The week, briefly

I was planning on doing a quick post yesterday, but we got in after a red eye flight and I collapsed in bed and slept all day. It seems to get harder and harder to sleep on airplanes.

On to the good stuff...

{the Grand Hyatt was amazing*}


{the salt water lagoon at the hotel}


{beautiful hula dancing}


{breakfast by the koi pond every morning}


{reading by the pool}


{dinner at a tiny restaurant in koloa town - the sound of a sudden rainstorm on the patio's tin roof was so perfect}


{D finally got to teach his little brother to surf}


{a breath taking hike through Waimea Canyon}


{plenty of relaxation}

*This was a family trip, and the Grand Hyatt is D's grandmother's absolute favorite hotel. D and I have been lucky enough to get to travel together a lot, but we tend to skimp on the hotels in order to maximize the traveling. At the low end, we've stayed in places where the bathroom is down the hall and you have a daily time limit on your showers (10 minutes per room per day, in case you were wondering). On the high(er) end, we've stayed in quirky, run down hotels with huge suites. But we've never stayed in anything that could be called a resort. It was a whole new experience. We'll probably continue to end up in our unique/cheap hotels for longer vacations, but we might need to branch out a bit for weekend trips.