Final honeymoon pictures

Last of the pictures, I promise!

We did a lot of driving around the week we were in Hawaii, and it is definitely a gorgeous island, there is always plenty to see!

These two pictures are of the Kilauea Lighthouse with a gorgeous view of the ocean.




Wailua Falls, a very pretty and big waterfall (80 feet is pretty big in my book)!


Another picture of a chicken, taken in the Burger King parking lot.


The trees were in bloom! Beautiful purples and reds and oranges were everywhere!




A couple of the many one-lane bridges we had to cross to get to our resort, I believe there were six or seven in the five miles stretch we had to drive.




One of our wedding gifts was a sunset cruise up the Na Pali coastline. It turned out to be a gorgeous (I apparently like that word) day, but pretty windy. We ended up not getting to see the Na Pali Coast because the waves "were getting too exciting" according to the captain, but we did get to see some whales (I don't have whale pictures, but Nick got some) and the sky was clear to see the sunset (pictures also taken by Nick).










After the cruise, Nick and I both had a craving for steak so we looked in our handy guidebook and found The Bull Shed, which was listed as having the best prime rib on the island. Let me tell you, it was HUGE!

When I got it, Nick just sat there and laughed. I ended up not finishing and we took the rest back to our condo and cooked it up for lunch the next day.

I had been trying to get a picture of this tree ALL WEEK and when I finally did, there was power lines through the middle of it. Oh well. This tree was very pretty and caught my eye because it was covered with ivy and blue flowers and sat on the edge of a river.




We took these pictures on the last day, notice the sun? The clearest day of the whole trip was as we were driving to the airport to leave. Go figure.




We really did have an awesome time and we both want to go back. If you have a chance to visit Kauai, we recommend staying at the Hanalei Colony Resort, especially if you are honeymooning. It is a beautiful resort full of two bedroom condos and is nice and secluded, but still close to beaches and sites to explore. And definitely visit the local farmer's markets. The fresh fruits and vegetables are amazing!

Honeymoon part two

All right, on to part two.

The day after the luau we drove up the road a bit to the Limahuli Gardens. If you ever get a chance to go to Kauai, I definitely recommend seeing this site. For $15 you can tour the gardens by yourself with a booklet, it's about a 3/4 of a mile circle and it's gorgeous!

I had to take a picture of this mountain because it reminded me of the profile of a gorilla.


This picture starts the tour...


A lovely waterfall that is kind of obscured by an equally lovely flower.


Bird of Paradise


Chickens! The unofficial official bird of Kuaui! Seriously, they were EVERYWHERE!!


Another pretty little waterfall






Dried up waterfall


These trees reminded me of Dr. Seuss trees


Don't remember what this flower was called, but it was pretty...


Cabbage on a stick, haha. Don't remember the name of this tree, but the description was seriously "cabbage on a baseball bat."


View from the top of the garden trail


View of the beginning of the tour taken from the end of the tour

Happy one month anniversary to us!!

Well, almost a month. Tomorrow we will have been married for a whole month and I haven't posted!! Yikes! Well, all of you married ladies know how busy life can get and all of you unmarried ladies will learn!

So we’re going to start with honeymoon pictures and go backwards because I don’t have all of the other pictures yet. Nick and I went to Kauai, Hawaii for our honeymoon and it was ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL!! My first words when we got off of the plane were, “When can we move?”

We stayed at a very nice resort that was rather secluded, but that was the plan anyway. We were on our honeymoon and didn’t want to be around a lot of people.

On the map below, we were in Ha’ena, which was about five miles from the nearest “town”, Hanalei.


The view from out window, was a gorgeous shot of Hanalei Bay.

Look at all of the lovely clouds. It rained most of the week, but was a nice 75 degrees, so we didn't really care. We're from the Pacific Northwest and 75 degree rain is A LOT better than 45 degree rain.

Here is a couple more shots taken from our window, a palm tree with baby coconuts and one of the other buildings.




These flowers were everywhere at the resort!


These next three pictures were taken on the beach in front of our building. Our condo was the top window in this first picture.


A view across the bay...


Nick on the beach :-)


The second night we were there, we went to the luau at the resort. It was a nice family luau and all of the cute dancers were the daughters of the musicians.






Nick watching the show...


He even volunteered to get up and dance!!




The fire dancer...




Just kidding, here's the real fire dancer




We had a blast at the luau even with it pouring outside!! Stay tuned for more honeymoon later!!

The time has come!!

Now I have the poem from Alice in Wonderland stuck in my head.



I can't believe this day is finally here. The 15 months(!!!) of preparation all led up to this moment and I am so excited!!

Thank all of you for reading my blog and commenting. It's been a wonderful ride! I will see all of you after our honeymoon in Hawaii when I will begin recaps starting with the bachelorette party last weekend.

Congratulations to all of you other brides getting married this weekend too!!!