the big 10 anniversary

Well I didn't meet my goal of blogging every day for a week...but I have a good excuse. Jason and I got to celebrate our 10th wedding anniversary by having a night away while our friend, O who has been living with us for the past couple of weeks, watched our kiddo's for us. It has been over 8 years since Jason and I got to get away, just the two of us. I highly recommend having weekends away with your spouse. So we started off with a hike because before getting married and then before kids, we always enjoyed hiking together. We tackled the Diamond Head trail which isn't a great feat but it did have amazing views of Waikiki. It's actually an extinct volcano that the military used for defense by building lookouts and posts along the rim. We were the geeky hikers who read all the signs and the brochure on the history....Hawaiian and military. Then we headed off to the Moana Surfrider Hotel in Waikiki which is the first hotel built on Oahu back in 1901. It was beautiful with all of its architectural detail. We had our fancy anniversary dinner there and then watched the fireworks on the beach. You can't get anymore romantic than that. The next day we played tourist and saw Iolani palace and other historical buildings downtown, then headed out to the North Shore to browse around, get some frozen mochi and then head home where our friend then had a surprise party waiting for us with some of our good friends. What a fun and memorable anniversary. Here's to the next ten!