Our Honeymoon...

Our Honeymoon was also fabulous. We spent just over two weeks in the Hawaiian Islands.

But first, we spent the day after our wedding at one of our favorite places ever...Disneyland! We walked all around with our "Just Married" buttons on our shirts to let everyone know. (I couldn't convince Jeremiah to wear the bride and groom hat with me so we nixed that idea :( ) It was a great day! We went on lots of rides and ate at the Blue Bayou for lunch - yummy!



The highlight of the day, however, was actually when we got back to our car in the parking lot. Our truck still had all the writing on it from the wedding the day before saying we were just married. When we got up to our truck, we noticed that there was a note on the windshield. Someone had written us a note congratulating us on getting married and they were so thrilled that we chose to come to Disneyland to celebrate - it was really special to get something like that from a complete stranger.

The next day we headed off to Hawaii! We flew in to Oahu and then hoped on a small plane to Maui. We spent a week there and that ended up being our favorite islands. There was enough touristy things to do but it felt very much like you were a local at the same time. We found a cute little 50s Diner and we ate there a few times (great strawberry shakes!).



We traveled all around the island and took the windy road to Hana. (I got pretty sick and will probably never take that road again, but it really was beautiful along the way.)

We also found some great places to snorkel. Jeremiah really enjoyed it and I'm still trying to get over my fear of the fish touching me so my enjoyment was a little limited.

Our big splurge was going to a fancy luau. It was so much fun and we really enjoyed it.



After our time there, we headed back on a plane to Kauai. This island is gorgeous with all its jungle-like beauty. We had a great time relaxing on many different beaches. That's one of the best parts about this island - there are plenty of beaches to go around so you could actually be the only ones on one as if it were a private beach.



After 3 days there, we got back on a plane and went back to Oahu for a few days. This was definitely our least favorite of the islands - it's just way too commercial. We did go to the famous bay (although I can't remember the name of it right now) where the best snorkeling is on the island. We saw some great fish and sea life there. My fear of the fish and being in confined areas near coral was suppressed a little bit as this bay felt more safe with lots of people around and not as many wide open ocean spaces so I was able to enjoy it a bit more. Jeremiah had a really good time, though.

After a few days on the island, it was time to go. Overall, we had a blast exploring so many different places and had another great adventure together.