I decided to blog about our trip to Hawaii. Mainly because I took so many photos and would like to post them somewhere and I think my blog is the best place to do that. :) Since I took so many photos with my camera and my phone, I am going to break up the post so that I don't overload one post with too many photos. I hope you enjoy them!

Hawaii is absolutely BEAUTIFUL! The pictures don't do it justice, but they are still nice to look at. Plus, I love memories, especially family memories. I do a Franco family yearbook every year of all our memories that I capture throughout the year.

The photos below are of our first day and it was awesome! From flying in - to spending time at the beach - to drinking my first natural fruit smoothie in a pineapple.

I hope you enjoy my photos!

xoxo

-Michelle

The view from our hotel room...

I told my husband that the first thing I wanted to do was try a fruit smoothie in a pineapple. We didn't have to look far, they sold them everywhere. This was just across the street from our hotel. :) He took me down for one before heading to the beach.

It was delicious!

One of many things I loved about Hawaii was that a lot of the food sold there (especially the fruit) was all organic. Most places(restaurants/grocery stores/hole in wall places) sold organic fruit, natural foods, 100% grass fed meats...all from local farmers. They even had gluten free choices. How awesome is that! I loved it!!! especially since I'm paleo. Ric and the kids didn't love it as much. They kept their eyes out for a Mcdonalds or bought pizza rolls at the grocery store. I decided to fill up the fridge with fruit....lots of it! :)

We had to go check out the beach immediately! This is Waikiki beach. It was nice, but there were too many people and not enough sand. It was still lots of fun!

That is my oldest daughter Liz in the pink/white strip shirt and blue shorts.

I thought this tree was pretty neat. Ended up seeing a lot more of them throughout Hawaii.

A quick group selfie at the hotel before heading out to go sightseeing and grab dinner. :)

We drove out to Diamond Head Volcano. We didn't hike up to the top this day since it was already to late, but we did end up hiking up the volcano and it was amazing! The view up there was beautiful.

That's it for now! Will share more soon.

Happy Thursday!