Jabin & Megan Evans: Hawaiian Getaway

Every two years Associated Foods Stores teams up with Destinations Travel and plans a trip for all AFS store owners and some of their employees. My parents are kind enough to take all of us on these trips whenever they have them, and we all love them! This year they went to the Big Island of Hawaii and stayed on the Kona side at the Hilton Waikoloa Village. This resort is absolutely beautiful and you just can't beat being in Hawaii. We were there for a week and enjoyed every single minute of it! My whole family went (except for Jill & Christian's boys, Carson and Travis), my aunt and uncle (Lori & Kent), my cousin and her husband ( Sha & Brandon), my grandparents, and Eric & Mindy Mackay and their little boy Kacey (he manages our Thermopolis store). This may take a couple of posts because I took A LOT of pictures!!

DAY 1: We spent the day playing in the Lagoon at the resort. This man-made beach is one of the top beaches and it was so fun. The ocean actually feeds into the lagoon so there are fish, eels, stingrays, and turtles swimming around in it. You can rent snorkel gear, paddle boats, paddle boards, and kayaks to play around in the lagoon. We literally swam right next to turtles and could have touched them (but you're not supposed to :))

Heading down to our breakfast by the lagoon on the first morning

They have dolphins at the resort and you can swim with them if you want to

The boys heading out to do some snorkeling

Loving the sunshine!

Me and Jill paddleboarding...it was pretty fun!!

Jason and Campbell playing in the water

Little Izzers

Eric, Mindy and Kacey playing in the water

surfer girls :)

hangin out on the beach

Kyle taking a turn on the paddleboard

I absolutely LOVE hibiscus flowers and this one was the best!!!

Beautiful Hibiscus flower!!

Shot of the Lagoon with the pretty waterfall and everything

DAY 2: Day at the Beach!! On Saturday we headed over to Hapuna Beach. My mom, Jill, Gretchen, and I went to this same island last year so we had already scoped out all the good places. Hapuna Beach is absolutely gorgeous! It is one of the top 25 beaches...perfect!! We went on a Saturday so it was pretty busy, but it was still fun.

Riding in the Jeep with the top off...love it!

We love our rental cars!!!

hahaha I can't help but laugh every time I see this pic...classic!

Jason, me, and Christian catching a wave

Christian and Kyle

Gretchen and Isabelle soakin up the sun

sunset at our dinner by the ocean

DAY 3: BIG SURPRISE!! When we got back to our rooms the night before we each had an envelope with our name on it. I opened it up to find a folded up piece of paper that said to bring the enclosed ticket to my parent's room at 5:15 am and to wear comfy shoes and bring a camera. I looked at the plane ticket and it was to Honolulu...we were going to OAHU!! I was so excited because in all the times we have been to Hawaii we have yet to go to Oahu and I would love to see the sites and all that fun stuff. I was ecstatic and couldn't wait. We headed to the airport to catch the earliest flight out and made it to Oahu. We found a place to eat breakfast. While eating, my parents surprised us AGAIN! They had gotten us tickets to the PRO BOWL!! I was so shocked and super stoked! They had kept it a secret for a long, long time! We did have time to visit Pearl Harbor before we had to go to the game.