On September 16, 2010, I boarded a plane in the D and headed for Honolulu Hawaii. My first flight was about 5 hours long. I landed in Seattle and had about an hour layover. Then I boarded the plane headed for Hawaii. I was so excited I could hardly stand it. The plane from Seattle to Hawaii was a little over 5 hours and the flights ended up being great. As soon as I stepped off of the plane in Hawaii the humidity and hot weather was amazing. I walked through the airport so excited to see my mom and dad. As I stepped through the doors in theo baggage collection rooms, I saw my mom n dad waiting for me with the cutest purple leigh. I ran over to them and hugged them and started crying. I was so happy to see them and so excited for this trip. We left the airport and loaded in the cute black jeep my parents had rented. We rolled out to Wally World to pick up some goodies and then headed to the condo. The condo was super cute. It was a two bedroom two bathroom beautiful condo in Kahuku, Hawaii. We all went to bed and the next day my dad had to work so my mom and I headed to Sunset Beach. We sat on the beach all day and did a little swimming. We also went to Ted's Bakery where I got the BEST carrot cake ever. The next day my dad only had to work half a day so he met my mom and I at the Polynesian Cultural Center. It was really neat to get to see all of the shows. The Samoa Show was sooooo funny. The guy had me crackin up the whole time. We also saw Tonga that day and then went to the Luau. The Luau was fun. We got to see hula dancing, singing, little kids dancing, ate great food, and I even had a pina colada slushie in a pineapple. My dad bought me a really cute black and white Hawaiian dress at a little shop in there. My mom spoiled me rotten and bought me slushies and some cute Hawaiian Jewelery. The next day we headed to Pearl Harbor. This was one of my fav parts of the trip. It's such a blessing to get to see all of the monuments and read, and hear all about the story that took place. It always brings tears to my eyes when I see the monument but when you step onto the USS Missouri Monument, it took all I had not to break down. The spirit I felt was so strong. It's so strange to think that underneath you lie all of the soliders that were stuck inside the ship. After visiting the monument, we went to the SWAP MEET. It's the biggest swamp meet in Hawaii and takes up a whole stadium parking lot. We did lots of walking and lots of shopping. My parents bought be so much cute stuff and one of my fav things was a BLUE n GOLD Hawaii towel. Had to represent for Michigan. My dad had to work the remaining days of my trip so my mom and I got to spend a lot of much needed time together. We went shopping, swimming at the pool, walked down to Turtle Bay Resort Beach, ate lots of yummy food, and had a BLAST. Everynight I was there, my mom, dad, and I went to dinner at a different little restaurant. One night we went to a steak house down on the golf course and I had the BEST STEAK EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We went to the Kahuku Grill one night, Papa Olie's, and Breakers(2x's). Breakers is a cute little burger joint up on the North shore in Haleiwa. I loved loved loved this place. It was started to get crowded with surfers to catch the swell. We got to go to Sunset Beach one night and watch the sunset and it was beautiful and relaxing and something I will never forget. Probably my fav part of the trip was going to the Dole Plantation. I am totally obsessed with pineapples and would love to own my own plantation someday. We had the best pineapple frozen yogurt and did some fun shopping. I wanted to ship pineapples home cuz they were so delicious and fresh and the best ever!! I was able to get a nice tan and spend so much one on one time with my parents, which is super unusual having three sisters. This was a once in a lifetime trip for me. I am so thankful that my parent invited me out to visit them. I had a blast and can't wait to go back someday.Thanks again MOM n DAD!!! Love you both!
