Day After Christmas Fun

This is the first time I have gotten to play in the snow in years. We don't get too much of it in Hawaii, as you can imagine, and you can see my nephews suffered the consequences of my built up, lack of snow play frustration.

Christmas Eve with Applebee's and Sonic

Two of my favorite places that we don't have in Hawaii.

Christmas Eve Eve at the Mall

The little girl in front of me cried but I wasn't scared. I went to sit on the armrest of Santa's chair when he insisted that I sit right on his knee. He handled it pretty well I must say. I was only comfortable with the idea due to the fact that he is my sister's father-in-law.

Aboriginal man playing a didgeridoo...

Trust me it's not as easy as it looks. I have one and it hurts my lips to play it to long. You do not blow because there is somehow a natural wind current through it. You just put your mouth to it and buzz your lips. This man was at the Blue Mountains National Park when we visited. Very cool!

Sydney Harbor Bridge

Views of The Sydney Opera House

Halloween

So besides the fact that I look like a freak, I think mom did a pretty good job on my dress. Everyone was so impressed at my office. The best part was when two stupid chicks in the hall asked if I was Dorothy?! Thanks again mom and thanks Rachael for mailing me the tights!

We have a winner!

Go Angel! I will be Alice in Wonderland for Halloween, although not as cute as Kenna. Believe it or not I was able to talk mom into making me an Alice dress. It is so cute although due to the high waist I will look like a prego Alice! Anywho, Angel you just won yourself some chocolate covered macadamia nuts!

Halloween Prep!

So, I have been getting things together for my Halloween costume this year and as you can tell it involves a wig. I thought it might be fun to make a little game of sorts out of this...the first person who correctly guesses who I am going to be for Halloween will get a box of chocolate covered macadamia nuts mailed to them!!! If no one comes close soon I will give more hints. In fact, I'll give you one now...it is someone that is BLONDE! Good Luck! Oh and since mom and Rachael (maybe Brad) already know they don't get a guess and they better not help anyone else!

Kaua'i Adventures: Take Two

On Kaua'i there is an old sugar plantation with a pretty good-sized irrigation canal through it. To build it they shipped over a bunch of Chinese men from, you guessed it, California. I can’t remember how long it took them to dig through all the hills, but at one point we were under 50ft of rock. The canal goes through five very cool tunnels. The activity is called mountain tubing. Basically, you get on a tube wearing a hard hat with a light, sit back and enjoy the ride. A Kaua’i must!! And no the sugar plantation is no longer in service.

Testing...


The water was brisk baby! But here we go!


Some lady asked us if we were sisters. What?!


In the "play area" they let us get off our tubes.


End of the line.


Huh?!

Kaua'i Adventures: Take One

I had yet another business trip to Kaua'i which happened to be on Labor Day weekend so, mom and I decided to make it a four day weekend adventure! I took a ton of pictures so it will take me a few different posts to get the whole weekend up. It will also come to you in no particular order. Our zip lining adventure was one to remember. Nothing better than flying through the air over river valleys. Please forgive the poor photo quality. I did not want to take a nice digital camera. We bought one time use cameras for the hardcore activites. Enjoy!

Dumpster Diving Roosters

Giselle

Saturday night mom and I are going to see the ballet Giselle. I had never heard of it so I decided to look it up and it sounds like an entertaining story. It should be fun!



Synopsis:
In the first act, a young, innocent village maiden named Giselle is in love with a man she knows only as Loys. In reality, the man is Albrecht, a nobleman disguised as a peasant, who is betrothed to Bathilde, daughter of the Duke. When Giselle discovers the deceit, she is inconsolable and goes mad, then dies; one version says she dies of a broken heart while another says she commits suicide in her madness.

In the second act, her undying love for Albrecht saves him from the wicked magic of the wilis, vampiric ghosts of betrothed girls who were betrayed by their lovers and died before their wedding day. Though their leader, Myrtha, Queen of the Wilis, forces Albrecht to dance again and again, Giselle intervenes long enough to spare his life and allow him to survive until the dawn. At sunrise, the wilis must return to their grave; Giselle must return as well but not before showing Albrecht that she forgives him for his treachery. The two pledge their love to each other and she descends back into her grave. Sadly, they will forever be separated; Giselle is now a wili for the rest of eternity.

Weekend at Bellows Air Force Base

Last weekend mom and I stayed at Bellows. It has my favorite beach. The sand is so soft and the beach is flat so it's perfect for long walks. There are no big rocks in the water so it's great to swim there too.

This is a picture of our cabin/duplex. Not very fancy, but it gets the job done. Plus we were right on the water! Such great views and the water so blue!


View to the left. The island to the left is the one the mom, Matthew, Daniel and I have all kayaked out to. Talk about a workout!


View to the front. It was so clear the whole weekend that we could see Molokai. Very cool!


View to the right. This picture does not do these mountains justice. They are so beautiful in person!!!


Mom took this picture of the sunrise Saturday morning. I was fast asleep...ZZZZZ


We found this dead crab near our cabin. All of the meat inside was gone. We think ants must have cleaned it out. It was purched peacefully on a tree stump.


Mom under attack! It's alive!


Peace be with you my little friend.


Dinner on Saturday! Good job mom!

Something to do...

Well, I left a comment on my friend Julie's page so I guess I should do the same and post this.

1. As a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember!

2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It's actually pretty funny to see the responses.If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you're playing the game and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you. If you don't want to play on your blog, or if you don't have a blog, I'll leave my memory of you in my comments

Weekend Beach Report: Bellows Air Force Base

Old man in Speedo sighting: Painful
Chick with giggly butt in thong sighting: Scary
Not getting stung by Portuguese Man o' Wars or
bitten by giant(6 in.) centipede: Priceless

That 70's Show

So today was my boss Victoria's birthday and
since she was born in the 70's she wanted a
themed party. This is my attempt without
spending to much money.
And no I am not drunk in this picture!

And the winner is...

Paul McCartney (The Cute Beatle)

Ok, so I admit I voted twice but considering I am the biggest Beatles fan ever I figured it was only right. Thank you fellow participants.

Help!

My co-workers swear up and down that eating ketchup with eggs is totally the norm. I'm not saying I have never done it or that it is weird, I'm just saying that not everyone on the mainland does it. Help me out people! Who, on a regular basis, puts ketchup on their eggs?

Excuse me...I believe I ordered the LARGE can of Coke.

Business trip to Kaua'i

Yesterday was spend on the island of Kaua'i for work. I have know visited all of the Hawaiian islands that you are allowed to visit (one is privately owned and one is a wildlife preserve). It was a pretty nice island. Very green and had a lot of nice hotels. We are going back for Labor Day weekend and have loads of stuff planned. So, stay tuned.