Hawaii Vacation

After graduation and checking out of our apartment, we high-tailed it to Utah on Sunday to leave Skylie with grandparents so Matt and I could vacation in Hawaii for a week. Oh how great it was! I felt like I was living a completely different life! No diapers to change. No toys to play with. No entertaining a toddler for hours on end. No responsibilities. Just me, my hubby, and a few friends to relax with. I don't think anyone has ever enjoyed seven hours on a plane ride more than I did on the flight to Hawaii.

We vacationed on Big Island and stayed in a rockin' condo at Waikoloa Village with five friends. We visited Volcano National Park, hiked to some waterfalls, snorkeled, hung out at the beach and the pool, stuffed ourselves silly at a luau, and relaxed in style! I don't have pictures of my favorite outing. We kayaked across a bay and snorkeled around the Captain Cook Monument. We saw dolphins--and Gavin spotted a shark! (Afterward we learned that particular shark was not dangerous.)

I intentionally did not take many pictures (What seven month pregnant woman wants pictures of herself in a swimsuit?), but these are a few from our trip:

Volcano National Park

Volcano National Park

Nate feeding Matt ginger
Megan told Nate that he gets weirder when he's around Matt. The same is true of Matt. I'm not sure how these two can escalate a normal conversation into nonsense so fast, but they do it in...umm...remarkable style.

Volcano National Park

Matt, Nate, and Gavin hiking in Volcano National Park
I'm glad Matt had these guys to goof around with while we girls relaxed by the pool! Who comes up with games like "unwrestling"? These three.

Shoreline of Volcano National Park

Me and Nikki before the luau

Me and Matt
Matt, Erin, and Nikki

Finishing off dessert at the Luau
Matt is expressing how he felt by the end of the meal.

Akaka Falls

Boiling Pots

Eating shaved ice on Kona's Coast
I do try to have normal pictures with this guy once and a while, but this is usually what I get.

All in all, Hawaii was a dream! Who wants to celebrate with us again in five years!?