It was like a dream. We thought the day to leave for Hawaii would never come. It did and the 8 days went by FAST. Paul wanted to stay there forever. I wanted to stay 3 or 4 months if Connly was there with us. WE LOVED EVERY SINGLE MINUTE. Are days were packed with FUN. We dropped Connly off to McKel in Nephi on Saturday. Paul said I took two years to say goodbye. I did. Before we were off to Vegas we stopped at the Hospital to see Grandpa Ted. I'm so glad we did. We were there for around an hour and its one I will never forget. He told us about when Grandma and him went to Hawaii. I told him I'd bring him home Chocolate covered macadamia nuts. Grandma said no there to expensive but Grandpa said "Ya bring me Macadamia Nuts!" I'm so glad that I kissed him and told him that I love him. We got a on the road. We stopped in St. George to see Judy. We went over to Katie and Kens and seriously they are probably the funniest people we know! It was so good to see all of them. So good to see Judy laugh and smile. She deserves nothing but happiness!! We flew out of Vegas around 2 am Vegas time. We slept almost the whole flight. 
When we landed we got our sweet rental car a Ferrari I mean Ford Focus. We checked in to Royal Grove Hotel(Jerry's brother owns it and got us a sweet deal). Changed are clothes and went to church(missing some pictures it wont let me add them?)When we walked in everyone was taking a double take and they were in shock to see Elder Hogue! It was Fast and Testimony meeting. Paul got up and bore his testimony. I've only seen Paul cry a couple times ever and this was one of the times. I guess I didn't realize how much he missed the people of Hawaii. He was telling everyone who I was and that Elder Jones was my little brother. Everyone busted up laughing. It was pretty funny. I loved how every one's Testimony started with a big ALOHA and everyone says it back. The Hawaii people are very laid back and very welcoming. This was just the beginning of a meeting a TON of amazing people. Some of the nicest people I've ever met. After church we couldn't wait to get to the beach!! Our Hotel was one block from the beach. HEAVEN.
We stayed at the beach and watched the sun go down. Once it got dark we walked around to a bunch of shops and just had fun people watching:)
On our walk back to our room we stopped at the La Cucharacha a YUMMY Mexican place that was outside. I remember going there last time I was in Hawaii and was happy that it was on the same block as our Hotel.
Monday we woke and headed to Olomana to meet up at Dina and Jerry's house. Paul taught and converted Dina. Seriously two of the nicest people ever. They took us to hike Mount Olomana. Lets just say its wasn't a hike most of the way up was rock climbing. Half way up I was thinking to myself what the heck am I doing? I was probably purple in the face and couldn't breath. Everyone kept asking if I was ok. Yup doing great!! HAHAHA Seriously wanted to fall over dead. You know what kept me going? Dina is around 55 and Gerry is 60...I'm TWENTY FOUR! How amazing are they!?! I'm a wimp! In my head I just kept saying Keisha you can't quit you can do this. I did it!Thank goodness I caught my second wind and didn't kill over.
The prettiest views made it all worth it!!
The breeze was so nice. I wasn't just telling stories my face was purple and I'm sweating like no other. BUT look at that view this picture does no justice to how pretty it really was up there.
We got to the last rock climb about 15 feet up and we watched Dina go then Jerry then these girls were on there way down so we let them make their way down cause it was probably going to take me 20 minutes to climb up there;) as the last girl is making her way down she slips and is hanging by the rope keep in mind the mountains in Hawaii are different and a little scary. 300 foot drop on each side of you. So here we are watching this girl. Jerry grabs her arm. Smashing his hand in between the rock and her hand. She about died right before our eyes. At the moment I decided I wasn't going up. So Paul went up and I waited at the bottom for them to come back down.
Paul had the camera and this was the two other peeks. The first one was good enough for us! Another fun fact about Mount Olomana Dina and Jerry were married at the very top!!
After our hick/rock climb we got some lunch and had a little picnic at Kailua Beach. I love that we got to go to all the beaches that only locals really know about.
Tuesday my legs were so sore I couldn't believe it. Paul had a good time laughing at me waddle around. We went to Keoni's about a block away. Birds would fly in and eat the left overs off the plates.
We met up with some kids that Paul taught. We went to Mokapu'u Beach
I was terrible with taking pictures while were down on the beach. Paul and the boys were body surfing and i was soaking up some rays! The water was so blue I loved it!
Kapili, Kapua, Paul and Ikaika. Paul had the time of his life! He loves these guys.
After the beach we went to Uncle Marks farm. His wife and him have 8 CUTE kids. Seriously the cutest kids. Seeing their kids made me miss my little man! Uncle Mark showed us around his farm. Farms in Hawaii are SO much different from farms in Utah. It was really awesome to see what they grow and how they grow the things they do. This is Uncle Mark husking a coconut. Never knew this is how they do it.
Apple Banana's. Uncle Mark gave us a bag FULL of them. We had to give some away at the end of the week cause we weren't going to be able to eat them all. He also gave us a big bag of dried apple banana's. They were so good!
Can you see the Banana's?
Seriously so cute!
Ikaika, Paul and Uncle Mark.
Later on Paul and me went back to Waikiki and walked down the beach to where I stayed when I went to Hawaii with my parents and watched the sun go down and enjoyed an amazing shaved ice!
Wednesday MAY 4Th I turned the big 24 in Hawaii!! We went to the Swap meet I forgot to take a picture but it was so fun. Then we went to Waimea Valley. It was SO pretty. You could pay to take the shuttle/golf cart up to the waterfall but we decided to walk. It looked like what I picture the garden of Eden to look like. So green and beautiful!
We got to the waterfall and we were able to swim in the little pond. It was so fun! One of my favorite things we did all week.
on our walk back down we got a picture of Paul by the Taro. Its really cultural and they use it in a lot their foods(thats what Elder Hogue told me)
On our way out we used the self timer and tried to get a picture of us with the sign lol it needs to be cropped so you can actually see the sign.
we then drove 3 minutes to Waimea Bay it was a little windy and right before we left it started to rain but the rain is warm so it didn't bother us!
Paul had a blast jumping off the rocks and body surfing and getting takin out by the huge waves!!
To end the night we went to Yogurtland on the beach and walked up and down the beach. Paul made my birthday so much fun! Its defantly one I will never foget!!!
Thursday we got up and went to Hanauma Bay to do some snorkling. I don't love snorkling but I did it because Paul was so excited to go. He promised not to scare me like my brother did when I went with him. lol Funny thing is I thought he knew I was right behind him and I gave him a little pinch on the butt and I scared him and he wasnt very happy LOL Oh shoot.Still makes me laugh thinking about it. Pauls still mad about it. After a couple hours we headed back to Waikiki beach to swim and soke up some more sun!
Later on our way to Tiffany and Jenson's house to have BBQ we stopped at house #4 that Paul lived at. They lived with the Gibsons and they're the people that own the famous hawaiian bulls that they use at the Ute stampede and I'm sure at alot of other rodeos around the world.
We also stopped at got a picture at house #5
The Panella's. Very nice people. Brother Panella just had surgery on his eyes thats why he had sunglasses on. When we were making plans to go to Hawaii they offered us their basement for us to stay in. Next time we're going to take them up on that offer!! Very nice people.
We made it to the BBQ. Oh man they know how to BBQ. Very good food. After we rosted marshmellows and had smores:) We had a blast. 
Top row: Jeson, Ikaika, Kapili,Ulana, Kapua, Chuck(the last three's dad)
When we landed we got our sweet rental car a Ferrari I mean Ford Focus. We checked in to Royal Grove Hotel(Jerry's brother owns it and got us a sweet deal). Changed are clothes and went to church(missing some pictures it wont let me add them?)When we walked in everyone was taking a double take and they were in shock to see Elder Hogue! It was Fast and Testimony meeting. Paul got up and bore his testimony. I've only seen Paul cry a couple times ever and this was one of the times. I guess I didn't realize how much he missed the people of Hawaii. He was telling everyone who I was and that Elder Jones was my little brother. Everyone busted up laughing. It was pretty funny. I loved how every one's Testimony started with a big ALOHA and everyone says it back. The Hawaii people are very laid back and very welcoming. This was just the beginning of a meeting a TON of amazing people. Some of the nicest people I've ever met. After church we couldn't wait to get to the beach!! Our Hotel was one block from the beach. HEAVEN.
We stayed at the beach and watched the sun go down. Once it got dark we walked around to a bunch of shops and just had fun people watching:)
On our walk back to our room we stopped at the La Cucharacha a YUMMY Mexican place that was outside. I remember going there last time I was in Hawaii and was happy that it was on the same block as our Hotel.
Monday we woke and headed to Olomana to meet up at Dina and Jerry's house. Paul taught and converted Dina. Seriously two of the nicest people ever. They took us to hike Mount Olomana. Lets just say its wasn't a hike most of the way up was rock climbing. Half way up I was thinking to myself what the heck am I doing? I was probably purple in the face and couldn't breath. Everyone kept asking if I was ok. Yup doing great!! HAHAHA Seriously wanted to fall over dead. You know what kept me going? Dina is around 55 and Gerry is 60...I'm TWENTY FOUR! How amazing are they!?! I'm a wimp! In my head I just kept saying Keisha you can't quit you can do this. I did it!Thank goodness I caught my second wind and didn't kill over.
The prettiest views made it all worth it!!
The breeze was so nice. I wasn't just telling stories my face was purple and I'm sweating like no other. BUT look at that view this picture does no justice to how pretty it really was up there.
We got to the last rock climb about 15 feet up and we watched Dina go then Jerry then these girls were on there way down so we let them make their way down cause it was probably going to take me 20 minutes to climb up there;) as the last girl is making her way down she slips and is hanging by the rope keep in mind the mountains in Hawaii are different and a little scary. 300 foot drop on each side of you. So here we are watching this girl. Jerry grabs her arm. Smashing his hand in between the rock and her hand. She about died right before our eyes. At the moment I decided I wasn't going up. So Paul went up and I waited at the bottom for them to come back down.
Paul had the camera and this was the two other peeks. The first one was good enough for us! Another fun fact about Mount Olomana Dina and Jerry were married at the very top!!
After our hick/rock climb we got some lunch and had a little picnic at Kailua Beach. I love that we got to go to all the beaches that only locals really know about.
Tuesday my legs were so sore I couldn't believe it. Paul had a good time laughing at me waddle around. We went to Keoni's about a block away. Birds would fly in and eat the left overs off the plates.
We met up with some kids that Paul taught. We went to Mokapu'u Beach
I was terrible with taking pictures while were down on the beach. Paul and the boys were body surfing and i was soaking up some rays! The water was so blue I loved it!
Kapili, Kapua, Paul and Ikaika. Paul had the time of his life! He loves these guys.
After the beach we went to Uncle Marks farm. His wife and him have 8 CUTE kids. Seriously the cutest kids. Seeing their kids made me miss my little man! Uncle Mark showed us around his farm. Farms in Hawaii are SO much different from farms in Utah. It was really awesome to see what they grow and how they grow the things they do. This is Uncle Mark husking a coconut. Never knew this is how they do it.
Apple Banana's. Uncle Mark gave us a bag FULL of them. We had to give some away at the end of the week cause we weren't going to be able to eat them all. He also gave us a big bag of dried apple banana's. They were so good!
Can you see the Banana's?
Seriously so cute!
Ikaika, Paul and Uncle Mark.
Later on Paul and me went back to Waikiki and walked down the beach to where I stayed when I went to Hawaii with my parents and watched the sun go down and enjoyed an amazing shaved ice!
Wednesday MAY 4Th I turned the big 24 in Hawaii!! We went to the Swap meet I forgot to take a picture but it was so fun. Then we went to Waimea Valley. It was SO pretty. You could pay to take the shuttle/golf cart up to the waterfall but we decided to walk. It looked like what I picture the garden of Eden to look like. So green and beautiful!
We got to the waterfall and we were able to swim in the little pond. It was so fun! One of my favorite things we did all week.
on our walk back down we got a picture of Paul by the Taro. Its really cultural and they use it in a lot their foods(thats what Elder Hogue told me)
On our way out we used the self timer and tried to get a picture of us with the sign lol it needs to be cropped so you can actually see the sign.
we then drove 3 minutes to Waimea Bay it was a little windy and right before we left it started to rain but the rain is warm so it didn't bother us!
Paul had a blast jumping off the rocks and body surfing and getting takin out by the huge waves!!
To end the night we went to Yogurtland on the beach and walked up and down the beach. Paul made my birthday so much fun! Its defantly one I will never foget!!!
Thursday we got up and went to Hanauma Bay to do some snorkling. I don't love snorkling but I did it because Paul was so excited to go. He promised not to scare me like my brother did when I went with him. lol Funny thing is I thought he knew I was right behind him and I gave him a little pinch on the butt and I scared him and he wasnt very happy LOL Oh shoot.Still makes me laugh thinking about it. Pauls still mad about it. After a couple hours we headed back to Waikiki beach to swim and soke up some more sun!
Later on our way to Tiffany and Jenson's house to have BBQ we stopped at house #4 that Paul lived at. They lived with the Gibsons and they're the people that own the famous hawaiian bulls that they use at the Ute stampede and I'm sure at alot of other rodeos around the world.
We also stopped at got a picture at house #5
The Panella's. Very nice people. Brother Panella just had surgery on his eyes thats why he had sunglasses on. When we were making plans to go to Hawaii they offered us their basement for us to stay in. Next time we're going to take them up on that offer!! Very nice people.We made it to the BBQ. Oh man they know how to BBQ. Very good food. After we rosted marshmellows and had smores:) We had a blast. 
Top row: Jeson, Ikaika, Kapili,Ulana, Kapua, Chuck(the last three's dad)Bottom row: Tiffany, Me and P Math;)
Friday we were planning to go to the beach with Hope and Robert and their family but it was a little rainy so kinda took our time getting over to Hau'ula to spend the day with them. On our way we stopped in Waipahu and took a picture of house #7
and stopped in Mililani to take a picture of house #1
We stopped at the Hukilau Cafe in Laie for some lunch. Yum.
We went to Laie Point it was a really pretty view. Windy but pretty!
Stopped to get a picture of house #7 in Laie. We then went to Hopes Auntie's house that was RIGHT on the beach she lives on the eighth floor so some days she sees whales and sharks and turtles. Paul spotted a turtle while we were there. It was an amazing view. I didnt get any pictures of us hanging out. Hopes Auntie made us a great dinner and we had a great time. We were also able to go to the distribution center to help Hope and Robert get their garments for their big day Saturday!
Saturday was a very special day. We were able to be at Robert and Hopes sealing. They had their 3 little kids sealed to them(one had passed away). It was awesome!!! I know Paul was beyond happy to be there for the special day and so was I. Paul and his companion Trevor reinactivated Hope and baptized Robert and got them civally married. They are very down to earth nice people!!
Hope, Robert, Mana and Serenity
After the temple we went and had the best Chinese food I've ever had with Hope and Roberts family. They wouldnt let us pay for our food. They're seriously the nicest people. Hopes grandma helped build the PCC and was able to get us and the Vantiendren's free passes. We just had to pay for our meal! How nice of them!!! The weather was awesome not too hot to be walking around but not cold. It was the perfect way spend our last full day in Hawaii.
Sunday morning we woke up to some very very sad news. My grandpa passed away that morning. Never a phone call you want to get. We got ready and headed to church and I wasn't holding myself together very well so the people at the ward were probably wondering whats wrong with Elder Hogues wife? Before leaving our Hotel we got some pictures of the "Zilton" as my dad calls it. Not the Hilton but the Zilton:) We got a lot of funny memories from our stay at the Royal Grove. First thing when we got there I had to pee and I sat on the toilet and I really thought the toilet was going to come off the wall made the loudest noise so everytime after that I was really careful!! We laughed so hard I couldnt breathe. The hand made signs we're pretty sweet. The front desk worker was asleep a couple times we came back or left in the morning. The fridge just in the middle of the "kitchen". The 12" tv 15 ft from our bed. Seriously we got the best memories from staying there!! It was clean and that is all that matter to me!!
We were very sad to leave I met the most amazing people. I've never met such GIVING people. I can't wait to go back!!!Leaving was bitter sweet So sad to leave but SO EXCITED TO SEE CONNLY. I couldnt wait to squeeze him and kiss his cheeks!!! McKel Thank You again for taking him for us for so many days!!! Love you!!
Friday we were planning to go to the beach with Hope and Robert and their family but it was a little rainy so kinda took our time getting over to Hau'ula to spend the day with them. On our way we stopped in Waipahu and took a picture of house #7
and stopped in Mililani to take a picture of house #1
We stopped at the Hukilau Cafe in Laie for some lunch. Yum.We went to Laie Point it was a really pretty view. Windy but pretty!
Stopped to get a picture of house #7 in Laie. We then went to Hopes Auntie's house that was RIGHT on the beach she lives on the eighth floor so some days she sees whales and sharks and turtles. Paul spotted a turtle while we were there. It was an amazing view. I didnt get any pictures of us hanging out. Hopes Auntie made us a great dinner and we had a great time. We were also able to go to the distribution center to help Hope and Robert get their garments for their big day Saturday!
Saturday was a very special day. We were able to be at Robert and Hopes sealing. They had their 3 little kids sealed to them(one had passed away). It was awesome!!! I know Paul was beyond happy to be there for the special day and so was I. Paul and his companion Trevor reinactivated Hope and baptized Robert and got them civally married. They are very down to earth nice people!!
Hope, Robert, Mana and Serenity
After the temple we went and had the best Chinese food I've ever had with Hope and Roberts family. They wouldnt let us pay for our food. They're seriously the nicest people. Hopes grandma helped build the PCC and was able to get us and the Vantiendren's free passes. We just had to pay for our meal! How nice of them!!! The weather was awesome not too hot to be walking around but not cold. It was the perfect way spend our last full day in Hawaii.
Sunday morning we woke up to some very very sad news. My grandpa passed away that morning. Never a phone call you want to get. We got ready and headed to church and I wasn't holding myself together very well so the people at the ward were probably wondering whats wrong with Elder Hogues wife? Before leaving our Hotel we got some pictures of the "Zilton" as my dad calls it. Not the Hilton but the Zilton:) We got a lot of funny memories from our stay at the Royal Grove. First thing when we got there I had to pee and I sat on the toilet and I really thought the toilet was going to come off the wall made the loudest noise so everytime after that I was really careful!! We laughed so hard I couldnt breathe. The hand made signs we're pretty sweet. The front desk worker was asleep a couple times we came back or left in the morning. The fridge just in the middle of the "kitchen". The 12" tv 15 ft from our bed. Seriously we got the best memories from staying there!! It was clean and that is all that matter to me!!
We were very sad to leave I met the most amazing people. I've never met such GIVING people. I can't wait to go back!!!Leaving was bitter sweet So sad to leave but SO EXCITED TO SEE CONNLY. I couldnt wait to squeeze him and kiss his cheeks!!! McKel Thank You again for taking him for us for so many days!!! Love you!!
ALOHA OE HAWAII!!!
A HUI HO!
4 comments:
WOW! It looks like you had such a great time! I want to go back there SOOOOOOOOO BAD!!!!!!!!!! You are such a cutie too by the way ;)
Keish so glad you got to go experience hawaii... you're such a lucky girl with such a cute family. you deserve it all love ya
JEALOUS! That's all I have to say right now :)ha Looks like you guys had a blast! I told Logan I want to go for our next trip :)
Is it weird that this post kinda teared me up. haha I think cause I was thinking how sad it was for you to leave Connly and then how amazing it was for you to meet all of those people that Paul blessed in his mission and then your grandpa. Way cool trip! I wanna go so bad. So so glad you got to go. I wanna hear more about it. Call me. Love ya
p.s. your hot :)
and I miss you.
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