Weekend Update

 

I just had the best weekend of my entire life!

 

Birthday Dinner @ M Grill…

 

Thanks so much buddies!  You guys are the best!!!! 

 

   

Day Trip to Catalina…

 

 

  

SURPRISE~!  We’re engaged!!!!  It was the perfect day…perfect proposal…with the perfect man! 

 

 

It was all so amazing and a blur…I think I need more time to let this all sink in!  The funny thing is…Andy said there were so many points during the day he was going to do it but couldn’t…so I feel as if we have a bunch of “engagement spots!”

• After our tour of the Casino, he was going to sneak us back up to the balcony with an amazing view of Catalina [but I wasn't up for the trek back up to the top again]…
• He was going to do it at the end of this rock pier we bravely hopped to the end of [but then I got on the phone with Gina]…
• He was going to do it during our massage by the sea [but it wasn't that romantic w/ the massage people waiting for their money outside]…
• He was going to do it on the helicopter ride home [but they cancelled our flight because of the fog]…
• He was going to do it at Pebbly Beach where I’d point out rocks I wanted and he’d run to get them before the waves got him…so he was going to run back with the ring instead of a rock [but it was too wet]…

Then he found the perfect spot – Lover’s Cove - and it really was a perfect moment in time! 

 

I was so surprised with the ring…esp. since Susan and I were JUST talking about our perfect rings and I told her that mine would be this one Harry Winston ring I saw back in Feb but then Andy had already said we couldn’t get that one so I had given up on that idea.  I had no idea that he bought it back then and had it all this time!  What a wonderful surprise on top of the whole proposal! 

 

More updates to come… 

 

 My First Trip to Hawaii…

Hanging in Waikiki…

 

YUMMY breakfast @ Eggs ‘n Things…

 

Dole Pineapple Plantation…

 

Downtown Haleiwa… [thanks thousandthdream! ]

 

North Shore…

 

Pearl Harbor Memorial…

 

The Wedding Café… [thanks for the tip mecha_groomzilla!  it was the coolest place…tons of books and mags all about weddings!]

 

Germaine’s Luau…

 

 

Swimming with dolphins… [amazing~!]

 

Mike & Monica’s Wedding…

 

The Reception @ the Mandarin Oriental… [Andy caught the garter & I caught the bouquet!]

 

Hanging @ Mandarin Oriental Hotel & Beach…

 

Hoku’s… [name of one of the dolphins & hotel restaurant]

 

Amazing scenery…