The Big Island of Hawaii, Hawaii.

This is a cave...in the ground...so cool.

This picture is from just beyond our hotel (which is not on the east side of the island).

Can you believe that all these pictures were taken with my iPhone?

True.

For a few years we have gone somewhere around January

for our anniversary

(this year was our 26th).

This year has been a little different.

Jeff really wanted to go to the big island of Hawaii

but we had to wait just a little.

I've really wanted some new carpet upstairs

(the carpet may be the original carpet

of our 30 year old home but I am 

so ok with waiting a little longer

if it means that we get to go to Hawaii).

We had plans (for months) for grandparents and a sister 

to be with Davis.

This has worked in the past

but this time Davis hasn't been doing well.

A week and a half ago we were so worried

about leaving him because he has been so close 

to hospitalization that we felt that he would do better 

with us than without us.

On Monday I got a call saying Davis couldn't see out of his right eye.

I took him to the ER because if something was really wrong 

I wouldn't be able to forgive myself.

He had a CT scan of the head and a thorough eye exam

that showed only a need for a pair of prescription glasses.

His amazing Psychiatrist had called us to check on him

and tell us some changes to his medications for the trip.

(she gave me her personal cell number 

so that I could text her or call her

if Davis wasn't doing well. 

In the last few weeks we have been 

in contact way too many times.

On Monday I let her know how Davis was doing).

So with us he is

and we are hoping for healing and relaxation.

We got here late yesterday.

Today we drove to the east side of the island

and explored a little.

So beautiful!