The end of Hawaii...

The last night in Waikiki we went to a fancy dinner at a restaurant right on the beach... the sunset was gorgeous and made for some lovely lighting by which to take photos. :)

Kris and Mel are so cute!

Oh yeah - so are Rick and I :)

Lovely dinner - I competely forgot to take a photo of what I ate, though. I had the fish though, and it was wonderful.

And then, Rick and I went out for a little after-dinner adventure.

WARNING: The next several photos include Rick topless. Small children and those who are jealous of his manly physique should turn away now! As a side note, you'd think that he would be a little less pasty seeing as how he's spent the week in Hawaii. lol

The artist applying the decal to Rick's arm... Rick chose a custom designed tattoo of an endless knot cross... a slight modification of the design my dad created.

And the artwork begins!

Rick said it didn't even hurt that bad. I was totally impressed, since his fear of needles runs long and deep.

The finished product... before getting bandaged up. This artist did a GREAT job and was really fast. They told him it would be about an hour and a half, and he was done in just about 45 minutes!

Rick getting the lowdown on the proper care and feeding of your new tat, as he gets bandaged up...

The next morning. Look how tough Rick is now ;)

Our final day in Hawaii was beautiful! One last shot of the view from our balcony...

Sigh. I don't want to go home.

As we packed up the car to head the airport, Rick & Mel's facial expressions summed up how we felt perfectly:

Hawaii. Definitely an amazing place to visit. We will have to go back. Hopefully it won't take us another 12 years of marriage ;)