Happy Anniversary

I had the honor and privilege of photographing our friends vow renewal's.  Each year Jesse & Vicki renew their vows on their anniversary day.  This year the ceremony took place in Kaneohe, Hawaii on the Marine Corp Base at the beach.  The had a beautiful backdrop behind them as the exchanged leis and renewed their love for each other.  After the ceremony we had really yummy red velvet cupcakes and cookies along with XS of course.  On the XS tabs Vicki made favors and the tabs have cute sayings on them; for instance mine says "A Success marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person." Enjoy a few of my favorites below.   CONGRATULATIONS!!

Thank you to Jesse and Vicki for trusting me with your memories and letting loose plunging into the ocean water so that I could capture some amazing pictures of you guys after the ceremony.

Mud Fun

Sometimes you just have to get dirty.  Enjoy a few pictures from today's Swamp Romp at the MCB in Kaneohe, Hi.  Coming from Florida, and having lived there all my life, I felt like there should have been alligators mixed in with the mud.  Back home in Florida you would not want to walk near the everglades (swampy area) because there would be alligators lurking, and today reminded me a little bit of back home minus the alligators.  The view from the large mud area and the view at the ocean were breathtaking.  We are going snorkeling tomorrow and will get some awesome pictures and I will post another blog for Monday.  Today's blog is a special treat.

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150 miles in 2 days on an island

Started our long weekend out just right.  On Friday we went and had dinner with a friend of ours and that was the first time I tried and liked Chili! Ha who would have known.  Thanks Crystal for having us over for dinner :)

Saturday morning we decided to take a drive to North Shore on the Leeward side of Oahu Hawaii.  The drive over there is highway until you reach a town and then as soon as you can see the ocean from your elevation it is just breathtaking.  Hundreds and Hundreds of trees line the road so perfectly and at the bottom of the road you can see the clear blue/green water.  I have pictures of North Shore below this post for you to view and aww at.  After our trip to North Shore we has a pleasent evening baby sitting, and then we tried to stay up all night until sunrise, but I feel asleep for about an hour.  The alarms were set for 5:30am and we sprung out of bed and hit H2 and drove to the Halona Blowhole and set up our camera and just waited for the sunrise.  After the sun was up and the sky was filled with light we continued out journey to Kaneohe and made many stops along the way photographing at various beaches.  We caught up with H3 and took that home, took a quick nap and then it was out to dinner at Haleiwa Joes.  Within 2 days we traveled 150 miles on an island that is only 44 miles long and 30 miles wide, and we saw and photographed at many places along our route.  Below are some of our favorites images from this weekend. Enjoy!

 

Makapuu Light House

Monday, February 8, 2010

First off I would like to say a very happy birthday to my sister Dawn.  With her being in Florida and me being in Hawaii we were able to skype (www.skype.com) and I got to sing happy birthday to her with my family and watched her open up presents.. now if we could just figure out a way how to get her birthday cake through the computer that would be awesome!!  You see, every year my dad makes all of our favorite cakes and each one is different flavors and this will be the first year that I will not get to eat funetti cake with them.  My family is coming to visit in April, so I can't wait for my birthday cake a month early!

We had a busy last two weeks, with me getting a new desk with lots and lots of storage and I will post a photo when everything is all set up.  A huge thank you to Chris for helping us move the desk to our house and setting up the desk for my husband upstairs as well as my new one, and a huge thank you to Jody for finding my new desk!  

Saturday my husband and two of our friends went on a hike to Makapuu Light House, which is on the wind ward side of Oahu. Makapu'u Lighthouse is one of Hawaii's most familiar landmarks commanding a spectacular view of the Windward side of O'ahu.  The Makapuu Light house was built in 1909 and the trail that leads to the light house is a 2-mile steep incline to hike so you will want to rest at the stops along the hike and catch your breath.  Once you reach the top you will have a breath taking view of the coastline and the island of Molokai.  We were also lucky enough to see humpback whales in the far distance.  We are planning a boat trip when my family gets here to go whale watching in a more up close range.  The hike is beautiful and is best to do first thing in the morning or during the cooler evening, as there is no shade to escape from the sun once your start your hike up to the light house.  Enjoy the new pictures!