Hawaii!!

We had such a great time in Hawaii! The weather was warm and beautiful, the water was perfect and best of all we got to spend time with my sister Erin and her husband Jake. They moved down to Hawaii this last summer to attend BYU-Hawaii and to play on their basketball teams. They were great hosts, and we wish could have stayed just a little longer. But we sure had a fun time in the quick two and half days we were there.

Sunset Beach Dustin enjoying a ride on Erin and Jake's moped. The Laie Temple right there on BYUH campus had its open house while we were there. It was great timing! We were able to go and take a tour and see the whole temple. It was pretty much gutted and totally redone on the inside. The temple grounds are amazing as well, prettiest I have ever seen. I was also surprised at how old this temple is. It was built in 1919, and this will be the 2nd rededication.

Polynesian Cultural Center

Pearl Harbor

Waikiki Beach

Waimea Bay, North Shore of Oahu

I'm a bad blogger...

because we have been kind of boring lately. No trips, no events, just the usual day today routine. But here are some random pictures.

We have finally received some temperatures without a 9 in front of them. It's been beautiful and in the 70's for a week or so now, and we are all in heaven.

I cut a few inches off my hair. And then got bored with it a few weeks later. So then I chopped it again.

Just some pretty flowers from the hubs.

And I also have been baking entirely too much. Like "muffins that taste like doughnuts",

And cinnamon rolls

...with maple frosting. Pioneer Women is not a good influence on me. I blame her.

I am now officially on a two week no sweets fast. I'm only on day three, so we will see how it goes.

I love this Blog...

http://cakewrecks.blogspot.com/

Just call him George from now on....

Dustin has finally decided to grow his hair out. What do you think?

(courtesy of http://www.instyle.com/instyle/makeover/ )

Chi-Town

We ended up taking a day trip to Chicago this last weekend. Flights were open, we both have never been there before, and I have family there, so we thought it would be a great place to go for the day.

Sears Tower

Observation deck at the top of the tower. The views were beautiful.

Sitting inside a glass box that sticks out the side of the building.

103 stories up. Freaky!!

The Bean in Millennium Park.

We then met up with my Aunt and Uncle who have lived in Chicago for 14 years. They showed us around the city and took us to the The Bristol, a great restaurant where my uncle works. The decor was great and the food was delicious!

We took a river tour of the city where they gave a history of all the surrounding buildings. It was very interesting. The weather was fantastic that day and it was so enjoyable relaxing on the boat.

Pam and Matt, our wonderful hosts for the day.

Our boat

We ended our stay with some Chicago pizza. This was some serious pizza. They don't mess around.

After dinner it was time to head back to the airport and go home. I would love to go again and see more, but for one day in Chicago we had a pretty great time.