Darek + Stacie

Hawaii is far away. You could fly to London in about the same amount of time. The difference is that they actually feed you on the way to London. Lesson learned.

waiting at the airport:

we visited heather & daniel at the other end of the terminal:

riding the monorail tram thing is fun:

early in the journey (before the hunger):

first view of Hawaii from the plane:

since our first plane was broken, we got 2 guava juices:

we got a free upgrade to an ocean view because of our fancy credit card status:

darek:

the view at night:

we could see the evening luau across from our room:

Next: the Wedding Day

Aloha and welcome to the new blog!

This is where we were 2 days ago: Makapu’u Beach, Oahu, Hawaii

Much more pictures coming soonish…

Over 2 months ago we made a weekend trip to Seattle, Portland, and the Oregon Coast. I have more, but I’m going to start with these, for sanity purposes.

march 11: even the snowmen drink starbucks up there

march 12: multnomah falls, oregon

march 13: canon beach, oregon coast

march 14: pike place market, seattle

march 15: downtown seattle

march 16: flying into dallas

I’ll post more eventually.

So here’s some exciting coverage.

We spent a weekend with my parental units in Amarillo in February. It’s a pretty thrilling town, but we like to lay low and chill with the cats.

Here they are with their paws intertwined…SO CUTE!

Here’s me and my dad comparing iPhone apps. I’m showing him the All Recipes dinner spinner, and he’s showing me the “where to pee” app that tells you where all nearby restrooms are. I want to get that one next:

My parents are so cute playing with iphones next to each other (my mom has mine):

I like this picture…

hee hee…

This is my kitty cat Velcro. I’ve had him since 1992; he was born in a dryer and is like a loyal puppy dog, but much better:

He used to be a huge cat with a tiny head, but he’s slimmed down a lot in his old age.

Awwww….(at least one of us is in focus)

Velcro will be 17 years old next month. He was recently diagnosed with kidney failure, which makes me sad, but he’s had a good life, and he seems to be in good spirits (according to my mom). And I now have about a thousand pictures of him.

These are the last of the Mexico pictures.

We were only there for a few hours in the morning on our last “day.” It was very sad.

Saying good-bye:

Chess, anyone?

At the airport:

Sad to leave:

I didn’t put the links up with the pictures, because I just didn’t feel like taking the time, but if you want to see more pictures from our trip they’re on our flickr pages:

MORE MEXICO MADNESS (click)