Honeymoon photos

My goofy road trip faces

Vegas Suite (NICE tub!)

 

Our in flight "meal" out to HI (the fruit was amazing though!)

 

Hotel waterfall at the entrance

Us after 20 hours of traveling. Made for a LOOONG day!

I kept feeding these birds at lunch, I think they liked us.
I already miss this view each morning!

I loved their morning centerpieces. You can buy the
Lava plants in stores there, but we never went to them.

Our temporary cat out there :)

Larry took the stairs while I went on the elevator.
This was my "sad, he left me" face to guilt him with
When I saw him at the top Haha

I'm obsessed with flower pictures!

Every day I went to go feel the water. It was always warm
Ulua Beach

"Honeymoon '13 Larry heart Jodi"

"Hey look, it's like I have a cape."
"You're silly, let me take a picture."
Haha

He was rubbing lotion on my back and I saw a photo op!

Ever since we picked HI and Larry found out
About Pineapple wine he wanted to try some...
Or all. He only got through 1 1/2 bottles
We left the rest there.

I don't know who thinks this makes a good gift, I thought it was creepy.

He did say he wanted new sunglasses...
This boy makes me laugh!

He took forever and a day to apply sunscreen
So I decided to mess with him

Then he finally stopped and I got a cute photo

Beach love!

I've always wanted to swing on a hammock with my love

It was blissful, I could've fallen asleep

I'm really obsessed with flower pictures.

I never picked any off the trees!
This was on the ground and still pretty

The little baby bird that visited us on a beach trip one day.
I think he made it home safely.

We passed by this totem pole a hundred times
Before I realized what it was haha

I'm pretty sure he was sick of me taking pictures at this point.
But it's to mimic a photo of my papa

Me showing Larry how it's done Haha

Luau one night

The fire dancers were the coolest part

The prettiest sunset picture.
Going to frame it with the sand I collected

Yeah, he was done looking at the camera at this point :)

We did both trails.
I did both in flip flops!

Larry in "jail"

Pools of Oheu

Us on the cliff

Larry loves the ocean

Our view off the cliff.

Me in "jail"

Us in front of one of the waterfalls

Larry playing on the Bennion tree

He made me pose like this :)

Us at the base of the waterfall that took the 2 mile hike
To get to. It was nice and cool though!

Why you don't wear "beach gear" to go hiking!

 

 

I need a pedicure! Haha

Sunrise at Haleakala

I thought the clouds were the coolest part

To show how cold it was there.
Larry kept closing his eyes for pics so this was all I got

This is saying if you measure from sea level the mountain we are on
(the far left one) is actually taller than Everest (but by less than 100 ft.)

The official sunrise.
The place here does a chant and blows a seashell horn
As the sun is coming up. It was pretty cool.

Back in Vegas got tickets to ride the Stratosphere rides

And then enjoy the most relaxing of baths ever!

 I posted more on Facebook, but some here aren't there. For the general recap go to this post.

Happy Wednesday!

Larry's Birthday

So I have a tons of posts I've been wanting to do. Things like our wedding pictures, our honeymoon, and a special anniversary that's passed for us, but right now I must put those on the back burner for a special post. Every year I seem to post about my birthday and what we did for it, and when I do I realize I forgot to post anything about Larry's birthday. So for the first time: Happy Birthday Baby!

Larry turned the big 2-5 on the 1st. He normally doesn't care about doing anything on his birthday, I think it's because no one in his family has ever really done anything for it before so he never expects much. This year I told him I'd finally get him a gun (since he got mine for my birthday last year) and the next gun show isn't till the 27th-28th so he kind of has to wait a little bit. Well, I felt bad and decided I needed to surprise him with something small (but a surprise none the less). This is our first "occasion" since getting married and while it's isn't a huge thing, I still wanted to show him a little love.

Normally I'm REALLY bad with surprises with him, I always do something to give it away, but this year I was able to do a really good job. While we were grocery shopping on Sunday I snuck away to buy a card for him (first time in history of ever that I found a perfect card on my first attempt). Miracle of all miracles I was able to sneak it into the house, sign a cute little love note, AND hide it in his clothes for the next day without him even suspecting anything. He must've loved it because I got an extra kiss when he left that morning :)

Then after work I ran to the store again and got his favorite candy and ice cream, he may not feel like celebrating, but I wanted to make him feel special. So once I got home I handed him his surprises, which got a big smile in return.

So while he still has to wait for his real birthday gift and the stuff I got wasn't big, he still seemed to like that I thought about him on his day.

Larry, I love you so much. You and the kitties are my whole world! I know I say it a lot, but I don't think I'd be anywhere near as happy as I have been with you had you not come into my life. Every year that passes gives me new reason to be thankful that we've come out stronger, happier, and more in love than before. I know I can face any problems with you and that we are the perfect yin and yang to each other. You're the greatest in the world, I hope I am able to show you that each day.

I mean look how cute we are together (haha):