Day 4: Wednesday

Yeah, I know. You're all about to fall over in the floor, but here you have it: Day 4. :o)

On Wednesday, we went to the Aloha Stadium, and shopped. We didn't get any pictures of that though. It's not quite as big of a deal as I remember it being when I was 11. :o) Of course, that might have been because SOMEONE *ahem* doesn't like shopping, and wouldn't hardly let me browse at all. :o) Anyways, we didn't stay at the Aloha Stadium long. It was really, really hot. We did get a coconut to drink out of though. Should have gotten a picture of that too, but alas, I didn't. Oh well. :o)

After we went to the Aloha Stadium, we went to Pearl Harbor, since it was right down the road from the Stadium. There was a 2 hour wait to go on the boat out to the memorial. They give you a little ticket, with a number on it, which splits everyone up into groups, as they come in (we were in group 19). Anyways, at first we weren't going to wait, we didn't really think it was a big deal. But somewhere along the way we just decided to stay. I'm glad we did. These first pictures are of when we were wandering around waiting for our group's turn.

The white thing out in the water is the USS Arizona Memorial

These are some Pearl Harbor Survivors



A model of the Memorial. The glass represents the water, and it shows you how much of the Arizona is under water, and what it looks like.

Ok, sorry, but I'm not sure what this is (I mean, obviously it's a ship, I just don't know what it's called). It just looked cool. :o)



Each of these blocks represents a vessel that was hit during Pearl Harbor. On each block is a list of names. A list of people who died on each vessel. They go all the way around the flag in the picture above.


We thought this was funny. :o)

this is a submarine called the USS Bowfin. It did some pretty amazing stuff, and never had a fatality. All of her men, that ever served on it, came home safe.

You had to pay to get on it, so we settled for just looking at it. :o)

We're not exactly sure what this thing was.

I couldn't resist the plumerias. :o)

You could actually see out of this periscope. It went up, out of the roof, and you could look out over the water and see the Memorial and everything. It was pretty cool.


A Japanese man-driven torpedo. This thing was HUGE.

We got so hot, so we found a shady place to sit and wait out the rest of our time. It felt sooo good. We layed down and took a nap for a little while too. :o)


Before you go out to the Memorial, they take you into a theater, where you watch a video about Pearl Harbor. I think this is a really good idea, because it puts you in the right mindset, for visiting the memorial. It kind of sobers you up, instead of being like, "Oh, I'm some dumb tourist here to have a great time, and I'm going to go see a sunken ship!" Anyways, it was good. Really sad video.

Here is the memorial.




This shows what the ship used to look like, and what it is now.

All of the names of all of the men that died.



there was a viewing hole in the far end of the memorial, to look down into the water.





The entrance of the memorial



this shows the routes that the Japs took, in their attack on Pearl Harbor, and 3 other military bases on the island.




I'm really glad we went to Pearl Harbor. It was definitely worth the wait to go out to the Memorial. It was a really good experience.

After we got done at Pearl Harbor, we drove out to Ko Olina. It's this super nice part of the Island where all the ritzy people live. It was SO pretty. You don't realize how dirty and busy the city is, until you go out to Ko Olina. I loved it there. It was so much more relaxed than Waikiki.





One of the big resorts out there.

Some ducks, just chillin. :o)

this was a man-made lagoon. It was perfect for going swimming, because the waves were still there, but they weren't big at all. It was more of a peaceful rocking sort of thing. It was nice. :o)

These are the awesome flip-flops that Lanae` bought me.

Plumerias, imagine that. :o) I was obsessed with them. They smell SO amazing.

Ok, so the weird parking lot attendant who could barely speak a word of English took this for us. It was a bit of a weird encounter. :o)


Well, there you have it. Day 4. :o) Hope you enjoyed.

Birthday

Today is my husband's birthday. :o) I don't really have a whole lot planned for tonight, because we already did everything over the weekend. Josh, and Angela and I set up a surprise dinner for him, and we took him out to Gambardella's. He didn't know Josh and Ang were involved in the whole scheme until we got to the restaurant. Ok, here's what happened. Mike had to work a side job all day, so I told him he HAD to be home, and ready to leave the house at 6:00 (reservations were at 6:30). So at that point he knew something was up, but he didn't know why or what was going on. So, while he was working, I mixed up this cake mix that you bake in the croc pot (recipe courtesy of Jenn, thanks Jenn, it was AWESOME!!!) and I took it over to Josh and Ang's house, for them to put in the croc pot before they left, so it could cook while we were at dinner. So, mike came home at 5:15 and we got ready to leave. About half way to Gambardella's, Mike figured out where we were going, but he still didn't know it was for his birthday, and he still didn't know that Josh and Ang were going to be there. We were walking inside and he saw their car, and he was like "Is Josh and Ang here?" I said, "What? I don't know." It was funny. So we get inside, and I whisper to the lady at the door that the reservations are for 4 and they're under Lambert, but the other two are already there. So she told us how to get upstairs, and we went up there, and Josh and Ang were sitting at the table. That's when Mike finally caught on, and when Josh said, "Happy early birthday!". It was funny. So we had an awesome dinner, and a lot of fun just talking, and enjoying each other's company. Here are some pictures at Gambardella's.

After dinner, we went back to Josh and Ang's. The cake wasn't quite done cooking, so we opened presents. :o) Josh got him this cool polo shirt from American Eagle. I got him this cool Burton suitcase offline, and 2 Burton t-shirts, a new Burton beanie, and a new pair of snowboarding socks (Burton of course). Needless to say, he was excited about all of his presents. :o) I ordered his suitcase on the first of July, expecting it to take a couple weeks to get here. I had it shipped to work, so he wouldn't know about it, and it got here 3 days after I ordered it! And let me tell you, I had the HARDEST time keeping my mouth shut for 4 weeks about it! :o) I love surprises. Anyways, after presents we ate the chocolate cake and ice cream. It was SOOOO good. If anyone wants the recipe, I will give it to you. I'm going to make it again sometime soon. :o) Anyways, here are some pictures of present time. :o)

So happy. :o)

Honey Moon Day 3 - Tuesday

We went Surfing on Tuesday.

This is out behind Surf & Sea, the company that we got our surfing lessons from.



Mike wrote I Luv U in the sand, so of course, I had to take a picture. :o)

This is Mike paddling out. the guy further out behind him is our instructor.



Us with our surf boards.





After Surfing, we went to the Dole Pineapple Plantation.








I was eating a pineapple chili dog. It was actually kinda good. :o)

Pineapple Ice cream. :o)

Just some driving pictures




Well, there you have day 3. :o) Not sure when you'll get day 4, but I'll make an attempt. I did get my wedding pictures back yesterday. :o) So...as soon as I get the honey moon pictures posted, I'll get started on the wedding ones. :o)

Pretty Blog

So, I finally figured out how to change my background. I'm much happier with it now, although I'm a little annoyed that it deleted all my pictures in my side bar. I'm going to have to put them all back now. Does anyone know how to keep that from happening? (Maybe Tobi, since you've changed your blog around a couple times?) Any help would be appreciated.

Anyways, let me know what you think of the new look....unless you hate it, then you can just keep that one to yourself. :o) So let me rephrase: Any positive feedback is welcome. :o)

Hope you all are having a good day! Talk to ya later.