What We Did Do in Hawaii

White Plains Beach where Brando attempted to surf - I was a wimp because the water there was too cold, Bellows Beach with beautiful white powder sand and clear warm water set against the back drop of the incredible mountains that looked they were carved by a hundred different waterfalls and covered in a luscious green, Sunset Beach where we saw the sunset twice, Turtle Beach where we saw sea turtles lounging on the beach, drove by Waimea Beach every day

Ko Olina Resort lagoons and tide pools

Waimea Valley Audobon Center

Sailing on the Makani Catamaran by Waikiki, Diamond Head and watching whales

Hiking Diamond Head

Cocktails, coconut shrimp, beef brochette, and seafood egg rolls watching a show at Halekulani House Without a Key, a restaurant on the beach at a gorgeous resort

Cafe Hale'iwa four times, Brandon's favorite

Shark's Cove tide pools

Halana Blowhole and another gorgeous lookout

A bar on the beach next to our bay, with a lava flow watching the sunset

Kayak Surfing and Kayaking alongside a sea turtle for an hour and a half

Kayaking with Alyssa's little girls

Matsumato's shave ice twice

Dinner at Ola's at Turtle Bay Resort where the Hills was filmed a few weeks ago. Eeee! That was even a little better than our normal girls' nights watching it ; ) .

Drove the east coast which was gorgeous along the southeastern end and driving right next to the beach but depressing when we got to the northeastern drive where the homes were right on the water but so weather beaten and junk laden that they looked desolate

Brando swam under a waterfall at Waimea Audobon Center

Pearl Harbor, the USS Bowfin and Arizona Memorial

Aloha Bowl Swap Meet for souvenirs

Dole Plantation, where we had pineapple ice cream (yum!)

Dinner twice with Alyssa's family!

A stroll along our private beach and bay

Drove by Chinaman's Hat island while driving the windward side

Snorkeled Haunama Bay and Shark's Cove (AMAZING! Now we wish we had snorkeled there both times)

Walked the cute little beach town of Hale'iwa

Malasadas from Leonard's (thanks, Alyssa!)

Basically everything on my first list minus two, plus a few from the other list (we decided we'd rather relax and not stress about money than do the shark swim)! Yay!