blue hawaii.

kailua beach is probably the ideal beach for tourists.

it is exactly the type of beach you would imagine coming to in hawaii.

fine, white sand & beautiful clear blue water. swimming pool temperature.

devin & i went there last week & it was amazing.

there's a canal where the ocean water flows over into a river and the water is really shallow right there so it was hot tub temperature. we had fun basking in that as well.

i will most definitely miss the beaches here in hawaii.

turtle beach.

we ran into these little (more like big) guys on a north shore beach which is nicknamed "turtle beach" since sea turtles find their way to it every day to rest on the shore.

fun fact: they average about 250lbs! a little too heavy to bring home with me, darn it.

island fever.

i would just like to point out the fact that i am on this tiny little island in the middle of the huge pacific ocean. and last weekend i suddenly came to realize that. i've been doing fine & didn't think it would bother me but i'm starting to really feel the fact that i could drive for hours and hours and all it would do take me in a big circle around the island over & over & over again. actually i couldn't even drive... i would have to ride the bus. which is the reason i think i am feeling this 'island fever'. i would be able to do & see so much more of the island if i had a car. the bus takes like triple the amount of time & doesn't always take you directly where you want to go. but ohhh well i only have two weeks left so i'll be fine.. i'm doing a lot better now. this past weekend was just hard because it was crappy weather the whole weekend... like the sun didn't come out at all. and since i have no car & the beach wasn't an option.. there wasn't much to do which led to me really missing everyone/home. i love hawaii & i'm going to miss it but I don't know how people could live on an island their whole lives. there is no freedom at all. i guess coming from a girl who likes to travel waaay too much... i feel a bit stranded. being a beach bum in hawaii for the past month has been so much fun but i'll be happy to be back on the mainland (that is what they call it here) in just two weeks(: see you all sooooon.

red. white. & blue.

{happy fourth of july}

this holiday weekend has made me miss my family & friends but i'm glad I have devin here at least and we made the best of it!

*we went for a morning walk on the beach

*painted festive pictures with water colors (i had to beg dev to do this with me)

*made red jello (devin must really miss utah because he was craving jello ;)

*went all out and bought a frozen pizza & festive cupcakes for dinner (yes, this is going all out for us poor college students)

*watched fireworks at turtle bay resort with friends

*lit our own fireworks on the beach

it was a good day to be an american!

god bless america, my home sweet home(:

rain, rain, go away..

(even the beach looks sad today)

come again another day.

this would be a rather depressing day for tourists. good thing we aren't just here for vacation.

i heard rain pounding on my roof through out the night & then when i got up this morning i found it to be a cloudy/rainy/dull/ no good very bad weather day here in hawaii.

i actually love rainy days usually and in hawaii it's kind of fun because when it rains it actually POURS like you've never seen it pour in utah. with all the humidity you still even get soaked when its sprinkling because its more like a mist than water droplets. so i wouldn't mind it so much if it were a regular week day & i had classes to go to anyway. buuuut today is {saturday} and i wanted to play at the beach aLL day longgg.

ohh well! here is to a lazy day in hawaii.....devin is reading & i am blogging. we will be seeing toy story 3 later today.

cloudy day in hawaii

meant the beach was out of the question.

but it was a perfect day to head over to the dole plantation to see where the delightful fruit called "pineapple" come from.

the pineapple ice cream was yuuummmy.

hawaii to-do list: #18 check!

laie temple.

the laie temple isn't far from campus so dev & i went and walked the grounds & the visitor's center. they showed us a short movie in the visitor's center about the history of the church starting in laie and how byu-hawaii came about which was interesting to learn. right now the temple is closed for remodeling but it was beautiful to see.

hawaii to-do list: #23 check!