Monday, March 7, 2011

The Full Tahiti Trip ( put aside a lot of time...! )

I had this so in order and then I realized I didn't post a couple! Derek is asleep, maybe later I will make him put these in order! last time I tried I deleted my post! This was the sharks we fed again, but gotta love crazy French guy who dived in the middle of them! I counted 42 sharks!!
We saw several of our Churches (LDS)

cant forget the locals who swim, surf, and fish all day! the land of milk and honey for sure! and the people were so nice!
This was our final sunset, amazing huh??!!
This is where the blog was supposed to start!! Oh well! Leaving Salt Lake City, we weren't too sad! It was hard leaving the kids, but this was much needed! We left the kids in the capable hands of Derek's awesome cousin Emily who had her 2 kids also! and had the most amazing time of our lives. This was the best thing, experience, vacation any of that i have ever had in my life! i tear up thinking back to how amazing it was. This trip was perfect in every way (minus the flying home...UGH) Even being so pregnant and dealing with a ton of French people was fine! It sucks watching my tan fade away, but there was nothing like seeing the kids again when we came back and giving them their gifts! We missed Audrey sooo bad! It was heaven seeing her again, even though she was confused!!! I tried to post in some sort of order, but then it just got mixed together! The first part was the island of Tahiti, and then we went to the most amazing place on earth, the island of Moorea. We stayed at the Intercontinental on both islands, amazing....
After a 9 hour flight we were soooo glad to arrive!
Tahiti



Pick your screen saver.... CAN NOT take a bad picture here, it is impossible!

worth every cent... next time we will add Bora Bora in the mix! that will be awhile though! 5 kids will rock our world!

the waters were unbelievable! I don't think there is a more beautiful place on earth.
Tahitian ruins
Derek's as tall as them!
happiness...
Pre-Tan!

Tahtian Waterfall




There is the BUMP!!!! haha
Cook's observatory, very cool


This is on Moorea at the Tiki Village, this is FOR REAL PEOPLE! save $, come to Tahiti, thank me later...
Our bungalow room, check out reflection!
Polynesian dancers



This trip was so unbelievable, but the best part was being with Derek, he is the best! I am so blessed to have such a wonderful husband! he is my best friend. I love him! Not bad for 12 years! We are more mentally prepared for 5 kids now, just a little! The Foliage was AMAZING too...









Our resort on Moorea!
Pool to ourselves! Where was everyone?!? oh yeah, honeymooners....

Derek snorkeling right off the beach from our Bungalow! Right there you could see amazing tropical fish, eels, Octupus, sea turtles, you name it! Rays... our underwater pics haven't even been developed! Stay tuned!


Hate crowds??? come here!
We had the best little beach! I will miss it the most!





The sunsets are for real! Tahiti made us grateful to be alive, and that God made this beautiful place for us to enjoy. PS: No snakes, spiders or poisonous insects in French Polynesia, or predators. There are chickens, pigs, cats, lizards, and few bugs. Not to humid, with a constant breeze. Perfect. The ocean is a little different! almost stepped on a Stone Fish!
our bungalow in Moorea, the best part was we didn't have to pack our stuff for the beach! we just walked out our back door.


the view from our back porch!
the water is so beautiful. It was hard picking which hundred pictures I posted! I have hundreds more just as amazing!


our Bungalow at sunset
Breakfast! our one free meal of the day! Thanks Costco!! The island is French and the food was great! Most people there visiting were French, then US, then Spain, Canada, and Australia & New Zealand. A lot of honeymooners!
Moorea
these are not postcards!
we did go kayaking, but didn't take our camera
Derek in the rental car! Hilarious! but very fun!
only mildly swollen (flight home different story!) the heartburn was bad though! Drinking water shouldn't require 3 tums after! Baby is so active now! its fun! but very glad he is my last!
we took the car to the top of Mt. Belvedere and saw the 2 bays, it was so breathtaking!
Derek and Opunahu Bay
Cook's Bay
Bali Hai, the inspiration for South Pacific, the movie
Plenty of Sting Rays around!
coral reefs everywhere, snorkeling was unreal!
Derek feeding about 30 sharks!
cute turtles!
Derek swimming with the rays
rays in clear water
rooster in the jungle! Watch out!!!
we went to a private island for a picnic and there were cats everywhere! Derek loved it!


Sea turtle
Shark
Oh this was fun, I was cooling my feet in the water and this Moray eel shot out of the rocks! This was my 3rd Eel that day! While snorkeling a huge one came out of the reef, Derek got it on camera, again stay tuned!

crab
finally some sun! This hammock was the bomb!!!!
So we met this other couple from Utah! Steve and Jill. They are from West Bountiful and she is 10 weeks pregnant with her first. It was fun to have dinner with them and do outings! Everyone else was French so we loved them!
Leaving Paradise on the Catamaran

4 comments:

Damon's Girl said...

Everything looked amazing!!! What an awesome experience, you two deserve it!

Kemari said...

Jacey I am so excited to have you guys this week! cant wait! better go clean!!!

Heidi Maloy said...

Looks Amazing!! The pics look like postcards you scanned... And you look so cute and pregnant too. I hope the trip was as fabulous as it looked, talk to you soon!!

Lisa said...

I am usually a silent blog stalker but I just have to say that these pictures are AMAZING!!! Chris and I will have to go there on our next "Honeymoon Vacay!"