We (Owen, his dad Brad and I) started off in LA right by Santa Monica Pier. On our last day there we went to the Getty Center and here is a picture of one of their gardens with downtown LA in the background.
Then we headed off to Dallas to see Mike and Jen and we went to La Hacienda which Emmett calls Bear Hunt.
After Dallas we went to Oklahoma and my parents friends had a BBQ for us. Look at the Aussie cake they made for us too, talk about some blue teeth after that one!
From there we headed to Tablerock lake for a weekend on the water. Owen, Brad and nephews Conor and Taylor relaxing on the boat.
Erin, my mom and I parasailing. 
The girls. 
Posing with the Guiness poster.
Back to St Louis to meet up with some friends, headed down to the Russell's vineyard and made it to a cards game. 
We also managed to make it to the pool with Conor and Taylor. 
We got to have another get together with my friends where we played some games and acted a bit silly, notice Justin and his matching outfit to their wall paint...
Back again to Oklahoma for the fourth when we went bike riding (see Owen's trick below) and played bocce, very relaxing.
Another few days in Dallas and then....
Off to Waikiki Beach where we had a beautiful veiw from our balcony. 
Wandering around a bit we found some interesting stuff (statue of the Duke who introduced surfing to lots of countries, was a sheriff, an actor, an Olympic swimmer and also saved some people)
and a cafe that reminded me of Jimmy Buffet! 
We made it away from the beach and climbed up the remaining volcanic crater of Diamond Head.
After that it gets a bit exciting, Owen asked me to marry him in a park under this tree 
and we celebrated that night by having some really nice cocktails and tapas.
Off to Waikiki Beach where we had a beautiful veiw from our balcony. Wandering around a bit we found some interesting stuff (statue of the Duke who introduced surfing to lots of countries, was a sheriff, an actor, an Olympic swimmer and also saved some people) and a cafe that reminded me of Jimmy Buffet! We made it away from the beach and climbed up the remaining volcanic crater of Diamond Head. After that it gets a bit exciting, Owen asked me to marry him in a park under this tree and we celebrated that night by having some really nice cocktails and tapas.
