Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Summer 1. Back to Hawaii Livin'

Saying goodbye to miss Savannah [Chelsea] Pipkin
I was so blessed to have her as a roomie for the past year.
She's so loving, giving, and interested in getting to know you. 
We always swapped stories about our families and siblings.
She was very in tune on picking up if something was bothering anyone and was always ready and willing to listen.
I'm really gonna miss having this lovely lady in my bedroom.
Although I can't say I'm gonna miss her naked body walking around the room.

Super Saturday #1
we hiked laie falls
and
 picked strawberry guavas

 
apparently karlita didn't like them too much


love this hoodrat

especially her asian faces



freshman year besties


then we went surfing in haleiwa


Sunburn after surfing:

Sunday with the diva:

Bike adventures and temple visits:

found this donkey roaming around




Super Saturday #2
China Walls
favorite spot on the island


spitting caves
bart didn't even hesitate

bryce got a little beat up after jumping

then we went to the light house hike
sneaking around the gate
shhhh







ending the day with some 
serges
one of the only good mexi places to eat on the island

K Hoffs friends from Utah came to visit. 
They were pretty coooool! 
and super nice. 

we hiked sacred falls



Mid-week strawberry gauva picking

we lost this woman on the side of the mountain for a good fifteen min
glad we found her






Kayaking with Nichel

this was seriously so fun
if you haven't ever kayaked in the ocean...
try it!


 Pictures of the Beautiful Laie temple never get old.


Mid week marriage proposal
Nichel's sisters fiance flew out and surprised her
and we all got to help plan the surprise 
:)
I'm so happy for them


Another Super Saturday
Nich cracking a macadamia nut


jumping maunawili falls

finding some great things at savers


One of my last Saturdays with this gem.
Gonna miss her.
Goodluck on your mission woman.

I don't know if you can read everything on the sign ^^
it tells you the distance and direction of different locations 
my favorite being; japan 3930miles


The FAIR!
all my favorite ladies


we splurged and all went on a ride together
TECHNO POWER
was the name of the one we all decided on

cute nich



the lion show
it was pretty cool
except that it went on forever 
and the lady narrating sounded as if she had been smoking 12 packs a day 
for the last 75 years



Living the life
and 
getting paid
one of my roomies had some friends from back home come into town
they had three little kids and wanted to be able to go out to dinner
they asked if we could come babysit
to our surprise they got us a suite for the night
and on top of that they still paid us to baby sit
they were way too generous
but
it was incredible 
the view from our room

the infiniti pool
for adults only
(the pool with the slide was more fun)

they bought us room service!
never in my life have I ordered room service

we could see sea turtles from the window

we walked around the strip downtown

the view from the breakfast floor

 

the pool was incredible
and it was right on the beach!


Homegirl had a birthday!


we hiked to sacred falls in the morning

then went to haleiwa for the day
got some acai bowls 
yum yum yum 
for some reason i thought that scarf looked real good on my head 
and then i saw this picture....
never again

later that evening we went downtown and watched the release of the lanterns

 

each lantern had a note to a loved one who had passed away
this picture is from tay tays phone





then we went to the cheesecake factory
yum yum yum
 



Homegirl became a citizen




Food fest in Laie
love my old roomie hannah :)

all the lovely ladies at foodfest


Alright lets talk about how awesome my new job is...
Meet Knox. 
He's 1. 
he loves to be held.
especially when I'm washing dishes or making food.
Silly boy :) 


Kashus aka Kash Money
he's four
and ridiculously good at basketball for his age
and throwing a football 
he loves singing along with high school musical 
and pretending to be troy bolton
he also loves sitting on my lap and having his back scratched





Justice aka Jet
is 2
he loves seeing pictures or videos of himself 
he's really good at making himself laugh
 he Loves singing
he loves being timed, whether it be running, brushing his teeth or putting his seatbelt on
and 
of course he also loves basketball and all other sports
he's also a great sharer 
anytime he opens up a fruit snack pack and it has his siblings favorite flavors
 he always shares

(this picture is of all the leis kash got for preschool graduation)

Aya is six
she is so sweet
she loves girlie things
lip gloss 
tea parties
arts and crafts
but she also is a great big sister
she remembers to bring things home from school for her little brothers 
she told her friend that they'd probably have more fun if her brother Kash went to their play dates
she's such a great big sister






Sending my homegirl off to Portland
see you in SEATTLE in a couple of weeks


Sending Tay Tay off
See ya in 5 weeks girlllllllllllllll
(or so I thought.. she didn't end up staying for summer)


Temple night with the ward
Matching my girl Karlita


My Neighbors have this in their front yard
...and their are literally cats everywhere


I never get sick of the sunsets here

Or the Beaches


Look who I ran into in the BYUH Library. 
Alex... er I mean Elder. 


Look who I ran into at Teds Bakery
Seriously.
Such a small world
The Daley family used to live in the W3rd ward


I opened the fridge one day and...
My roomie apparently thought we might take one of her bananas.
I thought it was hilarious.