21 May 2011

Mother's Day 2011

I don't even know what to say, except that Damian sent me to Hawaii for 5 days. Yes, Hawaii. It was awesome. Here was the view of Waikiki & Diamond Head from my hotel room. Pretty swank. ;)
My morning cup of coffee enjoyed the view as well.

And here's the tower I stayed in. I was in the 31st floor. I tried not to think of earthquakes while I was up there, but it was hard.
My friend Michelle got to come with me! Yay!
She's pretty rad.
We ate at a restaurant on the 3rd floor where there's a patio area with a swimming pool and tables overlooking the street. It started to rain a bit, and the waiter asked us if we'd rather be seated inside. But we're used to rain! So we just popped open the umbrella over the table. A moment later, it stopped raining.
Our 'Grand Excursion' away from the hotel was to Hanauma Bay to do some snorkeling. It was amazing. There were so many colorful fish, and we even got to see a huge sea turtle!
Getting ready to head down to the bay...
Here we are after snorkeling. I know it's after because of the goggle marks around our faces. Yeah, I didn't know I looked like that until I got back to the hotel. Ha.
If you've seen my most recent addition to my fridge, you'll know what this is about. Ha. Although, I wouldn't consider my magnets to be 'rude.'
Our last night in Waikiki. Michelle ate something nice and healthy. I won't tell you what I got. It definitely wasn't healthy. ;)
And here's the view looking straight down from our balcony. I'm glad I didn't drop the camera! This is one of many pools around the hotel property. I'm surprised to say that I never did swim in a pool while I was there. I did a lot of reading by the pool, but I swam in the ocean. :)
And finally, an evening view. This was the least blurry picture I took since it was tricky to capture with such low lights.
It was such a wonderful time. :)