Graduation and Hawaii May 2012

That's right folks, we went to Hawaii AGAIN! Colton and I decided... ok, so more like I found the tickets, hotel, activities, etc and was one click of a button away from finalizing the entire trip before I asked Colton if it was ok :), so we "jointly" decided we wanted to go back to Hawaii again after Colton graduated NAU in May. We booked the trip in March and had to wait what felt like 10 years for May to come around. Colton graduated May 12th from NAU... :) and I've never been more proud of him!

That following week, we left for the island of Oahu, where we spent 28 hours then flew over to our favorite island, Kauai. If you have never been there before, GO! This time around the "newness"-excitement had worn off a little but that just meant we spent less time exploring, which was fun the first time, and more doing the things we wished we had more time for last time. Each time we have gone, on the last night we are there, (we always catch the redeye flight out) we go to the same miniature golf course that's on the beach and play a round. First time, I beat Colton :), this time he beat me. Looks like we need a rematch in 2013, right!? We must have a tie-breaker for best Hawaiian miniature golfer. 

Some of my favorite highlights from this trip: I grilled dinner at our condo (kabobs and corn) and we had the whole beach to ourselves, we watched a sea lion sleep for an entire 10 hours straight, we went zip lining and swimming in a private water hole that had a waterfall. Here are some pictures from our trip this time (there are only a couple because this time I spent less time taking pictures of the things I wanted see and more time  looking at them with my eyes, not a camera lens) :

The girl who went to Hawaii... again,

Erica