Hawaii!!!!!!!

Well, we have finally arrived to our new temporary home, HAWAII!!!!!! I've never been here so this is a real treat for me! It is so beautiful! We arrived in Oahu on the 19th and were there until the 22nd and then we headed over to the Big Island were we will be staying. We were able to see the beach, the temple, Pearl Harbor, and some other things while in Oahu, so scroll down and I'll explain the pics:)
This was at Pearl Harbor, there was a cute little girl who came prepared to honor the fallen soldiers with some beautiful fresh flowers. I had to take a picture because it was such a beautiful sight!

The memorial wall with all the names of the fallen soldiers.

The oil that still rises to the surface from the sunken ship. Amazing.

Part of the ship that is still under water.

This was a submarine that was made a year after Pearl Harbor, she was know for her mass destruction.

This pic was at the Polynesian Culteral Center. I ended up with this beautiful flower headband, because we happen to be walking by this shop around closing time, they were getting rid of their things from that day, so she just gave me the headband! The lady told me that when the floweres die, the grass headband will stay good for a really long time, like years, and that I would just gather new flowers and put them in the headband again:)

This is a pic of my view out our apartment.........well our temporary apartment, we are now in a different one, which I will post more pics of. This is the spot were I saw a guy climb some of these coconut trees and get the coconuts to sell at the farmers market in town. (Big Island)

This pic was on the north shore of Oahu, before we got to the Big Island. I love the sandy beaches! So beautiful!

Kade is just having a ball! He was trying to swim with the waves, so they would carry him!

What a silly boy! So cute out there having so much fun!

Just a scenic shot that I liked:)

Oh boy, I debated on putting a picture of me in my swimsuit on here, but then I thought, "ah, what the heck! Its Hawaii!"

I told Kade to jump off the rock to so I could snap a funny pic of him:) and I think it turned out pretty funny:)

Another Scenic one.

I thought this view was so pretty out the window of the visitors center.

I LOVE the flowers here! There are so many and they are all different!

Out front at the temple.

This tree was so huge and so amazing, and had so many vines! Very cool!

A view of the Ocean and the flowers.

My mom and dad stood here back in 1968 when my dad was on his R n R from Vietnam. He got to go to Hawaii, for one week and meet my mom there after 6 months of being in Vietnam. Then he had to go back to Vietnam for another 6 months. They are coming out to visit Kade and I and we are going to go to the temple again, only this time, they are excited because they won't have to part again, they will get to relax and enjoy! It will be so awesome!

Another angle of the temple. The temple was so amazing, seriously my favorite part of our whole trip! Such a beautiful place! If you go to the Hawaii temple, make sure you walk around the back of the temple and see the landscaping, the trees and flowers!