Hawaii is SO perfect. I love it here. Today we were running a little late with our planned schedule but made it out to my favorite local joint on Oahu Boots and Kimos for our breakfast delight. I first went to Boots and Kimos in 2009, when I visited my family during Easter, and I absolutely LOVED it. I should've prefaced that statement with the fact that I'm not a huge pancake fan but the pancakes at Boots and Kimos don't phase me because of the famous macadamia nut sauce that they pour over their pancakes. YUM!

I wish I had a picture of the place I went with Michelle and Eric because since my visit B&K moved. I was so shocked when we got there, disappointed almost because it didn't look like a "hole in the wall" joint anymore--but they can accommodate a lot more customers now. Breakfast was just how I remembered it tasting, dare I say, even better. 

After chowing down on some delicious mac nut sauce pancakes and sides we were off to the Swap Meet to find some jewelry for Sar (since she got sick when we first went and sat in the shade while I shopped a bit longer). Needless to say our efforts were in vain. Sar found some cute earrings but we never did find the shop where I scored some of my all time favorite earrings. 

We drove back up to North Shore after hitting the Swap Meet to tour the Laie Temple grounds and give Sar the chance to see BYU-H. I talked her into going to a session with me and after waiting a good 30 or so minutes for the "Okay" to go in, we did a session. The Laie temple is AMAZINGLY beautiful and has the most stunning scenery of any temple I've been to. I was so excited to have the chance to see the temple completed, rather than in disarray because they were renovating it (circa 2009). 

Before heading back to Michelle's to change and go to dinner with some friends of mine, Dan and Kanani, we stopped at the beach I surfed at in 2009 for some "true" Hawaiian sunset photos. 

 To the left of the sun there's a little rowing boat with about 12 men in it.

 Like a view from a postcard.

You'd never imagine that behind this scene a bunch of

locals were drinking/drunk and whistling at us. Ah, Paradise. 

Hawaii is SO perfect. I love it here. Today we were running a little late with our planned schedule but made it out to my favorite local joint on Oahu Boots and Kimos for our breakfast delight. I first went to Boots and Kimos in 2009, when I visited my family during Easter, and I absolutely LOVED it. I should've prefaced that statement with the fact that I'm not a huge pancake fan but the pancakes at Boots and Kimos don't phase me because of the famous macadamia nut sauce that they pour over their pancakes. YUM!

I wish I had a picture of the place I went with Michelle and Eric because since my visit B&K moved. I was so shocked when we got there, disappointed almost because it didn't look like a "hole in the wall" joint anymore--but they can accommodate a lot more customers now. Breakfast was just how I remembered it tasting, dare I say, even better. 

After chowing down on some delicious mac nut sauce pancakes and sides we were off to the Swap Meet to find some jewelry for Sar (since she got sick when we first went and sat in the shade while I shopped a bit longer). Needless to say our efforts were in vain. Sar found some cute earrings but we never did find the shop where I scored some of my all time favorite earrings. 

We drove back up to North Shore after hitting the Swap Meet to tour the Laie Temple grounds and give Sar the chance to see BYU-H. I talked her into going to a session with me and after waiting a good 30 or so minutes for the "Okay" to go in, we did a session. The Laie temple is AMAZINGLY beautiful and has the most stunning scenery of any temple I've been to. I was so excited to have the chance to see the temple completed, rather than in disarray because they were renovating it (circa 2009). 

Before heading back to Michelle's to change and go to dinner with some friends of mine, Dan and Kanani, we stopped at the beach I surfed at in 2009 for some "true" Hawaiian sunset photos. 

 To the left of the sun there's a little rowing boat with about 12 men in it.

 Like a view from a postcard.

You'd never imagine that behind this scene a bunch of

locals were drinking/drunk and whistling at us. Ah, Paradise.