Monday, March 18, 2013

Hawaii - The Big Island

Ben & I were lucky enough to spend a week in Hawaii together.  We flew my awesome sister-in-law, Liz, out from California so she could watch our boys for us.  The boys had SO much fun with Liz & their cousin, Kenly.  
Ben was working in Hawaii for a week before I was able to meet him. So here I am (above) flying to meet Ben.  My first time in first class. I tried really hard not to think flying that way was normal. I felt so spoiled!
It was fun to get to Hawaii and see Ben after not seeing him for a week!


 Above & Below is the view from our room.  Despite the clouds, it was a perfect, warm day!


My Favorite, laying out by the pool.
The first day we got there, Ben and his boss, Mike, went surfing and snorkeling, and Mike's wife, Jerilyn & I layed out at the beach, then had a spa day...massage, facial, pedicure!  Then we went to dinner with the guys at a cool restaurant by the beach in Kona.  It was a perfect day!

Our helicopter ride around The Big Island.  It was SO great!  I am so happy we were able to see the island this way. Beautiful!
After the helicopter ride, we went to Ruth's Chris for dinner. YUM!

The lava.
It's weird to think we were on a LIVE volcano!



The lava would spill right into the ocean like waterfalls...lavafalls!

Beautiful, right?


The largest waterfall in the U.S.  So awesome! (and scary, flying that close to mountains)




 Our resort from the air.





At my very first Luau. 

What a fun/perfect day.  Look at that rainbow behind us? So amazing!


2 comments:

Our Family of Four said...

Oh Kelly, these pictures make me so jealous! Don't laugh at me for telling you that I totally teared up looking at them haha. I seriously miss Hawaii so much. Such great memories! Anywho, looks like you guys had a great vacation! Love ya!

The Lively's said...

How fun! You look so cute and skinny!!! Glad you had a fun time!!!