Romance: Part 4

Well, I'm obviously smarter than you. I married you and you married me.
-Joe

Sunning

Slippahs need sunshine, too.

Seen outside Saunders Hall...

A Year Older

Last week I celebrated my 29th birthday. Looking back, I have to say, my twenties have been good to me. I'm grateful to all of my wonderful friends and family who have always made sure that I had epic and amazing celebrations! I had so much fun this year that I thought I should relive it with you, the internet, in a series of blurry, low light photographs! Thanks for a fun night, Hawaii friends!

My wonderful husband made dinner before we hit Waikiki.

Starting the evening off right: Bar 5-0, Tristan, and a mai tai!

Elise and I were photo-bombed by T-Baum.

Murray and Tyler got me a shoe. That they found on a fire hydrant.

Jazz hands! Kristina and Elise got me the beautiful leis that I'm wearing.

Yay Maria! That drink is called a Lava Lava Flow Flow. No joke.

My birthday twin, Gerkemeister D. I had it first, though.

Thanks, T-Baum for being the photographer for the evening!

With Brie at Kelley O'Neil's. Her lovely girlfriend was here somewhere, too.

So glad Kina came out! She and Matthew kept pulling me onto the dance floor.

The gang. Thanks, guys!

So, how do we top this for my thirtieth?

Scavenger Hunt: Part 3

Man upside down with a duck balanced on his feet.  The duck must be wearing a hat - 1000 points

Attempt #1- Joe disqualified it because the duck doesn't look like a duck.

The was the winning shot.

Empty Soy Sauce container - 50 points

Used chop sticks - 50

Peanut butter...

Beach Ball (not on the ground) - 50 points

Frisbee - 50 points

Car with only one hubcap on one side - 100 points

Animal wearing clothing - 100 points

Sign written in Spanish or French - 100 points

Almost everything in Hawaii is written in Chinese or Japanese.

A printed scavenger hunt list that wasn't printed on our printer - 50 points

We totally killed the 1250 point total. We were hoping for total completion, but we ran out of time and it would have been expensive to park in Waikiki, though that is where burnt tourists and clothing wearing animals are sure to be seen.

Hawaii folks: what would you put on the scavenger hunt list and how many points would you award it? Leave 'em in the comments!

5:30 AM

Monday/Wednesday/Friday have become very early days. Why? Great question. Because we've all lost our minds. Koko Head: my nemesis (sorry, Steve, it has stolen your place).

How does a person wake up this early? You listen to this in the car on your way (if you are one of the lucky people never to have heard or seen this ridiculous video, please skip over it and continue on to the pretty pictures):




I have to (grudgingly) admit that Hawaii is still good at being pretty at 5:30am.

Sunrise looking towards Molokai from base of Koko Head.

Standing in the same place looking back to the West.

Sunrise at 6:15am looking out at the "ugly mountain" as Cher and I have now nicknamed Koko Head. We are waiting for enough light to start yoga. The boys are already climbing the ugly mountain.

7:15am

We are clearly insane. 7:30am, headed home.