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Mr. and Mrs. Brent Shannon

April 18th came and went...so hard to believe it's over!  The wedding was so great!  Despite the early morning showers/clouds Saturday evening was beautiful!  I had such a blast at the reception...all the stress and tears paid off big time!  The candy bar, which ended up being more effort than ever imagined, was a hit (or so I was told, repeatedly).  Everyone seemed to enjoy the photobooth as well....Brent and I managed to get in there together, oh, once. We realized later that other than the tiny portion we fed each other, neither of us actually had a piece of our wedding cakes!....Brent took that pretty hard.  

All that aside, the honeymoon was so wonderful.  We traveled to Hawaii, on the island of Oahu, for 9 days.  It was so beautiful!  The first 5 days we stayed on the north shore in Kahuku in an amazing 3 bedroom villa with a perfect view of the ocean from our balcony.   The first few days Brent was actually pretty sick, coughing, aching....so we stayed in day one just lounging and watching tv/movies.  Afterwards, when he began to recoop....I got it. Yay for sharing germs!  We still managed to snorkel, briefly as the water was not my optimal temp. nor am I thrilled with the idea of breathing through a small tube.  I did, however, surprise Brent and manage to hang in there for quite sometime!  

We traveled to Hukilau for my first banana pancakes!  My new favorite food. YUM!! 


We also went hiking in, I swear, a tropical rain forest.  So beautiful.  We hiked up to the top to a waterfall!  


We finished out our last four days roughing it at the Royal Hawaiian in Waikiki.  It was tough.  We were greeted with real flower leis and beads.  Provided a moist towel and smoothie at our check-in, along with complimentary breakfast throughout our stay, and half-day in the beach side cabana and our own Hawaiian CD.  Practically camping.


Our cabana, beach side, came equipped with the following: 
chilled bottled water, fruit tray, oh and a personal cell phone to our 'assistant' (just in case we needed something and she hadn't checked back with us for 10+).  Just your basic necessities really.  


We also took a catamaran to watch the sunset.  Ate pineapple burgers, shaved ice/snow cones from the famous Matsumotos (with, of course, ice cream on the bottom...yummy).  Oh, and I'm officially a surfer girl.  Totally surfed it up!











Don't worry, we have tons of pics and some serious video footage....there's just not just not enough blog space!!
 

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Molly said…
Yay for being married and having an awesome honeymoon!!!!! miss you guys :)
May 15, 2009 at 9:16 PM
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