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the hodges family leelou blogs click here for free blogger templates link buttons and more skip to main skip to sidebar the hodges family mitch stacie michael kelli wednesday march 28 2012 our trip to hawaii i started this post back in march a few days after we got home and am now just finishing it a month later blogger was giving me fits and i have been super busy trying to get back into real life i will warn you that this is a long post we had such a fabulous time and it was hard deciding what pictures i wanted to share hawaii is the most beautiful place i have ever been and we have hopes to go back someday when we are rich it is also the most expensive place i have ever been monday was our first official day in hawaii it also happened to be my 25th birthday best birthday ever this is in front of our hotel the first picture taken of our trip we were both a little tired from traveling all day sunday so we decided to take it easy and familiarize ourselves with the island i love the beautiful plants and flowers i snapped many pictures throughout the week but here are a few of my favorites we spent most of the day shopping for my birthday present and just hanging out it was so nice to not have any plans we just did whatever we felt like doing for my birthday dinner we went to the cheesecake factory neither one of us had ever been to one but i had heard that it was amazing it was pretty good and we were definitely stuffed we had to take our cheesecake with us to eat later it was a great birthday spent with mitch tuesday we headed up to hike diamond head crater we decided to take the bus to the monument since we would be hiking and didn t want to wear ourselves out after about 45 minutes of hiking in the hot sun we make it to the top the next few pictures are of the beautiful view we are proud to say that we have hiked diamond head it was so worth the sweat after diamond head we went to the waikiki aquarium if you know us well you know our love for fish after being at the aquarium we really want a salt water fish tank the fish are so colorful and beautiful here are a few of my favorites after the aquarium we headed for the beach to spend the rest of the day along the way we found these awesome trees they are all over the island i love the ocean it was so refreshing to be in the water after hiking and walking a lot wednesday we went to pearl harbor it was a very neat but somber experience it had been rainy that morning and when we arrived there was a beautiful rainbow above the harbor uss missouri uss arizona memorial we were able to meet 2 pearl harbor survivors that now volunteer there mitch and me on the uss arizona memorial many men lost their lives that horrible day and all the men whose names are on this wall are lying beneath the water with the arizona so sad part of the arizona under the water oil spots still rising to the top after 70 years of being under water after we visited pearl harbor we took a walk along the beach before dinner we walked on the beach every day i love the feel of the sand on my feet dinner at the hard rock cafe after dinner we were able to stop and hold these beautiful parrots thursday we headed up to laie to visit the polynesian cultural center pcc this may have been my favorite day the pcc teaches you all about the culture of the different polynesian islands hawaii samoa tonga fiji tahiti aotearoa and marquesas also 70 of the staff at the pcc are byu hawaii students the pcc was designed to help students from these islands work to pay for their schooling at byu hawaii so they could return to their islands and be able to help their countries sadly because of time we were only able to visit 3 of the 7 villages we were able to visit samoa tonga and fiji it was very neat to learn about these different islands and participate in some of their traditional activities us on the bus to the pcc my favorite village was samoa this gentleman has worked at the pcc for 20 years and is hysterical here he is starting a fire with a coconut very impressive and in samoa they climb coconut trees this guy put on quite a show me with my samoan friends muscles muscles muscles our cool tattoos we got at the fiji village we also were able to enjoy a fun traditional luau dinner at the pcc us at dinner with our flower lei s the pig my luau dinner it was pretty tasty especially the purple roll our yummy pineapple strawberry smoothie it cost 10 but it was delicious we also were able to take a tram from the pcc to the laie lds temple can you say gorgeous friday we went to the famous hanauma bay to go snorkeling it was absolutely gorgeous the water is so blue but clear so you can see the fish the dark spots in the water is the reef i love this picture we purchased an underwater camera to take snorkeling here are some of the shots that mitch took i am impressed with his photography skills sea turtle snorkeling was so fun even though i was a little chicken i am not a good swimmer and the current was really strong so i stayed close to the shore i did some some really pretty fish but mitch saw a lot more since he went further out once i started to figure it out and wasn t as scared it was time to go but next time we go snorkeling i will go farther out or so i say now after snorkeling we went to the honolulu zoo it was really big compared to the idaho falls zoo that we are used to here are some of our favorite animals from the zoo this monkey was posing for pictures he was so cute the flamingos were gorgeous so much color mitch has never seen giraffes and i love them so we were excited to see some there were four and we spent a lot of time at this exhibit it was feeding time for the giraffes so it was fun to watch them eat saturday this was our last day in hawaii we caught a bus to aloha stadium to shop at the largest swap meet flea market in hawaii rows and rows of booths filled with all sorts of hawaiian souvenirs and keepsakes we spent about two hours and didn t make it to all of the booths but we purchased several fun souvenirs to bring home after shopping we headed back to waikiki to sit on the beautiful beach and enjoy the wonderful weather before we headed to the airport to come home and it was a long way home with an overnight flight and then driving home from salt lake we were so tired especially with the 4 hour time difference between hawaii and idaho falls we had such a fabulous time it was great to spend time together just the two of us although we did miss michael and kelli we are so grateful for the opportunity that we had to go to such a beautiful island a huge thank you to dad and mom for sending us on this trip and thank you to gerry sue shauna and con for helping us with the kids while we were away love you all posted by hodges family at 5 54 pm 2 comments older posts home subscribe to posts atom about me hodges family mitch and i met in january 2004 we fell in love and were married july 5 2005 in the bountiful utah temple we welcomed our son michael on november 15 2007 and then our daughter kelli joined our family on may 4 2010 mitch graduated from byu i with his degree in business management and is working as a merchandiser at sysco foods i am enjoying being a stay at home mom and loving my own business as a premier designs jeweler independent distributor we currently live in pleasant grove ut view my complete profile mitch stacie michael jayden 4 years old kelli mae 2 years old family and friends ben and lachelle s bunch 10 years ago the evans family 11 years ago nuttall family 11 years ago the visser family 12 years ago little farmer family 13 years ago louderback family 13 years ago kimi and ben 13 years ago chris and mindy 13 years ago jessi and jared 13 years ago twenty something 13 years ago payton family 13 years ago dj and somer 14 years ago sarah jaspersen 14 years ago camille jason 14 years ago john and jenny s journey 15 years ago chennelle ben 15 years ago the walker s 15 years ago travis and megan 15 years ago tyson 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