Quarter Century Club.

This is a little late...

But, I had a great birthday.

Here is a recap of some of

the great things that happened

for my 25th.

*Breakfast with Kari at Ted's Bakery.

*Giant birthday balloons from Tevita, Malia, & Shalye.

*Nice long nap for the day. (Still working the occasional overnight...)

*Chicken fajitas/delicious birthday cake with a million candles

from Doug, Becky, Jake, & baby Tucker.

* And, oh yea, a TSUNAMI. What a treat. Luckily 

our island wasn't hit too hard, but there

was definitely a scare. I was working overnight and 

got to hang out in the Penthouse all night due to our

being evacuated at 1AM. Thanks for all the texts/phone calls
from those of you concerned for my well-being.
* A fun-filled weekend at Ko Olina for some sand, sun, and waterslide...and food. Way, way too much food.

We were having so much fun, I wasn't
able to snap any pictures of us actually
DOING anything.
But the view was AMAZING!
They actually gave us a top floor room.
Penthouse. Even with my measly associate rate.
Only catch, it was an ADA room. So there
were bars everywhere and the kitchen
counter was unreasonably short.
Which in turn,
had short lamps that we kept banging
our heads on.
I'll take it!

Then there were a couple of other birthday
treats that came later in the week.
Stephen took me to this adorable
little cafe called the Cream Pot
and I LOVED IT.
I felt like I was in a little dollhouse
the whole time.
Every thing was so dainty & cute.
Thanks Stephen! You are the best.

Mint Lemonade. Yum.

Overall, I feel extremely loved &
 blessed to have so many great
people in my life. Thanks
to everybody for making my
25th year so superb!

Happy Trails.

One and a half miles of glorious pavement. 

Why, oh WHY did it take so long for

this to be constructed?

The first time I ran on this I was 

SO, SO happy.

I no longer have to feel like I am going to

be hit by the cars going 50+ mph...

2 feet away from me. 

Plus, it ends right next to Malaekahana,

which is one of my favorite beaches to swim at. 

Go for a nice run, then jump in at one of my 

favorite spots.

THANK YOU HRI FOR FINALLY

 DOING SOMETHING RIGHT!

Koko Head.

I don't know why I keep exposing

 myself to hikes that exceed my physical capability. 

Koko Head...kicked my butt. 

However, the view was fantastic.

Thank you Chloe for making me do it.

Also, for yelling at me from the top

 that I'm almost there, I'm almost there...

Really, very helpful.

Regardless of my thinking I was incapable,

I guess I was a little better off than the guy who 

had to get airlifted off the trail because he passed out.

Sad, sad day for him.

On the other hand, it was very interesting to watch the 

whirlybird hover over the trail and

pick the guy up in a little basket. 

Again, it could have been worse.

I, made it up...and down.

Without the need of a helicopter.

Yay me!