I warn you, this is a long recap, but I never did get to show off the photos to anyone... was busy preparing for Kate's arrival at the time...
This was the first night in Hawaii. We got to our rented beach house just in time to see it.. every night, we had beautiful sunsets to enjoy. We were on Sunset Beach on the North Shore of Oahu.I feel like we have found the best deal ever - these houses on the beach for rent. It is an amazing deal... for now. One day I'm sure it will cost a fortune to stay here. :(
Here we are getting settled in the house for the week! Not too many photos of the house we stayed in... it wasn't much to look at - your basic beach house.We went to dinner that night, and we got to sit next to Terry O'Quinn who is the actor playing John Locke on Lost.
ohh.. ahhh... celebrities.
The next morning began at 6 am. We could not sleep!! The time change gets us every time. We always drink a lot of coffee when in Hawaii. Here's James standing outside the house looking at the ocean.
And here is daybreak. It was beautiful already!!
Shortly after, the surfers arrived. And then the photographers! You know there's a surf competition going on when all the photographers are out (or some big waves!).
The next morning began at 6 am. We could not sleep!! The time change gets us every time. We always drink a lot of coffee when in Hawaii. Here's James standing outside the house looking at the ocean.
And here is daybreak. It was beautiful already!!
Shortly after, the surfers arrived. And then the photographers! You know there's a surf competition going on when all the photographers are out (or some big waves!). We had the competitions and the waves the week we were there - lucky for us. :)
Once the sun came out, it was a gorgeous day - look at that rainbow.
Most days were spent lounging on the beach. We had 2 other couples go with us: Rob and Jennifer, and Tod and Margaret. Rob and Jennifer stayed in our house on the beach, while Tod and Margaret rented their house just down the street.
I love this photo of Tod, Margaret and Jennifer.
James taking a swim.
At Turtle Bay, 7 months pregnant.
We spent some time at Tod and Margaret's house. It was a pretty sweet place - set back off the road and secluded. It was truly a surfer's house. There were several apartments with pro-surfers renting them out.
The North Shore is called the Country, and this is one of the reasons why - roosters just hanging out (I think those were some sort of grapefruit on the ground).
Check out the boards!
And one of these had Rob Machado's name on it!!!!!!!! (He's a pro-surfer, if you didn't know)
Once the sun came out, it was a gorgeous day - look at that rainbow.
Most days were spent lounging on the beach. We had 2 other couples go with us: Rob and Jennifer, and Tod and Margaret. Rob and Jennifer stayed in our house on the beach, while Tod and Margaret rented their house just down the street.
I love this photo of Tod, Margaret and Jennifer.
James taking a swim.
At Turtle Bay, 7 months pregnant.
We spent some time at Tod and Margaret's house. It was a pretty sweet place - set back off the road and secluded. It was truly a surfer's house. There were several apartments with pro-surfers renting them out.
The North Shore is called the Country, and this is one of the reasons why - roosters just hanging out (I think those were some sort of grapefruit on the ground).
Check out the boards!
And one of these had Rob Machado's name on it!!!!!!!! (He's a pro-surfer, if you didn't know)Stephanie Gilmore was one of the girls staying there who was a pro-surfer from Australia. I just saw that she ended up going on to be the world champion for 2008!! We saw her a few times (ohh... ahh!!) and hung out with some of her groupie friends at Tod/Margaret's house.
Hanging out at the pool table.
Throwing some darts.
On Thanksgiving Day, we decided to cook a turkey breast for dinner. While it was cooking, we all went down to enjoy the sunset. Here's mine and James' "Olan Mills" posed photo, hahaha
Jennifer and Rob: They got engaged!! What a perfect location to get engaged. They were just married - and I recently posted about our trip to Connecticut for the wedding.
Margaret and Tod - who got married in Hawaii 2 years prior... Happy Anniversary guys!
there she goes...
Our Thanksgiving dinner with Turkey, Stovetop stuffing, cranberry sauce, roasted vegetables and deviled eggs (with bacon, yum).
We went to watch some of the Triple Crown Competition. this is at Sunset Beach, just down the street from our house. Awesome!
This was also the last day of our trip. check out those waves!!! You just can't believe how big they were unless you were there I suppose... none of us could get in the water that day.
Our last night, James and I went to dinner at Jameson's by the Sea for some seafood.
We had a wonderful trip. I can't believe it's already been a year!! We can't wait to go back.
Hanging out at the pool table.
Throwing some darts.
On Thanksgiving Day, we decided to cook a turkey breast for dinner. While it was cooking, we all went down to enjoy the sunset. Here's mine and James' "Olan Mills" posed photo, hahaha
Jennifer and Rob: They got engaged!! What a perfect location to get engaged. They were just married - and I recently posted about our trip to Connecticut for the wedding.
Margaret and Tod - who got married in Hawaii 2 years prior... Happy Anniversary guys!
there she goes...
Our Thanksgiving dinner with Turkey, Stovetop stuffing, cranberry sauce, roasted vegetables and deviled eggs (with bacon, yum). 
We went to watch some of the Triple Crown Competition. this is at Sunset Beach, just down the street from our house. Awesome! 
This was also the last day of our trip. check out those waves!!! You just can't believe how big they were unless you were there I suppose... none of us could get in the water that day. 
Our last night, James and I went to dinner at Jameson's by the Sea for some seafood.
We had a wonderful trip. I can't believe it's already been a year!! We can't wait to go back.Mahalo!
