USA

said farewell to the usa for a few months with a great weekend visiting laura in the big apple. met the newest michello and had a great time running around the city looking for famous chefs... got bumped off our flight leaving laguardia so got two free tickets and a two hour earlier arrival into dublin.

went to travis N adam's fabulous wedding in jackson hole wyoming. river-rafting, shotgun shooting, and shenanigans with team cornell and team australia. we've never seen tNa so organized.

we had to outprocess in the US, so we went to hawaii for a few weeks to finalize all kirks paperwork and celebrate his new-found freedom. kirks wedding ring is still celebrating its freedom somewhere on the bottom of a bay on the north shore of oahu... we stayed right on waikiki beach for a few days and explored oahu and then spent the weekend with our buddy kevin from korea and his family. it was great to meet kevins family and see him again.

we also spent a few days on kauai, hiking, kayaking and relaxing. we stayed 5 nights in a cottage right on the beach. the longest we have stayed anywhere in 5 months...