Finally a Break - Hawaiian Style

Spring Break recently came and went a little too fast than both Nathan and I would have preferred, but oh well. We were able to go to Hawaii for Spring Break - it was SO great to have a break from school. School got out and the following Sunday we left for Hawaii - it was a lot of traveling, but we finally made it there at 10:30am on Monday. We went to the island of Kauai, which is the first one on the left in this picture.

As soon as we got there we were greeted at the airport with leis and a gift bag with some information about the island and some other little knick-knacks.

Nice leis....

After we got picked up by Nathan's mom, sister & our nephew we headed to Costco...I know, it's quite the thrill - first thing you do is visit Costco. But it was awesome! I always love me a good Costco run, but in Hawaii, I guess you just love it that much more. Once we left Costco we got to our new home for the next week. We stayed in the "city" of Koloa in the Marriot Beach Club - so fabulous, see for yourself!

This was taken out the door of our room, and you can the ocean just beyond the palm trees

Mary, Leann & Brennan ( Nathan's mom, sister & our nephew) had arrived in Hawaii the previous Wednesday and they had already planned out our week for us when we got there, which was really nice that we didn't have to worry about making reservations for anything. First we enjoyed a day at the beach, with some snorkeling of course - followed by a helicopter tour of the island - which was AMAZING! Here are some pictures of both:

Leann & Brennan

view from the chopper

The next day was pretty low key. Nathan and I got up early to go zip-lining, which was so much fun! Though rumor has it Mary somehow ended up upside down while she and Leann went - wish I could have seen that!

Ashley propelling down the rigorous terrain...sort of

This is what we did while Mary & Leann went zip-lining...

Lastly we went to a luau, which was way cool. It was awesome to get to eat so much great food and experience many different cultures.

All in all we had SO much fun, and I recommend that everyone visits Hawaii at least once in their life. It is a really great place to relax and have fun with your family.