4th of July Weekend

Hello Everyone,
Tami and I had a pretty eventful 4th of July weekend here in Hawaii. It was our weekend to relax after moving into our new place and after Tami's family left. Here's some pictures from our fun-filled weekend.
I decided to make some sugar cookies for the 4th. This is all my stuff before I started decorating.

This was after I had frosted and put sprinkles on all the cookies.

I got this red and blue sparkle gel stuff to decorate with. I really liked this stuff.

Close up of the cookies.

On Friday night we went to see the fireworks at the Hilton in Waikiki. We got to watch the sunset after the fireworks that night.

On Saturday night we walked a couple blocks to Aloha Tower Marketplace to watch the 4th of July fireworks show there. This is Aloha Tower.

Saturday Night Fireworks

Here's Tami and I before the fireworks started at Ala Moana Center on Sunday.

Sunday Night Fireworks

Smile :-DIts Saturn

The Finale on the 4th.

Tami and I all ready for the parade in Kailua on the 5th.

Let Freedom Ring: 64th Annual Independence Day Parade in Kailua - Its the only 4th of July parade on the island.

The Royal Hawaiian Band

Pearl Harbor Survivor

Our entertainment for the parade. He just could not sit still but he was fun to have next to us that morning.

This picture is just for Mom. Enjoy :)

4th of July brought a little Vegas to Kailua.

A gecko in Hawaii...Never. Actually there are all over the place and there mascot, the Geico Gecko, has to make an appearance at every big event.

One of three groups of horses.

This guy was just funny looking.

A Waikiki Trolley all decked out for Independence Day. Hope you enjoyed the pictures. Sending you warm wishes and aloha kisses.

Our New Home

Hello Again,
So we've gotten totally moved into our new apartment at the Executive Center in downtown Honolulu. This building is a block away from the shuttle stop that Tami and I will take to get to the other campus. Here's pictures of our new home.
Here's our small kitchen. The door to the apartment is to the right.

This is looking from the kitchen into the living room.

Here's more of the living room. Our bookcase is all full of school books. We got the little cubes/foot stools next to the couch as extra storage and as foot stools. Right now mine has all of my ATI books and games in it.

This view is from standing on the couch looking into the closet and bathroom area. The bathroom is to the right of the closet.

This is our bathroom.

This is looking from the closet into the living room.

This is looking into the bedroom and our amazing windows.

Our beds.

Again the great windows and our desk area.

Looking from the bedroom into the living room. Hope you enjoyed the pictures of our new apartment. We already are in love with the fact that we can just walk down the street to get to our classes for summer and once the semester starts it'll just be walking down the street to jump on the shuttle. Sending you warm wishes and aloha kisses.

Kauai Day 2

Hello Everyone,
So here's all the pictures from the second day of our trip to Kauai. Sunday morning we had to get up early to pack and get to the helicopter place. We quick ran to Burger King for breakfast. We made it to Blue Hawaiian Helicopter check in and got all checked in. We watched the safety video and then headed out to the helipad.

Tami and I were really excited as we waiting to get on the helicopter.
All buckled in and ready to go.
Jameson and Tami were all ready too.
Barb and Aunt Sandy sat in the front with Pilot Josh.
There are many helicopter companies that do tours around the island. I think there were 4 or 5 other ones there that day.
Off we go. This is the Lihue airport.
The views were just amazing.

This was the first waterfall we saw and it happens to be the one used in Jurassic Park.
This house belongs to the Robinsons that own part of this island and all of Ni'ihau which is the island just north of this island.
Waimea Canyon from the air.







This is Hanalei Bay. You can see the differences in the water color with the reef below it.
One of many rainbows we saw. (Its in the lower right corner.)

Going into the wettest place in the world, Mt. Waialeale.


Our helicopter and Pilot Josh.
The island of Ni'ihau is on the other side of that tree/bush. The outline goes out to the right.
Another picture of Ni'ihau.
First view of Waimea Canyon.
A little stream through the red dirt...only here in Hawaii.

Waimea Canyon = The Grand Canyon of the Pacific.




4000 feet to the top and this is what we could see. Nothing...but its all good because it was fun getting there.

As we were standing at the top the fog started rolling in so we could see less and less.
Roosters are the official bird and alarm clock of Kauai.
After leaving Waimea Canyon we stopped at the Waimea Brewpub so Jameson could try some Hawaiian beers. After that we went back to Hanapepe to try Lappert's ice cream. Its made in Kauai so we of course had to try it.
This was across the road from Spouting Horn which is where we went after ice cream.
The blowhole called Spouting Horn.
While we were there we saw a couple sea turtles in the water.

On our way back to Lihue we drove through the Tree Tunnel. The road is lined with Eucalpytus trees.


This is Tami and I hanging out in the airport ready to head back to Honolulu. Such a fun but much needed trip to another island. Hope you enjoyed the pictures. Sending you warm wishes and aloha kisses.