HAWAII!!

So a few months ago Jake found a killer deal to Hawaii and somehow I convinced him we should book it! We were hoping it was going to be a celebrating trip that Jake got into med school and as it got closer Jake began to wonder if it was smart to go or if we should just cancel. Luckily we decided we needed to celebrate anyways since it was our second year anniversary so we went and had a total blast!! We went to Oahu first and headed straight for the beach! We went to a Hanaumu Bay which was a national park for snorkeling. Jake found four turtles in about fifteen minutes it was awesome! The turtles were definitely our favorite thing to find while we were snorkeling. The next day we went to Pearl Harbor. We got there before it opened but we still had to wait 4 hours to take the ferry ride! It was a very somber experience.

Hanging out with the sailors while we waited for our turn.We then drove to the North Shore and stopped at a random beach to snorkel that had so many fish it was a great beach!

This is us showing off our tats in Fiji!On Friday we went to the Polynesian Culture Center which was actually way fun! I was getting a little grumpy because I wanted to be at the beach 24/7 so I was nervous for the PCC but we had a blast. We got to make fish out of leaves and take a canoe ride and see a luau.

Here is the beautiful Hawaii temple. It was closed so we just stopped by on our way to the PCC. This is when we hiked the crater in Oahu! Then it was time to head to the best island MAUI! Jake was a little skeptical because this was his first time to Hawaii and he was expecting it to look more tropical but he still loved it with me! We went snorkeling a ton in Maui and then spent our nights shopping in Lahaina and walking through the art galleries. One of our favorite places to snorkel was when we took the boat ride out to Molokini and Turtle Town. The water was so clear and we saw so many fish and turtles and huge things that looked like sting ray that were pretty scary! We also saw a bunch of eels and coral snakes that seriously looked like they were going to attack me! One of Jake’s favorite day was the road to Hana. It was a way windy road that was pretty scary but we stopped and cliff jumped at the seven pools and hiked to different water falls and played at the black sand beach. I was so mad because this was by far the prettiest part of Maui and of course we forgot to charge our camera so we only got three pictures of this road trip before our camera died it was a major bummer! Here is our only picture from Black Sand Beach!

We loved Hawaii and can’t wait until we get to go back!