Kauai Update - Day 3

Most of today was spent driving to the Wailua Falls and the Waimea Canyon with a stop off to the Kauai Coffee Plantation and for some really sweet (literally and figuratively) shaved ice from a place called Jo Jo's in Waimea.


Wailua Falls

Sign leading up to the lookout point over Waimea Canyon after 11 miles of winding road

Waimea Canyon

More Waimea Canyon

Kauai Coffee Plantation - Rows of coffee bean trees.

View from our table at Scotty's Beachside BBQ in Kapaa, where we had some really good Hawaiian BBQ.

Tomorrow, we will be spending 6 hours on a catamaran, touring the Na Pali coast with about an hours worth of snorkling. We had to buy a waterproof camera, so there will be no picture updates.

Initial Hawaii Update

We are now in Kauai and have some interest access. I am attaching a few pictures for everyone to see. We will plan on updating another time or two before we leave!

This is the view from our lanai from the hotel on Waikiki beach...

During the parade of islands at the Polynesian Cultural Center

The waves at Sandy Beach in Oahu

The view from Sunset Beach in Oahu

And I am sure we will update more from Kauai later, but here is a picture from our helicopter tour this morning of the Na Pali Coast

First Day as Husband and Wife

It's official! It was a beautiful day for our wedding despite the fact that it was a little brisk. The ceremony couldn't have gone any better...our musicians were incredible, our flowers and decorations were great. After the ceremony, we hopped on a trolley with the wedding party and their spouses/significant other/date and we went over to the art museum for some really great photos...we can't wait to see how they come out...our photographer did an excellent job. The day went by fast and by the end of it, we were both exhausted from everything that has gone on the past few days. Here is a picture that Molly took of us on the trolley...

Jason Domingues, the photographer who was taking pictures for us, has also posted some "teaser" pictures up on his blog... http://www.jkdphoto.blogspot.com/

Now we have a couple days before we head on out for our honeymoon. We are really looking forward to it.

We want to thank all our family and friends for being a part of our special day, whether they were part of the wedding party, helping out with things, or just a guest.

We plan on posting pictures from Hawaii if we can find a decent (note: free) connection!

Four to Go

Four days left till the big day! We are finalizing the last little bit of details and are getting things organized by what goes where and on what day. I have two more finals left, both tomorrow, and then it is wedding stuff for the rest of the week. Maggie's last day at work before everything is tomorrow as well. Things have been touch and go inregards to stress but I think we are doing very well in handling it all. We both cannot wait for Hawaii for some much needed relaxation!

10 Days and Counting

Wow, my brain is really not wanting to cooperate tonight and I've only taken one final. So, finals are in full swing for me and Maggie is trying to finish up the rest of the detail stuff that we have left to do for the wedding...it hasn't been easy though. Between finding time in between appointments and reorganizing the seating chart to accomadate late RSVP's, I think she is doing a pretty good job handling things. We are hoping to have things wrapped up this weekend but we'll see...good thing is the only major thing that we left are the table cards. Work for her has been pretty busy but she is keeping in mind that she only has about 4 1/2 days of work left before a nice Hawaiian vacation.

The bachelor party was this past weekend. There were six of us freezing our butts off at the Royals game in the middle of April...it frickin' snowed that night! We ended the night at Famous Dave's BBQ at the new Power and Light District, downtown and were finally able to thaw out. The bachelorette party is set for this weekend and should be some good ol' low key fun for Maggie.

4 Weeks and Counting

Wow, time really flies when you are busy. At the beginning of the year, we were saying that things would really pick up come Easter. Well, now that it is past Easter, we are pushing to finish the rest of what we need to do between now and, hopefully, the week leading up to the wedding. That should prove to be interesting since between now and then, Maggie will be out of town for a couple of days in about a week and I will be coming up on finals in about two and a half weeks. Good thing my confirmation in the Catholic church was early this year (confirmation for adults is on the Easter Vigil and it came eary this year). There is still quite a bit to do, but I'm sure we will get it all done with the least amount of stress possible.

Maggie is finally settled into her new building for work. And as I am sitting here writing this, she is realizing how this month might be going with getting things done and all. I am confident that she will be able to get everything done that needs to be done (of course, with some of my help when I'm not studying).

I am doing pretty good this trimester. Hopefully, I can get through these last four weeks without getting to stressed out and distracted.

And Roxie is still as honoary as a dog can be.

Much Ado About Wedding...and Stuff

So things are in full swing for us. We FINALLY sent out our invitations this past weekend. There are a few more that we have to make out and drop in the mail but we are done with that part. Now we just have to wait for the RSVP's to come filtering back. Maggie also had the first of two bridal showers. The next one is in a couple of weeks. Other than that we have been working on what little details that we can work on now to save us time and stress come April.

As for the non-wedding updates:

Maggie has started in her new builiding with work and is traveling almost every other week until about end of March or so.

Bryon has started classes in his new building and is not doing too bad so far. He has about 4 more weeks before his confirmation in the Catholic church.

And Roxie has been full of energy and semi-obnoxious lately...in other words, normal for her.