Honeymoon. Middle.

 We arrived in Hawaii Friday afternoon! After settling in we went down to the beach and hung out til the sun went down! Then we went back to our room and passed out!!!! Literally passed out like dead people! Haha!!! We woke up at 2 starved because in the middle of all the excitement we forgot to eat! I forced myself to sleep some more then woke up at 6:30, hurried and got ready then we headed to Tita's Grill! Tita's grill is my Grandpa Ah Quin's side of the family's grill! It is delicious! They were so good to us, they gave us a feast for free because we are family. How sweet are they??? We devoured it, gave big hugs, then headed off for an adventure!

 I took him very first to Laie point and showed him the look out and the legend to the rocks in the ocean! He was in awww to the beauty of Hawaii and we snapped this quick picture! Beware I wear absolutely no make up in Hawaii! :)

 After the Laie point we went to check out the surf competition going on at Pipeline beach! As we were walking into the resort the day before (Friday) we passed a bald guy carrying a huge trophy, later we found out it was Kelly Slater and he was carrying the winning trophy! So we were a little disappointed when were got to the beach and they were cleaning up. But we still got to see surfers surfing for fun and all the huge surf competition set up.

After going to Pipeline we drove around, got a smoothie, I showed him my favorite beaches as we beach hopped, then we went back to the hotel to get cleaned up for dinner. These were pictures I took throughout the day top row I took at Sunset beach, middle row I took at breakfast, and bottom row I took at Laie point! :) It was a wonderful first full day in Paradise as Mr. and Mrs. Hauck!!! :) The common phrase of the day from Jeff was, "I love Hawaii...I love Hawaii...I LOVE HAWAII!!!"

For dinner we went to Kahuku Grill, my Grandma Ah Quin's side of the family's grill! We went to see my family and most importantly to thank my Uncle Arthur for hooking us up! Well he wasn't there, but Max was and we ran into my friend Trey there too! It was great to sit and visit with them! They also gave us free food and said, "family eats free, we won't take your money" how amazing is my family? This picture didn't turn out good, at all, hahaha but we had to take a picture!

The next day was Sunday! I packed church clothes but Jeff didn't, so he wore a buttondown shirt, jeans, and flip flops! This is us all ready for church!

We went to my Uncle Kingsley's ward where he is the bishop! At the end of the meeting they sang this song as a congregation for a family that was moving out the ward. We thought that was so cool and we had to take a picture of the lyrics and the story behind it.

The church building was right next to the Laie Temple, so after we headed over to the temple to walk around and watch a video at the visitor's center. I didn't post the pictures, but in the visitor's center they had a Christmas Tree decorated by each ward in the Stake. Each tree had a theme having to do with the night Christ was born, so there were shepherd trees, angel trees, wisemen trees, a star tree, a Mary tree, a Joseph tree, and so on. I thought that was really cool! And each tree had a scripture as the description for the tree. It was beautiful. The rest of the day we just chilled and enjoyed Hawaii!

Monday we were up bright and ready! We headed to Waimea first thing in the morning. We were the first ones on the beach.

We were just enjoying the beauty, having fun writing in the sand, and Jeff was swimming when out of nowhere it started pouring!!! We waited a few minutes to see if it would pass but it just got harder, so we packed up quick and ran to the car. Once we were to the car we decided to head to the other side of the Island and have a Waikiki day!

Once to Waikiki we ate at Cheesecake Factory, one of Jeff's favorite restaurants. Then I talked Jeff into some shopping, where I further talked him into buying me some clothes that I "needed" (haha). After shopping we were pretty much pooped so we headed to the car and headed back where we drove through all of Waikiki and waited in traffic for at least 2 hours. It was fun to just go with the flow, we drove around with no destination. We packed yummy candies, some towels, and smiles on our faces and had another wonderful day in paradise.

The next morning I caught the gorgeous sunrise and had to take a picture!

This is a close up of the same sunrise! :) I'm a sucker for sunrises and sunsets. 

I took Jeff to check out Haliewa, a cute little surf town full of surf shops. We just hung out there, had some amazing shrimp from Macky's shrimp truck, and a shave ice from one of the shave ice shops! I love Hawaii! We have the dream of moving there in the near future and I hope that we can make it happen! My mouth is watering looking at the shrimp and shave ice again...

Every time we got back to the room it was as if a reset button was pushed and everything was perfect again. How do I get that same thing to happen now to my house??? I had to take a picture because it was so great!

While there we were battling the weather a lot. It was still 80 degrees but the rain and wind was constant. This was the sunset that night, not the one I had hoped for but still absolutely gorgeous.

Our last day we wanted to get the most of it! So we decided to stay close and take advantage of the resort. So we spent the day going back and forth from the beach cove to the pool area while eating fresh fruit and catching rays. It was nice to just relax and soak up every moment.

All week I had been hoping for the sunsets I was used to and finally on the last day I got it! Isn't it gorgeous? What made this sunset even more perfect was sharing it with Jeff!!! Right before the sunset Jeff sang "Love Me Tender" while he slow danced with me. I will remember this sunset for the rest of my life, it was absolutely perfect in every way. I love you so much Jeff!!!

That same night my Aunty Tamara got us free tickets to the Polynesian Cultural Center night show, "Breath of Life." So after eating at "Surfer," one of the restaurants in the hotel, we ran to the PCC and enjoyed the night show. This was the Santa that greeted us as we got there. Nothing quite like the polynesian Santa surfing.

And that ended the last day in paradise for us. We didn't want to leave!!! :( But we are anxiously waiting the day we go back!