My Week In Photos

Aloha! It's been a little crazy here in our little island life! Literally staying on the go! I figure that a picture is worth a thousand words so I'll just show you my week in photos! 

I've been spending a few mornings a week on our beach shell and beach glass hunting. I've even discovered new areas I've never seen! 

My fabulous friend Greta and I took a hike up the Lanikai Pill Boxes with her little pups Cosmo and Axel. This view and hiking Oahu never gets old to me! 

I'm sad to say that our little sunshine at Green Beans, Brienna has moved on to new adventures in Washington State. A few of us Green Beanie girls went to lunch to send her off with as much aloha as possible. We enjoyed the most delicious breakfast at Longhi's in Ala Moana. Oh my gosh was it an amazing view of the coast and that breakfast.. Yum!! 

I made it a goal to finish one honeycomb every day so I can have a finished blanket for my nephew Cayden when I head back to VA in two weeks. This quilting stuff is tedious! 

I got my hair highlighted for the first time since sixth grade.

Oh I got a Henna Tattoo! 

We celebrated Memorial Day by going to the Lantern Memorial in Waikiki. I'll share a special post dedicated to this beautiful experience. 

Beached it at Ko Olina with this little beach babe and her awesome mama!

And finally I made a diaper cake for our celebration of Chris and Amanda's baby Dean! 

As always, mahalo for reading and following!  

Erin

Island Adventures

Aloha! We started our adventures last week when my friend Ashley came in from the mainland. She was here for nine days and flew out the same exact day that my oldest friend Teddi and her boyfriend Mike flew in. I've been trekking all over the island to show them our favorite little spots. I also got to explore a bunch of new favorite spots. One being the sea life in Hanauma Bay. Not only did we get to snicker over the tourists attempting to snorkel and duck walk on the sand with their fins on, we got to jump in and get to snorkeling ourselves.

Hanauma Bay

We have been stopping at lookout points all along the island. Here are some of my favorite shots.

Brady, Ashley, and I went over to the blow hole on the east side of the island to watch the sun come up.

Photos of our hammock party with our neighbors, Kyle, Brittany, and their baby Penelope.

Brady and I are obsessed with little Penelope.

The sweet little family.

Ashley and I stopped in at Dole Plantation. The pineapple ice cream is so heavenly. I love to stop in there any chance I get.

North Shore Sea Turtle

See that rock right there called Waimea Rock?

Ashley and I took the 25 foot plunge into the Pacific and let me tell you, it looked higher from the top of the rock! Glad to say we had no major injuries, only a few sore muscles.

We had a little girl's beach day and Ko Olina.

There are so many adventures packed into the last two weeks. Too many for just a few blog posts. I hope you enjoyed all the pictures! Mahalo for reading. Erin

Hi Ho Flossie and Snorkeling in Ko Olina

All is well on Oahu! We woke to rain both yesterday and today. Other than light rain and a little thunder, we are doing great. No flooding in our area, wind blown debris, or anything like that. The worst thing that I've noticed at our house was the rain puddles on our linoleum because I didn't shut the sliding glass doors when we went to bed last night. The sun is shining and the birds are chirping.

 Throughout this week, I'll dedicate each fun event from our stay- cation with a blog post, so make sure you stay tuned.

I've been dying to go out and buy a snorkel kit so I can go whenever I want. Our first day of trying out the new gear was down in Ko Olina. Ko Olina is a big resort area in Kapolei just 20 minutes from us. It has 4 man made lagoons surrounded by the Marriott Resort, Aulani Disney Resort, Time shares, and a few others.

We found parking at the third lagoon although I've heard the fourth lagoon has the best fish! The water was a little cloudy as was the sky but we had fun. I didn't take any photos in the water but we took a few on the beach. Brady taught me how to dive down with all my gear on. How did I never know how to do that before is beyond me. Anyway, here's our snorkel day!

Probably the BEST book I've read in a while. I'm not even into the apocalyptic scenarios in books, shows, whatever but I really recommend this book. 

He HATES when I take the candid photo. Something I'm praying he gets over! ;)

Thanks for reading, next post I'll write about our radio/ record player obsession.

Aloha, Erin