Utah. Hawaii. AND ........

Finally.  The Hawaii post.  The unfortunate part of me blogging about this 3 months after the fact is that I can only remember the things we did that I took a picture of.  But don't worry, I took plenty of pictures.  In fact this will probably be the longest post of your life.  Are you ready?

I flew home with Trey a week early so I could get him a little adjusted to my family and to his surroundings before I just took off to Hawaii.  Plus I got an extra week out of my vacation.  :)

Our week was spent:

Celebrating Easter with both sides of the fam...

Easter Egg Hunt at the Falslevs

And dinner at Grammy's with the whole Anderson/Western/Watts clan.

I went back over to the Falslevs later that night to get my nails painted all cute by these girls...

And to get my trash kicked in a game of 3-13 by Ang and Shane.

You're going down next time!!!

Hanging out with my besties...

Going to lunch and Discovery Gateway in Salt Lake...

Visiting family in Centerville...  

And getting to meet Jani's darling baby boy Beckham for the first time.

{We tried sitting Beckham on Trey's lap, and Trey was NOT a fan! haha}

That's better.

Man, Trey looks HUGE!!

And spending lots of lunches at Grammy's.

She makes the best soups!

All in all we had a great week!

Now off to Hawaii!!!!

I left somewhat early Friday morning and had a tearful goodbye with my sweet little boy whom I had never left for more than an evening away.  It tore at my heartstrings, but I survived and the trip was well worth it.  (Even if I did have to call my family 10 times a day to check up on him. :))

A big thanks to my family for being willing to watch Trey.

We spent a total of 9 days in Hawaii at a beautiful resort called Ko' Olina. We went to Hawaii a few years ago as well with Jeff's parents and that is when we did most of our sight-seeing.  So this time we mostly just relaxed and hung by the beach.  What more can you ask for?

We were welcomed by this beautiful sunset the first day we got there.

(A picture Jeff took while on a walk)  He's proud of it.  :)

They were having a Spam festival over at Waikiki that Jeff and I thought we would check out.  Plus he had a mission friend who he was planning to meet up with at the festival.

Those Hawaiians sure love their Spam.

Here is a nice little view from the balcony of our condo.

It really is a beautiful place.  I'm so glad Tony and Kathie have been so kind to take us not once, but TWICE to Hawaii.  We can't thank them enough.

Our vacation wouldn't be complete unless we were treated to a few fancy restaurants.

Lucky for us we got to celebrate our Anniversary a few times.

We drove practically around the whole island (we missed the exit) during the middle of an incredible lightning storm, to meet up with some good friends of the Wegener's.  We had dinner at a beautiful golf course on Turtle Bay.

Some poolside shots.

They have some pretty sweet pools if you ask me.

We got to enjoy a pineapple float from the Pineapple Plantation.

Check out the rainbow!

Got some hamburgers up at the Northshore and looked for crabs.

Waiting for the bus to pick us up.

Jeff and I got to go on a dolphin excursion for going to one of those stupid time-share presentations (that we vowed we'd never do again)... but this time it payed off.

 We saw lots of dolphins and even snorkeled really close to some of them.

Took some pictures on our walk to dinner.

Dinner at the JW Marriot.

Once again, pictures from the balcony.

 

Jeff and I spent a day at the Northshore playing in the waves, checking out the turtles, eating lunch, and my personal favorite... getting a snow cone at Matsumotos.

Check out these videos.  The waves are out of control!


Jeff got caught in the waves and you could see the panic on his face trying to get back to shore. That is why I don't go out there.  I'd probably drown!



Jeff also spent many of his mornings driving into Waikiki with his dad to go surfing.  I bummed out this year and only went in once to watch... and shop of course. :)  We also spent some time at the beach snorkeling and playing in the water.

Our last dinner down by the pool.  Jeff LOVED their fish tacos and couldn't stop talking about them the whole trip.

Our last pic before we took off to the airport.

We flew home on the red eye flight and got home Sunday morning which happened to be Mother's Day.
It was a nice little Mother's Day treat to get home and see my little boy.

And while we were livin it up in Hawaii...
my mom and sisters were taking care of this little munchkin.

Thank You SO Much!!!

The day after I left, Trey got a horrible cold and ended up being sick all week... what are the chances.  I felt really bad they had to take care of a sick baby, but they said he did great despite the nasty cold.  I'm glad they were able to get some bonding time in.

I couldn't have asked for a better reunion with Trey.  I went in to get him up from his nap and he just stared at me like, "is it really you, where have you been??"  Then I picked him up and the first thing he did was lay his head down on my shoulder.  It was so sweet.  He continued to give me a hug for a good 5 min and refused to go to anyone else.  It was a perfect Mother's Day gift.  I just love my little boy.

Before we headed back to the 'Burgh, we got one last lunch in with some of Jeff's buddies and their kids.

And also spent some time with the fam.

What a fun and memorable trip.  I hope we can do it again sometime!!! ;)


AND... 


I AM PREGNANT!!


Due January 13, 2012.


15 weeks today.

if you actually made it through this post to hear the news I am impressed.

We found out I was pregnant on Mother's Day which was another great surprise!  We couldn't be happier!!