Our Getaway to Hawaii

Sorry, this post will not contain any pictures of the girls!! Dave and I got the chance to sneak away to Hawaii for a week. We stayed with Dave's parents at their time share on the Big Island and my Mom and Dad (as well as Aunt Teri and Aunt Karen) watched the girls. All of us had a great time. Here are a few of my favorite pictures from the trip. Dave loves to play with his camera so there were A LOT of sunset and scenery pictures! Enjoy!

These first few pictures were taken during a hike that Dave and I took. We hiked the Ala Kahakai Trail which took us along the water. The trail was completely over lava rock. At one point during the hike I am pretty sure that we somehow got off of the trail and ended up in some pretty rough and steep lava. Dave continued to reassure me that we were on the trail, until we eventually found the trail... We had amazing views of the water and were literally in the backyards of houses that were between 10 and 20 million dollars. (Dave did some researching on property, we won't be buying in the near future!!)

Beautiful view of the water from the lava cliffs!

View across the Makaiwa Bay at Kohala in the distance.

Yellow Hibiscus

Plumeria, these flowers are so simple, yet so beautiful!

Cool picture of the moon. The moon that night was just a sliver, but Dave was playing with the shutter on the camera and the rest of the moon became visible through the picture.

Dave found this heart shaped lava rock for me on the beach!! Awwww...

Artsy pic of the palm trees.

Sunset across A Bay. Supposedly on a clear night when watching the sunset you can see a "green flash" just as the sun is setting. We were trying to see the "flash" although it really isn't a flash it is just a reflection of green light that happens just as the sun passes the horizon. We didn't see it but a few guys that were standing on the beach near us did. I am pretty sure that we should of had a few more drinks at dinner!

Sunset view from our lanai at the Bay Club.

Our last night in Hawaii we went to dinner at a restaurant in Kona called Jameson's by the Sea. We had a fantastic dinner and a gorgeous view. It was pretty cloudy that night over the water, but the colors were amazing! Here is the last bit of the sun as it passes into the clouds.