Devon and MattMay 6, 2014

Marriage licence obtained from the basement of a drug store –check!Next up: Stanley Park

BC dogs do not like birds.

Turns out the “Lost Lagoon” isn’t too hard to find.

Look! Here it is!

Gorgeous totems…

…and our new friend, this lady!

Next stop on the tour…Halfmoon Bay!

$86 for the ferry!

Once Matt recovered, he realized the views were stunning!

Then we practiced our nice faces for wedding pictures…

Our Halfmoon Bay retreat, right on the coast

Our ceremony, officiated by the lovely Gwen Walwyn

WE DID IT!

Check it out! Practice makes perfect!

Oh wait, this is better.

Time for some photos in the Ewok Village!

Hey, I caught the bouquet!

Rose petal turn-down serviceOh gee, did Devon wreck it? OOPS!

Cake for two…yum!

We bid farewell to our tenthouseand head back to Vancouver.

Harbour tour!

Smell ya later, Vancouver. It’s Hawaii time!

The view from our hotel balcony

Waikiki Beach and the Pacific Ocean

Lanikai Beach on the windward coast

7:00 a.m. Hawaii time, but 1:00 p.m. at home.

Baseball anyone?

Statue of Duke Kahanamoku –Ambassador of Aloha –welcomed us to Waikiki Beach

The North Shore. From November to February, waves are typically 30 feet or higher.

Waimea Valley nature preserve, North Shore

(The bench will give you some sense of scale.)Checking out the local real estate…

WaimeaFalls

People, for scale

Sunset Beach – just outside Waimea Valley

360o view from our hotel rooftop…

Hey, some awesome people on the roof!

Waikiki Trolley tour

Diamond Head Lighthouse

Monument to Amelia Earhart…

…and the view beyond it.

Aboard the trolley

Our tour guide kindly took a picture with our new pal in the sunglasses and the kid behind us who cried through the entire ride.

Breaking the rules…

…and celebrating with a new ukelele!

Pause in the fun for a day at Pearl Harbor. We started at the USS Arizona Memorial – the gravesite of 1,102 sailors who perished on December 7, 1941.

Sunken ship wreckage

Memorial built overtop

Our next stop: The USS Missouri battleship, where the Japanese signed their official surrender, ending WWII.

Overlooking the USS Arizona memorial site, standing guard over the fallen soldiers.

We hiked to the top of Diamond Head –Honolulu’s dormant volcano.

Hey! There’s the lighthouse again!

Paddling out…

Devon

…surfin’ in!

Iolani Palace – home of the last monarchs of Hawaii

Drinks at Duke’s (yes, same as the statue guy!)Our last night in Hawaii –Waikiki beach