Hawaii Day 3

We started off Sunday waking up and deciding to go for a ride because we had about five hours until church started. So naturally for us we headed North toward Haleiwa again! We absolutely loved the North Shore!

Our first actual stop, besides just enjoying the 30 minute ride along the coast of Hawaii, was called Kono's for their famous breakfast burritos. Surprisingly they even had healthy foods so that was relief. We enjoyed our time relaxing and checking out the local paper.
After Kono's we walked around the local shops and got to talk to some more people.
This is one of the many pictures we took while in the car. I think we took about 300 pictures on this trip, luckily for your sake i will not be showing you all of them. One of the funnest things we did was take turns taking pictures out of the top of the convertible to see who could get the best pics. This was taken leaving Haleiwa which we found out many call Pipe town for the Pipe competition which takes place in the winter, but Pipe is actually located closer to Sunset Beach.
This picture was taken of one of the many memorials along Kamehameha Hwy. Even though the speed limit is between 35 and 40 there are a lot of accidents on this road. I think it turned out pretty considering I was driving while I took it.
While driving around we met this guy who was just outside his house in Haleiwa and decided to start talking to show us his house. He even showed us a little private spot of heaven he can reach from his backyard. We were so excited to see this special view of Waimea Bay.

Here is a shot of Ryan taking in the views!

On our was back we stopped at Sunset Beach, which is actually the name of the town to enjoy some time on the beach. We didn't swim but enjoyed the views together. It is amazing how spiritual the beach is. We really enjoyed getting to sit and talk!

Here is a view from where we were sitting. This is also Pipe for you surfers out there.

Here is a picture of Ban and Lorena's house. It was really nice and spacious. We went home and got ready for church and really enjoyed sacrament meeting. There was a special Hawaiian choir that came to perform and the music was so beautiful. The primary there was twice as big as ours and we live in Utah!

We spent the rest of our day putting miles on the car. We started in Laie and drove the entire coast to Honolulu, and then cut through the Like Like Highway to Kaneohe and back to Laie. It was so much fun to see most of Hawaii this day. We tried to check out Chinatown too, but it was very quite on Sundays which we were fine with! We also drove through downtown and saw the Ala Moana Center which is this HUGE shopping center with literally every store you could ever imagine. It was the biggest mall I have ever seen, definitely a Staci paradise.! The mall closed early on Sundays, so we decided to go back another day if we had time. It was such a wonderful day with lots of sight seeing.