Goodbye Paradise

Sad to say.. the trip in paradise came to a close. Surely came too fast! Who would have thought that a trip in Hawaii would go by in a blink of an eye. It was so great to be all together as a family again. The A-Team had returned, with the constant movie quoting, Aaron's many crazy accents (many of which we aren't sure where they come from), Austin showing dad countless cars he could possibly buy, and Adam and Christy singing "Honolulu" in funny ways and trying to pronounce the street names.

Now that our trip has ended we have all parted ways to different places. Aaron and Caroline drove home to Utah, Adam flew to San Fran for business, Christy flew home to New York, Dad and Austin are holding down the fort at home and Mom and I flew to Utah...because IM A COLLEGE STUDENT NOW!

As for our dog Auto...well...he just sleeps all day.

If I had to pick out some of the highlights from our trip I would first pick the first time we got into Hawaii water in Waikiki. Let me tell ya..the water in Hawaii is like nothing I have ever experienced before!

The water was so great Aaron even decided to get a running start! Readdyyyy....

Annnddddd.....

BOOM! 

The next highlight would be the interesting lunch at "Giovanni's." I have never been a shrimp fan and so mom and I found another food truck to go to. But I must admit, the shrimp from Giovanni's is much different than the shrimp from Costco! The shrimp from Costco was the decision maker for me that I was not quite fond of shrimp. I did end up trying the shrimp at Giovanni's and Adam, Aaron and Austin would probably roll around screaming, "I told you so!"if they heard me say... "Man! that shrimp was good!"

Austin is Mr. Shrimp man! 

Nice one Austin! Apparently he just could not contain his excitement so he decided to flash one of these faces. 

And the licking of fingers begins!

The after math!

ALL DONE!

We finished our lunch and walked over to some of the shops and I immediately found the funnel cake station that was selling jewelry too. At this little shop a stack of Books of Mormon with a label next to it saying, "FREE Book of Mormon." Austin being the newly returned missionary started up a conversation with the store owners and the store owner was very eager to tell us that these Books of Mormon are now all over the world along with the children's book that he wrote. COOL HUH!

Last on the agenda was snorkeling! Unfortunately we could not find a reef that quite fit our expectations but with all the ones that we visited, it made for the coolest experience ever.

It must be impossible for the boys in our family to take a normal picture. 

Yet again...not a normal picture

I guess we will get a normal picture sooner or later. 

The trip is over and we are all adjusting back to normal life. I have started at BYU and that surely is interesting. There are EFY kids walking around campus and it is weird to think that I am not there with them. I also don't feel old enough to be going to college..certainly feels weird being the one walking around BYU campus with the backpack on, thinking about homework rather than the one visiting just to eat in the Cougar Eat and spend money in the bookstore.

Lets see how this goes....

GO COUGARS!