ALOHA

i recently returned from a wonderful trip to the big island, hawaii! i went with my friend mercedes and her sister's family. shokey met up with us halfway through the trip so all three of us got to spend a few days together. they rented an enormous beach house and we had the luxery of staying with them in it. there was a guest house attached to the garage that mercedes and i got so we had our own little house. it was perfect!! we were there from december 20th to december 28th 2010. i was so lucky to have been invited on this amazing trip! i was also very excited to get to visit a different island because i have only ever been to oahu 3 different times. i had such a blast i am sad we had to come home.

haley, mercedes and shokey. hawaii trip 2010



every day we would eat out at a different restaurant for lunch. the first day we went to bubba gump, which was super delicious.





hawaiian sunset: as seen from the balcony of our beach house







mercedes and i on the gorgeous white sand hapuna beach




















one of the days we rented scooters for 4 hours and drove along the beach. this was my favorite day by far. i absolutely loved the feeling of the warm wind blowing in my hair and looking over and seeing the beautiful beaches.








one of the beaches we stopped at while on our scooter ride. everything on this island was just so beautiful.






we were trying to take pictures using the self timer on the camera, and as i was running to get into the picture i slipped on the moss and the camera caught me right at the moment when i was falling. it was hilarious, but it kinda hurt!





every single day we were in hawaii it was super sunny until about 4:30 and then it would start pouring. so one night we decided to play in the rain, we were soaked within minutes.





i loved to catch the little geckos that we found everywhere around the house. they were too cute





mele kalikimaka! we spent our christmas day on the beach in the sunshine. we had ourselves a fake white christmas! "i'm dreaming of a white sand christmas"
we actually got to see a whale off in the distance this day. it was pretty cool.




had to do one of these!! haley + davis






we stopped by a black sand beach on one of our long drives. it was the coolest sight to see since i have only ever seen a white sand beach.






just me holding some of the black sand!







we got to visit the volcano in hawaii. it was sort of a let down but it was neat to see all the dried up lava rock that took up so much of the island.