HAWAII!!

We flew into Kona on Sunday night but I have been so busy I havent had time to update the blog and post pictures yet. In case we are not facebook friends or youre not on twitter (which, if youre not either of those....youre probably not reading my blog because you dont know me!)...PW and I eloped on Monday afternoon!!

We got the rings Friday, told our parents Saturday, flew in Sunday, got the license and then got married on Monday! It was just us on a secluded Kona beach, our photographer (Dede) and our videographer (B.Hughes) who then doubled as witnesses. Ceremony, dinner at Kona Brewery to celebrate with Brian, Pam, and the Griesbauers and now here I am, a married woman! I have a couple of pictures to post now but many more will come after we get the pictures off the internets from Deeds. Heres my favorite so far! Its from a blackberry so, a little blurry!



This deserves an entry all to itself because, hey, we're married!! I will do another recap when we get all the pictures!

So yes, my poor husband (HA! HUSBAND!) is in overload right now. A wedding and the World Ironman Championships all in one week!! Hawaii is unbelievable. Not only is it the most beautiful place on earth, but Kona is like the triathlon who's who. I have seen everyone you could imagine in the triathlon world--from Chrissie Wellington and Macca to old school Peter Reid and Siri Lindley, to Sister Madonna Buder! Took a ton of pictures, of course. With more to come! Heres a couple of the landscape and some people you might recognize:



Vinu and me at the expo. Also, check out XTri because he posted a great picture of PW and I that he took, along with a little marriage announcement!!



at a beach downtown, Pam took this one, Im trying to look pensive! And work on my tan :) Look at the colors! The water is soooo clear and perfect, even I went in it! And Im not big on open water!




the infamous swim course, first thing Tuesday morning. If youre lucky and time it right, you can occasionally swim with a pod of dolphins!! Or even this guy:



Or these ladies, the Fuel Belt/Saucony representatives of the day!! Not to mention awesome and fast. (Dede and Karen!)






A couple of other recognizable Ironmen (woman)...(The Nun and Scott Rigsby)




The view from our house...its only 1.5miles from Ali'i Drive (and the ocean), but its at 1000ft of elevation! We are STRAIGHT uphill!



So tropical!

This week has been a blur, Ive seen so many friends, met so many new people, eaten SO MUCH!, gotten free stuff (like a free $300 Tyr speedsuit!!), went to the beach, Sherpa-ed for my QT2 peeps, overwhelming! Tomorrow is the Big Rest Day and then Saturday its GO TIME! Cant wait to see them race and go fast! Really excited to see PW race because hes worked really hard since Placid (and before...) leading up to this race. He had to go out and work out when he was too tired to see straight, eat salad when I ate pizza in front of him, skipped on wedding cake :), and gone to bed early as much as possible!!! I know hes going to rock it out on Saturday, Im excited to see it all come together!!

Will try and post more pictures tomorrow....