
1 We arrived in Honolulu on Mother's Day weekend. Our first activity was to take Nancy, Emily, and Andy to the Hawaii Pet Expo at the Blaisdell Center.

2 Max has Andy show his best side forward

3 Andy tries on a backpack

4 Emily found a squishy rubber toy that kept her occupied for hours

5 Emily meets a friend, but does not want to give up the toy

6 On Tuesday, we drove up north to Mary's vetiver farm

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9 Rows of vetiver with drip irrigation hoses

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12 Deb loads the vetiver slips into the planter

13 Woody, Deb, Mary, and Max prepare the planter

14 Vetiver slips

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16 Woody gets the John Deere into gear

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18 Max checks out the seating position for a planting run

19 Deb explains to Max how this is all supposed to work.

20 Yep, it's just like Lucy and Ethel at the chocolate factory!