Hawaii

We went to Hawaii before Ryan started his first "lawyering" job - they told him not to expect many vacations after he started so we figured it was a good time to take off somewhere super-fun and awesome. We went with some some friends (Scott, Shellie and baby Avery) from Pepperdine and it was a great vacation - except that somehow we managed to get our baby severely sunburned while wearing sunscreen, under a beach umbrella and had to adjust our trip accordingly. It was kind of funny (in a way) to take her into the Kahuku Hospital ER where they gave her a pink wrist bracelet and some ointment. I'd driven by that building probably 10,000 times when I lived there and hadn't ever made my way inside - it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be - though it did end up costing us an arm and a leg in hospital bills - worth it for the peace of mind it gave us though.

Much mahalos to Dan and Jonna for lending us their "2nd bedroom" for a whole week. We loved hanging out with you guys - it had definately been a loooong time. (By the way, hope you don't mind, we've been spreading rumors that Gwen inspired your upcoming bundle of joy.)