Christmas came early for Me and Deven

So it has been a long time since Deven and I have taken a trip together (just him and I). We made some really good friends here and we have been switching babysitting with them for a while now. We finally decided that may be we should take turns watching each others kids so we could each have a little couples get a way. They will be moving soon (that makes us sad as it it, but I won't think about that right now). So we thought it was the perfect time to switch kids. It was a great idea and it worked out well. Deven's time off of work just so happened to fall right between our birthdays so we thought it was the perfect way to celebrate and we decided to go to Kauai. It was an amazing and a much needed trip for both of us. The pictures are out of order but I will do my best to explain them. This picture is from the North Shore. One afternoon after our Kayaking trip we drove all the way to the end of the North Shore and found this beautiful beach. We just relaxed, took a nap, watched the sun set, and watched some great surfers. It was so nice to actually relax at a beach.

Our last morning there, we took a drive up to see Waimea Canyon. It was beautiful. Kauai is an amazing island.


This is the beach were we stayed. It was such a beautiful morning and we went for a long walk along the beach that morning we passed may be one person the whole time. This reminded me how lucky we are to have these experiences. I think I had forgotten as we had been so busy with LIFE.
There was a coconut tree outside of our cottage and of course Deven was determined to get a coconut out of it. He decided he was going to climb up and knock one out. After several tries he finally decided that if he wrapped a towel around it he had more traction and he could get up the tree. After all of his work he got a coconut, managed to get the outer shell off and we had really yummy coconut for the morning.

This is a view from our deck.
This was our favorite experience. We went on a kayaking trip up the Wailua River to see the Sacred Falls. We were really lucky. It had been raining really hard but ended up being a perfectly sunny day that day and because of all the rain the waterfall was amazing.

This is my most favorite picture. I just thought the waterfall looked so amazing as we got closer to it.
Just some scenery from a long the way.
We got to hike through mud and cross several small streams and this one pretty good sized stream but it was fun!


Deven and I kayaking up the river.


This was the sunset outside of our cottage.
(so I mentioned earlier these pictures are really out of order, but oh well). This is from the first day we got there. It was a rainy day but we made it and we were just so excited to be on a trip.
We ate at this place our first night. I know Deven has his eyes closed but I thought the rainbow was so beautiful.
Every trip needs a little mishap or else our trips wouldn't be complete. They gave us a free upgrade at the rental agency. They let us pick a convertible (probably because it had been so rainy). But we thought it was nice of them. Except we get about half way to our cottage and we stopped in a little town along the way. We turned the car off and of course we go to leave and it won't start... dead battery. There was no one to jump us so we called the rental place and they said they could get someone out to us in 2 1/2 hours.... WHAT!!! well we had no choice and we actually enjoyed ourselves wandering around a little town with not much in it, but it made for a great memory.
If I look excited, it's because I am. I had no children for 2 1/2 days. WOW!!! I was ready to get back to them at the end, but I am not going to lie, I loved the break! Happy Birthday to Deven and I. It was a really great present.