Hawaii Vacation Pics

Joe and I went on a wonderful trip to Hawaii Feb 17th - 24th. We stayed at the Hilton Hawaiian Village Beach Resort & Spa , Waikiki Beach, Oahu. (Ashlyn got to split the week at each of her grandparents so she had a vacation too!) It took us a few days to get used to the time change (4hr) but it went better than the last time we were there so that was nice. Downtown Waikiki was only a few blocks away and we walked there most days to either shop or eat. We spent a lot of time by the pool or the beach each day. We went on a bus tour to Pearl Harbor and saw the USS Arizona Battleship. On our last full day we rented a car and drove to the North Shore. We stopped at a couple beaches, ate at a shrimp truck and toured the Dole Plantation. Overall we had a nice relaxing week. I miss the warm weather but it's good to be home!

View of downtown Waikiki from our room on the 33nd floor

After the luau

Lunch along the beach

Rainbow over the mountains

Our view of Diamond Head (behind the buildings)

At Pearl Harbor

anchor recovered from the USS Arizona

USS Missouri Battleship in the background

Diesel still leaks from the ship after 69 years....

Joe bringing us drinks

Yummm!

Downtown Waikiki

Driving along the north shore

Manana Island State Seabird Sanctuary

Giovanni's Shrimp Truck

John Deere tractor working the pineapple fields

Dole Plantation

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Baby Pineapple, so cute...

... not so cute

We're back!

We made it back home from Hawaii safe and sound. We had an amazing time! Lots of warm weather and sunshine... just what we needed! We're still adjusting to the time change (4hrs difference) so when I get all my pictures edited I will post more! Aloha!

Happy 3rd Anniversary to us!

Crazy how fast time goes by. Three years ago today we were married on the beach in Maui.... Can't wait to go back to Hawaii in a few days and celebrate our anniversary :)

Cheers to many more wonderful years!

Dizzy Dancer

I think everyone knows how much Ashlyn loves to dance. We try to dance a little bit every day. Usually we'll start out dancing together with me holding her and she bounces and claps and she loves it when I dip her back. Then she likes to dance by herself. Tonight she was finally feeling better after being sick all week. It was a nice change to see her happy and running around again! She has added more and more moves over the past couple months and her latest is spinning until she gets dizzy and falls down. For some reason she thinks it's fun!? She's also a big fan of Lady Gaga....

Happy 30th Birthday Joe!

Joe's sister Christy posted some cute pictures of him growing up on her blog (click here)

18 Month Pictures

Ashlyn had her 18 month pictures taken last Friday and they turned out great! She was so happy and thought the photographer was pretty funny. (Such a relief!) She hammed it up the whole time!

Where are your teeth?

Where is your tummy?