Our Honeymoon in Hawaii

Okay, not really a honeymoon. I mean, after all, we have been married 17 years!! But it was a grownup getaway, so that is great! The trip got off to a rocky start when Jeff pulled a muscle in his upper thigh. He could barely move. Here it was, two days before a trip that we had planned six months in advance and he was literally crawling around the house! I called his oncologist (because he has the most complete medical records and had seen him most recently - and my theory was they would help us because they should know he isn't a drug seeker). They offered him a "numbing ointment"! Seriously!! Well I have street cred, so I was able to hunt up some GOOD stuff to get him slightly more comfortable (mostly I drugged him so he couldn't fight when I forced him onto the plane - no sports injury will ruin my first trip to Hawaii). I also rented a wheelchair and bought some crutches. Resourceful, yes I am!! I must say, having someone in a wheelchair in your travelling party is the ONLY way to go!! I am going to buy that wheelchair and use it on every vacation. Kim and Warren went with us because we love spending time with them! (We do, but the free accommodations with Warren's parents may have played some role in that. - Cheap, yes we are!!) Warren's mom was especially amazing, preparing most of our meals, therefore saving us on lodging and dining! We enjoyed the usual sights. The Dole Pineapple Plant, The Polynesian Cultural Center, The Laie Temple (Kim and I even got to do a session). We also made plenty of trips to Matsumotos Shave Ice. They serve Shave Ice with ice cream on the bottom. They also serve it with beans. They look like black beans, but they are a Japanese bean. Jeff got brave and tried that, not so great!! Because Warren is a great tour guide and driver we also got to see some places that the average tourist might not. Like "The Birthplace of the Gods". Which is just a grove of trees with some large flat rocks in the ground. If I was birthing a god, I would have demanded softer accommodations! I was a very good and organized tourist so I emptied my camera card and plugged my battery in to charge so that I could take plenty of pictures. It wasn't until I got to Hawaii that I realized that I had left that battery plugged in at home. So please enjoy these pictures I took with my cell phone (and the ones I stole from Kim's facebook!) (This computer I am working on won't let me add pictures, so please go to my facebook to enjoy them!)