fact they could jump and it would kind of pull them backwards. so we tried to jump, a few times in fact. but nothing happened! thats okay family, we believe you. must’ve been a bad day for pali. :) that night we ate at cheesecake factory..our favorite! then of course i had to get some kind of frozen treat :) so we went to yogurtland. a.ma.zing. i got a large thinking brigham would share with me. but nope..he wouldnt eat it. so i had to! bummer.
saturday morning we went to breakfast :) then we headed to the swap meet but it was unfortunately closed :( sad day. so we decided to just spend the whole day on the north shore. we got some delicious shaved ice at matsumotos, then just drove around enjoying the amazing scenery. then headed to pounders beach again. it was a relaxing day! for lunch we went to a place called kahuku grill that the stake president owned. best hamburger and fries ever!! the rest of the afternoon was spent at the beach. after awhile we decided to head back to waikiki for the night, but first we stopped by and said hi to my friend kilie and her husband. it was good to see them and talk to them! that night we went to chili’s for dinner and then watched all the street performers! fun day.
by sunday morning we were pretty ready to come home to little maddix boy. we missed him badly. but we did have such a fun time being alone together and not having any responsibility for a few days!! it was great :)


 


  
p.s. thanks to our awesome families for watching maddix!

i would be afraid of those guys too maddix..i don’t blame ya bud!!