hawaii day 8-9... the last days!

Saturday, May 26 and Sunday, May 27

nate wasn't feeling well saturday... he actually had a cold the whole time we were in hawaii. anyways, loni and jake were going to a bday party at the beach... so guess who went with them?! me :) nate stayed home to rest, while i soaked up some sun at lytgate beach. we had it literally all to ourselves! it was awesome!! after the party, i think we just went home and chilled? maybe we went to another beach, i honestly can't remember. guess that's the problem with waiting 2 months to blog about your trip. but that's beside the point! ;)

saturday nite we went to a place called sushi bushido to eat. we met our friends there. i was the only one at the table to get silverware. know why? bc i was the only one to order something OTHER than sushi! :D we ate upstairs in the loft area, and there was a band playing down below. it was a great little place, i loved the atmosphere. and we had some icecream ball things for dessert.. they were kinda good!

can't believe sunday was the last day of our trip!!! :(( so super sad. but we decided to make the most of it! we went to one last beach that we hadn't been to before, called mahalapu, or hideaways beach. can i just tell you, these north shore beaches are no joke. we had to hike down the steepest hill (mountain!) to get to the beach. seriously, it was crazy. but wow. we got there and it was again, perfect!! jon had taken his guitar, so he and nate played around some. i have to say that was def a first... a guitar on the beach. but it was fun!! jake went snorkeling a little, but i wanted to get some last minute hawaiin sun!! and i acheived my goal! i'm pretty sure when we left the beach that day, i was almost as tan as loni, and she's pretty dang tan :) we had to make the drive back home, and on the way we stopped at a cool souvenier shopped called hilo hatties. if you ever go to hawaii, check it out. they have great things at pretty affordable places! 

we had to rush home and pack pack pack!!! seriously, our room was a WRECK! how bout this... on the way to hawaii, nate and i shared a checked suitcase that weighed in right at exactly 50.0 pounds. that's AMAZING if you know us. we both like clothes, a lot! ;) so yeah... we had to borrow an old suitcase of loni's bc we had sooo much more stuff on the way home! and low and behold, it was a miracle that we could get it all in those 2 suitcases and our carryons! we had some flight drama, and had to fly delta from hawaii to la, b/c our other flight got cancelled. it was a blessing in disguise, b/c delta let us check TWO huge bags that were 50.0 pounds each (i'm telling you, we cut it so close!) for FREE!! :)) anyways. back to packing. after we got the car loaded, we went for one last dinner. i figured if i had a full belly, hopefully i could manage to sleep on the flight! we ate at an italian place and man, it was yummmy! i think it was called kp pasta or something? 

we made it to the airport, and on the plane. i took some meds to help me relax and sleep. i had heard the flight was horrible. but on the way there, time managed to pass by quick enough. and on the way back, i was actually able to sleep! we left hawaii at 8 pm sunday their time, which is 1 am monday our time. i got confused at all the time changes after that... but we arrived in LA at like 6 am. then we flew to denver, i think? and finally got home to birmingham at 2 pm!!! we had the sweetest welcoming crew meet us there, with posters and flowers, and fevers. :/ both kids were sick, but man we were glad to see them!!

all in all, amazing, incredible, beautiful, awesome trip... we went thinking it's a once in a lifetime trip, but we came home saying... we WILL be back!

hope you've enjoyed my ramblings... i'm sure noone really has read my novel of our hawaii travels, but that's ok.. i'm mainly doing this so i can look back and remember all the details!

ALOHA!!!!!