Nathanael & Stephanie Get Married

This past weekend my brother-in-law got married to a great girl. The wedding was sweet and elegant. 

 

 Anneliese had fun running around before the ceremony began.

 

 

 Pictures with grandpa and grandma.

Anneliese actually sat in her own chair for the ceremony, well most of it.

 Seeing the bride.

 Vows.

  And Anneliese got bored and had to get up to run around, so I missed a lot of the ceremony.

 Husband and Wife.

 The reception was held at my in-laws house.

 And Anneliese danced the night away.

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Iao Valley

This weekend we went to Iao Valley. I've been wanting to check it out for awhile now. Matthew and I tried to go when we first moved here (over a year ago!) but it was too crowded and there was no parking.

Matthew was in charge of baby wearing this time. I love baby wearing and our carrier.

 

The needle.

 

She never looks like she is having fun but I promise she is. She concentrates so much while looking at everything around her.

 

 

The park has nice paved paths to walk.

And lots of stairs too. I'm ashamed to say that my calves are sore from walking. I thought I was in better shape than that.

I love this picture!

 

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Ali'i Kula Lavender Farm

Last week I mentioned that the lavender farm is one of my favorite places. Matthew and I went this past weekend and it was great, even thought the weather wasn't.

We started out with some hot lavender tea and a lavender scone, with lavender honey and lavender lilikoi jam of course. Just think about these treats makes me want to go back again. For future reference, if you bring your own mug you can get a free cup of either lavender coffee or lavender tea.

See what I mean by the weather being not so great? It was very foggy, but that is part of the reason why the lavender does so well.

We took a walk down Lovers Lane. We even held hands. Well, we attempted to. I had my tea in one hand and the camera in the other...

Enjoyed the secret garden.

And walked around the mountain side lavender patches.

This is normally an excellent view of the lavender farm and island, but it wasn't when we went. Another reason why we'll just have to go back.

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Beach Pups

Our dogs have never been to the beach before, but now that we live on an island it's inevitable that they're going to go. This past weekend we took them. I was hoping that they would like it so I could take one of them with me for company if I ever wanted to go by myself, they had a great time and now that it's just Angelina and Dixie I can handle them both on my own. This was Milton's first and last time seeing a beach. He already wasn't feeling great at this point but he still had a great time and I'm really grateful for the time we had together.

Can you believe we live here now!? It's been nearly a month and I still can't believe it.

So many smells and sights. Angelina is looking at the ocean for the first time, I think she's a bit confused.

Once she discovered running on the beach she was happy. happy, happy!

Matthew took her for a quick run while I walked with Milton and Dixie.

Dixie found that rolling in the sand is her favorite thing. Running takes effort. Look at the cute, sandy face.

Surf, sun, and one happy pup. I think Angelina enjoyed the beach the best out of the three.

Time to head back.

Last picture of the day, which is also the last picture I took of Milton. He is missed.

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