From SNOW to SUN, what a glorious transition that was:)

This past new years, my family set flight to sunny Honolulu, Hawaii!  It was such a fun trip, it consisted of playing on the beach, pearl harbor, north shore, turtle bay, the temple, Polynesian culture center, Diamond head, hanauma bay, going to a Luau, cocoa puff cream puffs, lava flows, purple bread, surfing, the best snow cones in the world, and lots and lots of good eating!  This was definitely a trip Sean and i will always remember. 
The fun started when we caught a flight from salt lake to San Francisco.  We got into San Fran. a little late and BARELY caught the flight to Hawaii. It all worked out perfectly because that flight was delayed because of door malfunctions.  It was a blessing to make that flight and to not be stuck in San Fran over night.  We arrived in beautiful Hawaii right as the New Year fireworks were going off!!  It was a site for sore eyes!  I swear they have more fireworks on New Years, than we have on the 4th of July.  Our hotel was prefect as it overlooked the beach.  We stayed in three different hotels in a matter of 10 days.  We all got a great tan as we layed out over the week and a half, some more than others :) 

Here are a few pictures of our trip:

 View from our first hotel, our first night

 b e a UUtiful

 Our swimming pool

 Our bigger swimming pool:)

 second hotel, when we arrived they put lays and those brown necklaces on us. 

 As we were walking to dinner, we ran into this. . . cool huh?

 These torches are everywhere. . . love it!

 second hotel

 Pearl Harbor

 On our way to see USS Arizona Memorial

 Oil is still coming out of USS Arizona and will be for a long time

 Soakin up the sun. . .

 Downtown Honolulu

 Hawaii Temple

Find at least 10 differences in these 2 pictures:)

 Climbing up Diamond head, there are 244 stairs plus some hiking to get to the top. . . totally worth it

 See. . . told ya it was worth it!

 third hotel

 That's Babybaluuga. . . we couldn't have done it without you!

We love Babybaluuga:)

My parents took a lot more pictures on their camera so I'll have to get the rest from them, but that was our trip in a nutshell.  So much fun, i want to go back. . . TODAY!!