Honeymoon {part 2: Resort}

{Day 1 in Hawaii}

Our first morning in Hawaii was a bit tiring, needless to say. Our room was surrounding a lagoon which was inhabited with thousands of birds. Birds that squawk throughout the night, endlessly. We really tried to sleep in once the birds got quite during sunrise, however, Hawaii mornings are so breathtaking, and its quite impossible to sleep in past 7am because the sun rises around 5:30am.

We decided to take it all in and experience Hawaii's finest things, it's landscape and beauty.

the view of Huaialai mountain range

view of the Kohala Mountains

sunrise over the Kohala Mountains

the view of the Waiulua Bay from our room balcony

We got dressed and ready and headed to our Big Island Breakfast....

Hubby's plate of pastries, the croissant was mine

my breakfast plate of omelet and fresh pineapple salsa, with fresh pineapple juice that was intoxicatingly amazing!

We then decided to look around the resort, since we arrived at night when everything was totally hidden. We didn't even know the ocean was outside our balcony until the sun rose.

Waiulua Bay

the bay and our hotel across the way

Hubs looking in between the lava for souvenirs

the beautiful Pacific Ocean

the Lagoon Tower at our resort with the waterfall

shadows of the newlyweds

hubs got blacked out...but the waterfall was gorgeous

DOLPHINS in the lagoon...resort owned

the Lagoon, & the resort entrance

Our room is on the very left, third window up on the left side

cheesin

gorgeous Spider Lily plant flowering

pink Hibiscus flower on the ground

the tram that took us throughout the huge resort

We stayed in the Hilton Waikoloa Village Resort in Waikoloa, Hawaii. Amazing! Next up on the honeymoon posts is our Exploration Journal lol...

Honeymoon {part 1}

So, I have ALOT planned to blog about the wedding, especially the DIY projects we did to make our entire day come together. However, I'm waiting for my professional pics to come in, and I'm still collecting guest pics as well. I'm hoping next week I can really get started on reviewing the wedding for you all on here.

For now, we're skipping ahead to the honeymoon.

We left Austin on the morning of Sunday, October 23. Our flight was from Austin to Los Angeles. The first time EVER that I was in California.

in front of our truck at the parking lot, ready to go!

about to board with our passes

just having fun with our rings while I was bored on the flight

sleeping on the flight to LA

just landed in LA

We landed in LA and hung out in the airport for about 3 &1/2 hours. We didn't have enough time during our layover to go see anything in LA. Instead we went to Chili's right across from our gate in the terminal. We had a few snacks and a margarita each. It was nice to just sit and be with hubby for a few hours and not have to worry about where to go next.

our Margaritas from Chilis in the LA airport during our  layover

Starbucks to prepare me for our 5&1/2 hour flight to Kona

taking off from LA

mountains of Cali

Jammin to some Texas Country

before they turned the lights off

gorgeous sunset mid flight

watching Captain America on our flight, you can barely see us

we're in HAWAII!!!

horrible picture, but as soon as we landed we had a local take our pic

our first dinner in Hawaii. $40 for a medium pizza and 2 waters...yikes

We landed in Kona at 7:30pm Hawaii time, which was 11:30pm Texas time. We were exhausted...It was a long day of traveling for us. But I enjoyed every bit of it with my new husband!

our rings and our orchid leis

Tomorrow I'll post Honeymoon part 2. Our first few days in Hawaii...Stay Tuned


*All of the above pictures were taken with mine & Brian's iPhone 4's*

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Sick days...

I apologize for not blogging yesterday. Hubby is sick. He has a stomach bug, a bad one...

Tomorrow when he goes back to work, I'll be posting regularly. We think Hawaii didn't do him so good! lol

Today I thought I would post a few pics from our Honeymoon in Hawaii, a sneak peek if you will...

In the Austin airport about to head to LA for our flight to HI

Just landed in Hawaii and got our gorgeous orchid leis

view from the sidewalk in front of our room

Gorgeous Hibiscus flower at What's Shakin cafe in Hilo

Southernmost point of the U.S. with waves splashing up on the lava

Kilauea Caldera Crater, the most active Volcano on Earth

Alrighty, back to my sick hubby I go!
Have an AWESOME day!