Hawaiian Sunset at Hapuna Beach
Sunday, August 2, 2009
Coming soon...
New pictures and an update about our adventures in Maui! Stay tuned! Until next time...aloha!
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Summer Activities
I typed 3 pages on a Word document, but then couldn't get it to cut and paste into my blog! I was going crazy trying to figure it out, but with a little persistence and help from the Lord, here it is...our summer update! The summer is going by quickly! It always amazes me at how fast summer vacation goes! We have had a great summer so far, and we still have about a month to go. Jenna goes back to school on August 24. Since I haven’t done a very good job of blogging the past several months, I thought I would summarize our summer activities so far.
In early June, AJ’s Aunt Tudy and a friend of hers came for a visit. As usual it was great having guests! They were able to watch Jenna so we didn’t have to pay for a babysitter, which has become almost expensive as school itself! Although since we know the girls babysitting, I think we are getting a pretty good deal! AJ was able to get a little time off of work to spend some time with his aunt. We snorkeled, kayaked, gave them a tour of where AJ works, and tried new foods. It was great! Jenna was a great tour guide. I think Tudy and Rosie enjoyed spending time with her, but since they both either do not have kids or the kids are grown, they just about had their fill when they left!!
Jenna had Vacation Bible School for a week in June. It was an Australian theme and the logo had a boomerang on it. She had a great time learning about how we live “all comes back to Jesus.” She has 2 babysitters for the summer. One is 14 yrs old and I usually take Jenna to her house. She has 3 sisters, a brother and lots of animals! Jenna loves it there! The other sitter, Amber is 16 and has her license. It’s been so nice. She took Jenna to swimming lessons, to Petco, and to her dog agility training classes. Jenna enjoyed watching that! Amber also brings a craft project of some sort every day she comes. We have been very blessed with 2 great babysitters!!
A few weekends ago, AJ’s boss treated us to night’s stay at a fancy resort called The Kona Village. It is a resort that is supposed to be like “old Hawaii” with no TV or phones. The rooms, or hales (pronounced "holly", which is house in Hawaiian) are like straw huts from the outside but really nice on the inside. It was first class all the way! The pools were beautiful. We had a very short walk from our hale to one of the pools, so of course Jenna wanted to live there! We were also right next to the ocean. Gus managed to get Jenna out of the pool and into the ocean so I could swim and snorkel for a while. It was nice. AJ took an outrigger canoe out to see how similar or different it was from canoeing on rivers. He had to take a mandatory lesson before he was allowed to go out on his own. He learned a few things and did really good handling the canoe. Then he took out a one-man canoe by himself. He went out for about an hour. While he was out there, a pod of dolphins swam next to him. He said they were jumping in the air in front of him and swimming all around. He said it was pretty cool! I guess so!! I wish I could have been out there with him! I just love watching the dolphins swim and play! It was a short, quick stay but it was fun. It is usually very expensive, but since we live here we can get a “locals rate.” We think that we may go there again for some special occasion and stay a few nights--one night was not enough!!
The weekend after we went to Kona Village, I worked at Camp Erin. Camp Erin is a camp for kids that have lost a loved one. It is sponsored by hospice. I worked as a “big buddy,” or a camp counselor. I stayed in a tent with another Big Buddy and 4 girls, ages 5-7. We all slept on cots so just about every inch of the tent was filled! It was very interesting trying to get anything in and out of bags or walk in there. We had 2 small walkways; otherwise we just climbed over the cots. The camp was held at a ranch at about 6000 ft elevation. It was nice during the day, but it got cloudy, misty and cold at night. We had some rain, but not as much as last year I guess. One girl told me she could see her breath when she woke up in the morning last year! Thank God I was not there last year!!! Little Miss Wimpy would not have tolerated that very well!! I took AJ’s down sleeping bag and slept in sweatpants, 2 shirts and a hooded sweatshirt. I slept with the hood up the first night because it was cold! Overall, it was a really great experience!! I loved getting to know the girls and it was amazing to see how the kids bonded with and supported each other! Many of them had a parent, grandparent, brother, sister, or other relative die. They were all so brave and a real inspiration! It was an exhausting, but very rewarding weekend. I enjoyed it so much and I am looking forward to next year already!
Jenna just finished up with swimming lessons. We enrolled her in level 3 because I wasn’t sure how the classes compared to what she had taken in Darlington. She had taken level 3 last summer, so this was a refresher for her. She did really well. The instructor said that she was the best swimmer in the class! I guess it helped that she was familiar with the strokes learned. One of her instructors said that Jenna could maybe be on the Novice Swim Team. Jenna is excited about that. It involves a lot of practice and swim meets, so we have to really evaluate it before we commit to something like that.
AJ celebrated a birthday on July 24th. Jenna had a big surprise planned for him. She wanted to make him a meal. We made his favorite dish, Cheesy Potato Pork Chops. We also made rainbow jello and chocolate cupcakes. I had never made layered jello before, so it was an experiment from the start! We started making it 4 days before his birthday. We were able to make 2 layers a day, and by Friday, it was ready to go! Jenna and Amber (the babysitter) made chocolate cupcakes with chocolate icing and sprinkles on them. I hurried home from work and got the dinner in the oven. I got off a little later than I wanted, but thankfully AJ was working late that day too, so it worked out really good! Jenna made a menu and made his gifts too. I just bought him badly needed shorts!
Jenna had this big story all figured out about how we would get him to get ready and surprise him. When he got home from work, we asked him if he wanted to go to the Outback for his birthday. Of course he did, so he went to shower. When he came out, Jenna told him Amber had told her about this new restaurant in Kona called the Kona Diner. She wanted to try it out. He was hesitant and asked a bunch of questions, but agreed to go. Jenna told him we had to leave out through the lanai (deck). She was so excited, she could hardly contain herself! It was so cute! We walked out onto the lanai and she said, “Here it is!” She helped him to sit down and showed him the menu. She had written 2 choices—liver and onions and “the surprise special.” Of course AJ asked for the liver and onions. Jenna went into the kitchen and came back saying “I’m sorry. We’re all out of liver and onions.” (We had practiced that because I knew AJ would do that.) So he settled for the surprise special. He had asked earlier why the oven was on and told him I was making bread to take to church on Sunday (which I really did have to do-at some time anyway, just not at that moment!) I went in and dished up his meal and Jenna served him. Then AJ asked if we would like to join him. So we had a very nice dinner together. The jello turned out great and the cupcakes were really good too! After dinner we watched a movie together. It was a great evening! The only somewhat bad and scary thing about the whole surprise is that we learned that Jenna is VERY good at making up stories, and at keeping a straight face while telling the story!! I hope she doesn’t have a future of lying to her parents and making up stories about where she is going!! Oh, by the way, we took him the Outback on Saturday night and we enjoyed another nice meal!
Now that you are updated on our summer activities so far, I will tell you about our trip to Maui. Hopefully it won't take a month to get it posted! So, until next time...aloha!
In early June, AJ’s Aunt Tudy and a friend of hers came for a visit. As usual it was great having guests! They were able to watch Jenna so we didn’t have to pay for a babysitter, which has become almost expensive as school itself! Although since we know the girls babysitting, I think we are getting a pretty good deal! AJ was able to get a little time off of work to spend some time with his aunt. We snorkeled, kayaked, gave them a tour of where AJ works, and tried new foods. It was great! Jenna was a great tour guide. I think Tudy and Rosie enjoyed spending time with her, but since they both either do not have kids or the kids are grown, they just about had their fill when they left!!
Jenna had Vacation Bible School for a week in June. It was an Australian theme and the logo had a boomerang on it. She had a great time learning about how we live “all comes back to Jesus.” She has 2 babysitters for the summer. One is 14 yrs old and I usually take Jenna to her house. She has 3 sisters, a brother and lots of animals! Jenna loves it there! The other sitter, Amber is 16 and has her license. It’s been so nice. She took Jenna to swimming lessons, to Petco, and to her dog agility training classes. Jenna enjoyed watching that! Amber also brings a craft project of some sort every day she comes. We have been very blessed with 2 great babysitters!!
A few weekends ago, AJ’s boss treated us to night’s stay at a fancy resort called The Kona Village. It is a resort that is supposed to be like “old Hawaii” with no TV or phones. The rooms, or hales (pronounced "holly", which is house in Hawaiian) are like straw huts from the outside but really nice on the inside. It was first class all the way! The pools were beautiful. We had a very short walk from our hale to one of the pools, so of course Jenna wanted to live there! We were also right next to the ocean. Gus managed to get Jenna out of the pool and into the ocean so I could swim and snorkel for a while. It was nice. AJ took an outrigger canoe out to see how similar or different it was from canoeing on rivers. He had to take a mandatory lesson before he was allowed to go out on his own. He learned a few things and did really good handling the canoe. Then he took out a one-man canoe by himself. He went out for about an hour. While he was out there, a pod of dolphins swam next to him. He said they were jumping in the air in front of him and swimming all around. He said it was pretty cool! I guess so!! I wish I could have been out there with him! I just love watching the dolphins swim and play! It was a short, quick stay but it was fun. It is usually very expensive, but since we live here we can get a “locals rate.” We think that we may go there again for some special occasion and stay a few nights--one night was not enough!!
The weekend after we went to Kona Village, I worked at Camp Erin. Camp Erin is a camp for kids that have lost a loved one. It is sponsored by hospice. I worked as a “big buddy,” or a camp counselor. I stayed in a tent with another Big Buddy and 4 girls, ages 5-7. We all slept on cots so just about every inch of the tent was filled! It was very interesting trying to get anything in and out of bags or walk in there. We had 2 small walkways; otherwise we just climbed over the cots. The camp was held at a ranch at about 6000 ft elevation. It was nice during the day, but it got cloudy, misty and cold at night. We had some rain, but not as much as last year I guess. One girl told me she could see her breath when she woke up in the morning last year! Thank God I was not there last year!!! Little Miss Wimpy would not have tolerated that very well!! I took AJ’s down sleeping bag and slept in sweatpants, 2 shirts and a hooded sweatshirt. I slept with the hood up the first night because it was cold! Overall, it was a really great experience!! I loved getting to know the girls and it was amazing to see how the kids bonded with and supported each other! Many of them had a parent, grandparent, brother, sister, or other relative die. They were all so brave and a real inspiration! It was an exhausting, but very rewarding weekend. I enjoyed it so much and I am looking forward to next year already!
Jenna just finished up with swimming lessons. We enrolled her in level 3 because I wasn’t sure how the classes compared to what she had taken in Darlington. She had taken level 3 last summer, so this was a refresher for her. She did really well. The instructor said that she was the best swimmer in the class! I guess it helped that she was familiar with the strokes learned. One of her instructors said that Jenna could maybe be on the Novice Swim Team. Jenna is excited about that. It involves a lot of practice and swim meets, so we have to really evaluate it before we commit to something like that.
AJ celebrated a birthday on July 24th. Jenna had a big surprise planned for him. She wanted to make him a meal. We made his favorite dish, Cheesy Potato Pork Chops. We also made rainbow jello and chocolate cupcakes. I had never made layered jello before, so it was an experiment from the start! We started making it 4 days before his birthday. We were able to make 2 layers a day, and by Friday, it was ready to go! Jenna and Amber (the babysitter) made chocolate cupcakes with chocolate icing and sprinkles on them. I hurried home from work and got the dinner in the oven. I got off a little later than I wanted, but thankfully AJ was working late that day too, so it worked out really good! Jenna made a menu and made his gifts too. I just bought him badly needed shorts!
Jenna had this big story all figured out about how we would get him to get ready and surprise him. When he got home from work, we asked him if he wanted to go to the Outback for his birthday. Of course he did, so he went to shower. When he came out, Jenna told him Amber had told her about this new restaurant in Kona called the Kona Diner. She wanted to try it out. He was hesitant and asked a bunch of questions, but agreed to go. Jenna told him we had to leave out through the lanai (deck). She was so excited, she could hardly contain herself! It was so cute! We walked out onto the lanai and she said, “Here it is!” She helped him to sit down and showed him the menu. She had written 2 choices—liver and onions and “the surprise special.” Of course AJ asked for the liver and onions. Jenna went into the kitchen and came back saying “I’m sorry. We’re all out of liver and onions.” (We had practiced that because I knew AJ would do that.) So he settled for the surprise special. He had asked earlier why the oven was on and told him I was making bread to take to church on Sunday (which I really did have to do-at some time anyway, just not at that moment!) I went in and dished up his meal and Jenna served him. Then AJ asked if we would like to join him. So we had a very nice dinner together. The jello turned out great and the cupcakes were really good too! After dinner we watched a movie together. It was a great evening! The only somewhat bad and scary thing about the whole surprise is that we learned that Jenna is VERY good at making up stories, and at keeping a straight face while telling the story!! I hope she doesn’t have a future of lying to her parents and making up stories about where she is going!! Oh, by the way, we took him the Outback on Saturday night and we enjoyed another nice meal!
Now that you are updated on our summer activities so far, I will tell you about our trip to Maui. Hopefully it won't take a month to get it posted! So, until next time...aloha!
Sunday, July 5, 2009
Happy 4th of July!
Well, here I go again. It has been almost a month since I posted a message! I cannot believe how fast time goes!! Where did the month of June go?? I can't believe the 4th of July has come and gone already!! The 4th of July was our ten month "anniversary." It's been 10 months since we moved! Can you believe it??!! Again, I say, I cannot believe how fast time goes! It was one year ago on July 1 that Gus called AJ and offered him a full-time job. I remember sitting on the front porch of our house on July 4th talking to my sister about the offer and getting her advice on whether we should move or not. It feels like we had that conversation yesterday...AGAIN I say, I cannot believe how fast time goes!!!
We love it here and feel like God has really blessed us with this move. We have settled in and are enjoying all that the Islands have to offer. For the 4th of July, Jenna and I were in the parade. We helped decorate the Hospice van, walked in the parade and handed out candy. It was hot! but fun!! We actually left the parade early because we were going on a dinner cruise after the parade. We got on the boat at 6:30pm. We had a great dinner and there was a band and hula dancer. After dinner, we watched the fireworks from the boat. The fireworks were pretty good, but really short!! The fireworks for Canoe Fest are actually A LOT better!! We were surprised at how quickly they were over. We both said, "they can't be done." But...they were! We enjoyed it, but not sure we will spend the money to do it again. There were several people that I work with on the cruise too, so it was nice to get to know them better outside of work.
We have plans almost every weekend for the rest of July! That will really make the month go fast! Next weekend we are going to a "fancy-schmancy" hotel for a "manager's weekend" for Kona Queen. We will be staying at this remote, super fancy room on the beach at a really, really nice resort north of Kona. Gus treats his managers to a special get away each summer and he chose this fancy resort this year. It's something we would probably never spend the money on ourselves, so it will be fun to experience!
The following weekend is Camp Erin. Camp Erin is a grief camp for kids that have lost a loved one. The kids participate in all kinds of activities that help them deal with their grief and it allows them to be around other kids that have experienced the same thing. I'm going to be a camp counselor or "Cabin Big Buddy" as it is known. I will be at the camp from Friday until Sunday. AJ is coming up on Saturday to help with the archery activity. Jenna is allowed to come on Saturday too. She is going to help set up the obstacle course and games. I'm really looking forward to it. I think it will be a lot of fun and a great experience too!
The last weekend, we are flying to Maui for 4 days to check out the sights over there. We're not really sure what we are going to do, but the plans are in the works!
We had visitors in early June and are looking forward to our next visitors in August! I still have so much that I haven't told you. One of these days I am going to write a really long entry, just to fill you in! But...not tonight! It's late and I want to go to bed. So until next time...aloha!
We love it here and feel like God has really blessed us with this move. We have settled in and are enjoying all that the Islands have to offer. For the 4th of July, Jenna and I were in the parade. We helped decorate the Hospice van, walked in the parade and handed out candy. It was hot! but fun!! We actually left the parade early because we were going on a dinner cruise after the parade. We got on the boat at 6:30pm. We had a great dinner and there was a band and hula dancer. After dinner, we watched the fireworks from the boat. The fireworks were pretty good, but really short!! The fireworks for Canoe Fest are actually A LOT better!! We were surprised at how quickly they were over. We both said, "they can't be done." But...they were! We enjoyed it, but not sure we will spend the money to do it again. There were several people that I work with on the cruise too, so it was nice to get to know them better outside of work.
We have plans almost every weekend for the rest of July! That will really make the month go fast! Next weekend we are going to a "fancy-schmancy" hotel for a "manager's weekend" for Kona Queen. We will be staying at this remote, super fancy room on the beach at a really, really nice resort north of Kona. Gus treats his managers to a special get away each summer and he chose this fancy resort this year. It's something we would probably never spend the money on ourselves, so it will be fun to experience!
The following weekend is Camp Erin. Camp Erin is a grief camp for kids that have lost a loved one. The kids participate in all kinds of activities that help them deal with their grief and it allows them to be around other kids that have experienced the same thing. I'm going to be a camp counselor or "Cabin Big Buddy" as it is known. I will be at the camp from Friday until Sunday. AJ is coming up on Saturday to help with the archery activity. Jenna is allowed to come on Saturday too. She is going to help set up the obstacle course and games. I'm really looking forward to it. I think it will be a lot of fun and a great experience too!
The last weekend, we are flying to Maui for 4 days to check out the sights over there. We're not really sure what we are going to do, but the plans are in the works!
We had visitors in early June and are looking forward to our next visitors in August! I still have so much that I haven't told you. One of these days I am going to write a really long entry, just to fill you in! But...not tonight! It's late and I want to go to bed. So until next time...aloha!
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Marleen's visit
I thought I better get you caught up on our last visitors stay before our next visitors arrive today! At the end of May, our friend Marleen and some of her family stayed with us. We had such a great time with them. They did a lot of touring on their own since AJ and I both work, but we were able to join them for some activities. I took them to a coffee store where we took a tour of a coffee factory and got to see how the coffee is grown, harvested, processed, and graded. It was very interesting! The manager is a friend of ours from church and he did a great job educating us on the history of coffee growing in Hawaii and the process of getting the coffee from the plant to your cup. It's a tour I recommend when you come to visit, if it is something that interests you.
We also went to the macademia nut factory. It was the first time that I had ever been there where you could actually watch people working! There is usually nothing going on. This time, we got to watch a man sorting good and bad mac nuts. The mac nuts came through a blower of sorts and fell onto a belt where the man sorted out bad nuts. It was kind of interesting to watch. There was also a machine that we could put a nut in and watch it get hulled. Of course, they had a shop where you could buy fresh macademia nuts...and chocolate covered nuts!! YYUUMMM!
We also went kayaking across the Bay and snorkeling at the Captain Cook Monument. The water was a little rough on the way over, but it was much calmer on the way back!! The kids did not have a lot of experience snorkeling, but they caught on fast and did great! Unfortunately we did not see any dolphins, but in nature you never know! Maybe next time!!
The weather was great the whole time they were here. It was sooooo clear!!! The winds were just right and the vog was gone for about 5 days!! It's the longest stretch of clear days, without vog that we can remember since we moved here! It was so beautiful! Marleen probably got tired of me saying, "I can't believe how clear it is!" I'm glad she's so patient with me!!
We had such a great time with them. As with everyone that visits, it's never enough time! It's nice to have a little taste of "home" once in a while. That's why we love visitors! It makes it seem like we're not so far away. We look forward to the next group...today!! I still have more to update you on, but that's all for today. Until next time...aloha!
We also went to the macademia nut factory. It was the first time that I had ever been there where you could actually watch people working! There is usually nothing going on. This time, we got to watch a man sorting good and bad mac nuts. The mac nuts came through a blower of sorts and fell onto a belt where the man sorted out bad nuts. It was kind of interesting to watch. There was also a machine that we could put a nut in and watch it get hulled. Of course, they had a shop where you could buy fresh macademia nuts...and chocolate covered nuts!! YYUUMMM!
We also went kayaking across the Bay and snorkeling at the Captain Cook Monument. The water was a little rough on the way over, but it was much calmer on the way back!! The kids did not have a lot of experience snorkeling, but they caught on fast and did great! Unfortunately we did not see any dolphins, but in nature you never know! Maybe next time!!
The weather was great the whole time they were here. It was sooooo clear!!! The winds were just right and the vog was gone for about 5 days!! It's the longest stretch of clear days, without vog that we can remember since we moved here! It was so beautiful! Marleen probably got tired of me saying, "I can't believe how clear it is!" I'm glad she's so patient with me!!
We had such a great time with them. As with everyone that visits, it's never enough time! It's nice to have a little taste of "home" once in a while. That's why we love visitors! It makes it seem like we're not so far away. We look forward to the next group...today!! I still have more to update you on, but that's all for today. Until next time...aloha!
Sunday, June 7, 2009
Wow! Where does the time go?? I have so much to catch you up on! I don't think I am going to do it all tonight. I'm going to try and do a series of updates...we'll see how well that goes!
Jenna finished school on June 5. I was able to attend their "promotion ceremony" where each class sang a song and the teachers presented each student with an award. Jenna's award was for "Outstanding joyfulness and gentleness." Pretty fitting, I think! She's glad to be done, but she will miss her friends. We have a couple of high school girls lined up to watch her over the summer. One of them drives, so she will take Jenna to the beach, the library, swimming lessons, etc. The other girl doesn't drive, but she has 3 sisters that Jenna will be playing with, so I don't think she'll suffer too much!
Work for AJ continues to be busy, although he probably won't be working Saturdays anymore for a while! WooHoo!! Jenna and I are glad about that! We are going to try and do more things together through the summer. We went to the movie, "Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian" this weekend. It was OK; not as good as the first one. AJ is thinking about getting back into canoeing. He has been looking at canoes, trying to decide if he wants to buy one or not. His time is so limited that training would be difficult, so who knows what he will decide!
I continue to be very busy with work too. It seems like someone is always gone, so I am always covering someone's patients! My one co-worker is back, but another one will be gone for 3 weeks! Thankfully, I only have 2 extra patients this time, instead of four. I'm still getting more hours than what I was hired for, but I really can't complain. There aren't many nursing jobs available here right now!
We have more friends coming to visit this week. AJ's aunt and her friend arrive on Tuesday and leave on Saturday. A short stay, but it will be nice to see them. A good excuse to go to the beach, snoreling and kayaking!! It's a rough job, but somebody's got to do it!
Well, that's all for tonight. I have several other things to say, but I'm tired, so it will have to wait. I really hope that I can post again in a few days...we'll see what happens. Until next time...aloha!
Jenna finished school on June 5. I was able to attend their "promotion ceremony" where each class sang a song and the teachers presented each student with an award. Jenna's award was for "Outstanding joyfulness and gentleness." Pretty fitting, I think! She's glad to be done, but she will miss her friends. We have a couple of high school girls lined up to watch her over the summer. One of them drives, so she will take Jenna to the beach, the library, swimming lessons, etc. The other girl doesn't drive, but she has 3 sisters that Jenna will be playing with, so I don't think she'll suffer too much!
Work for AJ continues to be busy, although he probably won't be working Saturdays anymore for a while! WooHoo!! Jenna and I are glad about that! We are going to try and do more things together through the summer. We went to the movie, "Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian" this weekend. It was OK; not as good as the first one. AJ is thinking about getting back into canoeing. He has been looking at canoes, trying to decide if he wants to buy one or not. His time is so limited that training would be difficult, so who knows what he will decide!
I continue to be very busy with work too. It seems like someone is always gone, so I am always covering someone's patients! My one co-worker is back, but another one will be gone for 3 weeks! Thankfully, I only have 2 extra patients this time, instead of four. I'm still getting more hours than what I was hired for, but I really can't complain. There aren't many nursing jobs available here right now!
We have more friends coming to visit this week. AJ's aunt and her friend arrive on Tuesday and leave on Saturday. A short stay, but it will be nice to see them. A good excuse to go to the beach, snoreling and kayaking!! It's a rough job, but somebody's got to do it!
Well, that's all for tonight. I have several other things to say, but I'm tired, so it will have to wait. I really hope that I can post again in a few days...we'll see what happens. Until next time...aloha!
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Whales in May??
Aloha! I was sitting in a staff meeting today when one of my co-workers said, "I just saw a whale!" It's very unusual to see the whales this time of year. They are usually back in Alaska by now. They are only in the Islands from Nov-March. We sat and watched the whales for several minutes. There was a mother humpback and her baby. It was so cool! It was like the mother was teaching the baby how to come up for air or breach. We would see the mother stick her head out of the water, then the baby would do it. The mother would slap her pectoral fin on the water, then the baby would do it. The mother did a full breach, but the baby didn't follow the Momma's lead. It was so cool to see them playing in the water! What a treat!
I have to send belated Happy Anniversary wishes to AJ's mother Karen and her husband Dave. Their anniversary was Monday. They celebrated 18 years--congratulations!! I also have to say Happy Belated Anniversary to my brother Al and his wife Laura! Their anniversary was yesterday--2 years already!! Where does the time go?? I can't believe it's been two years already! Jenna was just talking today about being a flowergirl "three times" she was telling her friend. What great memories we have of all those weddings!
Not much else new, so until next time...aloha!
I have to send belated Happy Anniversary wishes to AJ's mother Karen and her husband Dave. Their anniversary was Monday. They celebrated 18 years--congratulations!! I also have to say Happy Belated Anniversary to my brother Al and his wife Laura! Their anniversary was yesterday--2 years already!! Where does the time go?? I can't believe it's been two years already! Jenna was just talking today about being a flowergirl "three times" she was telling her friend. What great memories we have of all those weddings!
Not much else new, so until next time...aloha!
Sunday, May 10, 2009
HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!
Happy Mother's Day to all the Mommy's out there reading this! What a selfless, challenging and rewarding job we have been blessed with!! It was a nice relaxing day at our house. AJ had to work for a few hours this morning while Jenna and I went to church. After lunch Jenna and I did a little shopping. We were thinking about going to the beach, but ended up going for a bike ride on a trail near our house. It was great to get some exercise.
I had the brilliant idea of having crab legs for dinner tonight. We haven't had crab legs in a long time and they were on sale at the grocery store, so I thought we would splurge and have a nice dinner for Mother's Day. Well, as great as the idea was, I didn't think the whole idea through too thoroughly!! I started unwrapping the packages and I suddenly realized that I didn't know for sure how to make them! AJ wasn't sure either. I figured I just needed to boil them for a while, so that's what I did. They looked great! Then AJ asked me how we were going to crack them open...oh yeah...I didn't think of that either!! So my resourceful husband went to the garage to get a pliers! I wasn't too sure I wanted to use pliers on my crab legs, but what choice did I have?! I managed to open most of them with my hands and a fork, but I ended up cutting by thumb twice! I finally gave in and used the pliers for a few of them. They were soooo good!! It's been so long since we have had crab legs...even using a pliers didn't dampen the enjoyment of eating them!
We didn't make it to the library to get Jenna's picture, but hopefully sometime this week we can. I found out on Friday that one of my co-workers is taking the next three weeks off for personal reasons, so I will be covering 4 of her patients. So much for getting a break!! Oh well, I don't think it will be quite as stressful as the last time. Not too much more to report, so until next time...aloha!
I had the brilliant idea of having crab legs for dinner tonight. We haven't had crab legs in a long time and they were on sale at the grocery store, so I thought we would splurge and have a nice dinner for Mother's Day. Well, as great as the idea was, I didn't think the whole idea through too thoroughly!! I started unwrapping the packages and I suddenly realized that I didn't know for sure how to make them! AJ wasn't sure either. I figured I just needed to boil them for a while, so that's what I did. They looked great! Then AJ asked me how we were going to crack them open...oh yeah...I didn't think of that either!! So my resourceful husband went to the garage to get a pliers! I wasn't too sure I wanted to use pliers on my crab legs, but what choice did I have?! I managed to open most of them with my hands and a fork, but I ended up cutting by thumb twice! I finally gave in and used the pliers for a few of them. They were soooo good!! It's been so long since we have had crab legs...even using a pliers didn't dampen the enjoyment of eating them!
We didn't make it to the library to get Jenna's picture, but hopefully sometime this week we can. I found out on Friday that one of my co-workers is taking the next three weeks off for personal reasons, so I will be covering 4 of her patients. So much for getting a break!! Oh well, I don't think it will be quite as stressful as the last time. Not too much more to report, so until next time...aloha!
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