Aloha Au Ia 'Oe: Honeymoon Day 8!

Happy Friday loves! Last night me and the Mr. went to the Harry Potter Premiere- loved it and loved the atmosphere with people cheering and clapping and dressed up like characters. So great!

Day 8 in Hawaii was certainly bittersweet as we had to board a plane to go home that night but exciting as we were heading home to start our lives together!

   

 We went to this little beach that takes you through a little forest- reminded me of Alice in Wonderland.

These are my Just Married flip flops that I finally remembered to take a picture of!

Then we played in the sand and in the water!

That night we packed up and got on a red eye flight to Chicago where we had a five hour layover- can you say exhausted!

One good thing that happened in Chicago was meeting a TV Star! Danny and I were walking to our gate when we saw this red headed women and I think both of our jaws dropped as we walked by her.  So we both looked at each other and said "Was that really her?" We couldn't decide and wondered why she was in Chicago... we turned around in search of her again and when we saw her getting coffee at Starbucks- Danny to my surprise marched right up to her and asked if she was in a T.V. show and she said "Thanks I am glad you like our show!" Then another women came up and asked "Are you Meredith from the Office?" It was her folks- can you believe that?

Aloha Au Ia 'Oe: Honeymoon Day 7!

 Happy Thursday! Our seventh and last full day and night on the islands was so fun because we went on a sunset dinner cruise! Again the sunsets and sunrises are amazing here!

 This guy was a fabulous singer and entertained us for the whole three hours. He is pictured here with a nose flute which amazingly sounded gorgeous!

 There goes the sun!

 The dessert was yummy and so was the food- steak and chicken but i forgot to take a picture of that! :(

 There was this hilarious and kind lady who saw we had just been married and she told us we had to give her our camera she continued to pose us and take pictures of us- we awkwardly stood there but what a sweet women!

 Another of those posed pictures!

Finishing up a cocktail before we docked!!  

 Have a wonderful night! Danny and I are about to head to the Harry Potter 7.2 Premiere!!

A Birthday + A Luau!

Because it's my birthday I wanted to share a few more special photos from our wedding day with you!

This is the garter toss in a series watch closely...especially the guy on the right!

I love this- this totally explains Luis's personality- completely over the top but still such a caring guy!! He was Danny's best man!

This picture is so special. This was right after we came out of the church, all of our guests were waiting with a balloon in hand, when we walked out they let them go- so fun to watch. If you look closely you can see the balloons in the window of the church right behind us.  Now the reason I love this picture is if you look to the left there are two people standing behind us! Those special people are my lovely grandparents and have been married for over 60 years. How amazing is it that this moment was captured new and old love together with such joy!

Now for the Luau! It was called Drums of the Pacific and it was right down the beach from our hotel so we walked there!

This is a picture of the roasted pig.

There was even a rainbow!

The food was delicious- so yummy!! Here is the dessert table!

Here is one of four long tables with the feast!

Then the celebration began!! The dancing was beautiful and entertaining!

Danny also got me a lei here and I loved it!! Make sure you go to a Luau when in Hawaii!!

 Have a great Wednesday!

Aloha Au Ia 'Oe: Honeymoon Day 6!

Happy Wedding Wednesday! Today's my birthday so to celebrate   I have a few more wedding pics coming up!

Today I am recapping the Road to Hana which was one of my favorite things on Maui! It was absolutely gorgeous!! This was another early day but it was well worth getting up early because it seemed like we were the only ones on the road!!

 

It's the road getting to Hana that you enjoy because once you get to Hana you realize it is a tiny but cute town with few amenities. The road is probably one of the loopiest roads I have ever seen and you have to go very slow because there are a lot of blind corners- but it was so fun and so well worth it. We picked up a free guide book at one of the local shops which highlights certain stops along the way! One of the first stops we made was a tiny freshwater water fall and because we left so early we had it all to ourselves!!

It was crazy that no one else was around!

Us in our very own freshwater pool!

Another tip: Pack a lunch and eat it on one of the stops you make!

A few miles after you reach Hana if you keep going you will reach the 7 sacred pools- this is definitely something you should do!! They are so pretty and you can see where they empty out into the ocean!

Here are a few of the pools emptying into one another.

 

Here we are under the water fall! We climbed a little further to the left and jumped off a rock into the pool- a bit scary but so much fun!

Also along the way there are cute little produce, baked goods, and jewelry road side stands. We stopped at this one called Hana Farms and bout some incredibly yummy banana bread. We also had them ship some bread to our families!

Another stop we made was at a bamboo forest- look how the light comes through the bamboo- enchanting!

Then we found a random pineapple plant- isn't it cute!

The road to Hana was so gorgeous and if you find yourself in Maui one day make sure you put this on your itinerary!

 Coming up- a few more wedding photos from Anna and a Luau!