Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Tropical Fun

This past week the Spiker family took a Hawaiian getaway to the fabulous island of Kauai. Everyone in the family was able to go, and it was so much fun! Below are posts of days 1-4, and this post is of our last two days. Chris & I realize we are lucky ducks to have been on this trip, and now that we are back Chris is approaching finals/bar review; which means pretty much no play time for a long time-so we did our best to savor this vacation. Anyway, we had an amazing time! If you haven't been to Hawaii, I recommend this island if you go.
Aloha!

Here is a photo of one of our many heart-stopping sunsets. I am a sucker for a sunset.

We went out to catch the sunset after dinner, and afterwards it turned into the spiker gymnastics event.



On our last day it was rainy, so we decided to just relax. We played Bacce ball, hung out in the hot tub, and went to see Kauai's famous Grand Canyon.

Everyday while there, we were graced with the presence of these huge creatures- they like to nap on the sand too! They were literally RIGHT next to us--sometimes just 5feet away.






Linda & Steve at the Grand Canyon of Kauai

it was windy...



Just a scenic spot on this gorgeous island..

We went to a fish house right on the beach on our last night, here is the view from our table

Oh Hawaii, how I'll miss you..

10 comments:

Dominique said...

I am so craving some tropical beaches after looking at all your beautiful pictures. I am so glad you guys had such a great time. I know you are coming back to a lot of work and stress. Good luck this weekend in the big race!

The Kilger Family said...

Wow, some of these pictures look like they belong on a postcard! So gorgeous!

Mark and/or Lisa said...

Excellent photodocumentation of the whole trip. I need to talk to Steve about sneaking 3 more into the next Hawaii trip.

I think my favorite picture of all is the bacci ball one with Steve cause I'm pretty sure that's the first picture I've seen of him holding bacci balls where he's not being overtly crude.

lauren said...

All your hawaii posts are so so fun! I am glad you got to go and relax! You two deserve it!! :)

Chalonn said...

Seriously...this trip is the best. I loved going there vicariously through you and your blog post! Way to capture the entire trip! Where are we going next?

The Alvords said...

ThAT trip was seriously so fun. I miss you guys and the warm weather so badly. It has been snowing here this week and I am ready to be back on a warm sandy beach. I loved spending time with you guys. I wish we could do things like this more often. I feel bad that I got sick because I don't feel like I was very fun to be around. I'm so glad we were all able to go and enjoy each other though!

Spiker said...

Great trip! Sorry i am being a wet blanket about Cancun but Hawaii is soooo much more my style. Boo for snow in April! If it makes you feel better, it's been chilly here for a while.... well yesterday but 24 hrs is a while...

Chris and Mari Spiker said...

I dont think you are a wet blanket! If you dont want to go & dont enjoy it, why be miserable? I guess I just can relate because I hate when people guilt me into doing things I dont want to do--its not fun for anyone if you dont want to be there! That being said, of COURSE we will miss you.

Erin and Spencer said...

So we have been to the other islands but not Kauai, but we just bought plane tickets for this July and your post has made me super excited!!

JoeyandAshleyHoward said...

Jac and I think that Chris and you are so cute! You guys are the cutest couple ever and I love you! I also love the picture of the seal...that explains how I feel on a daily basis now.