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Holly’s Birthday!

jewelrybykelley — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 21:38:31 +0000

Now, when we heard that Holly had never had a proper birthday party, even as a kid, she should have known we wouldn’t let that go. Courtney and Cynthia did a great job with decorations and games to give Holly her very own Hello Kitty and Transformers themed party, including a Hello Kitty pinata that broke the bat before it would give us the candy it was hoarding!

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Snow!

jewelrybykelley — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 07:03:17 +0000

As usual, Fidget wants to explore the snow.

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New Years Eve

jewelrybykelley — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 03:47:11 +0000

We hosted New Years Eve at our place, and for once I had to stay sober since Tim decided to take the role of house drunkard. He and Ben were still at it til about 4am!

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Halloween

jewelrybykelley — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 20:45:01 +0000

Amy hosted Halloween this year with the theme of superheroes. Tim was Green Lantern and I was Poison Ivy. It was fun hand painting the greenery on my eyes.

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Hawaii!! – Day Six

jewelrybykelley — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 20:34:58 +0000

Day 6 was our last day in Hawaii. We waved goodbye to the beautiful cottage on the north shore and drove down towards the airport. We stopped at the Pearl Harbor Memorial and took the boat tour over to the memorial itself. Then it was on to the airport. The Honolulu airport is interesting, it’s mostly open air walkways, and there’s a big landscaped garden in the middle below the food court area.

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Hawaii!! – Day Five

jewelrybykelley — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 20:00:05 +0000

Day 5 was the first day in the beach cottage at the resort. We spent the first 3 nights in the hotel part, and moved to the cottage for our last two nights. It was so nice, being able to walk out the back door right across a beautiful lawn filled with hammocks and right down to the beach. We were surprised to see that the cottages were also a popular bird hangout including wild roosters. We had a lazy day, walked the beach, and then went briefly exploring a nearby historic monument, Pu’u O Mahuka Heiau (yes I had to look that up to remember). There were some nice hiking paths to get views overlooking the north shore.

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Hawaii! – Day Four

jewelrybykelley — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 18:37:34 +0000

Day 4 we woke up early to watch the sunrise. It started to rain but not hard enough to ruin the pictures. Then we left for our hike/bike/sail/snorkel adventure outing. The meeting place was a hotel in Waikiki, so we had a drive from the north end of the island which we planned for, but didn’t realize just how much TRAFFIC there would be in the morning. We missed our pickup time. Luckily, they came back for us after we called. Phew!

So we started by hiking through the rainforest up to what should have been a big waterfall, but the drought had dried it up to a trickle. Still very pretty. And we walked back out through a bamboo forest which was very surreal. Felt like I was in one of those Japanese fighting movies, I kept preparing for an unexpected attack.

Next up, we biked (downhill) from the rainforest down to almost desert climate. Hawaii has a wide range in such a small area. We stopped briefly for lunch with a great view down the valley towards Waikiki.

After biking, we went out on the water and tried snorkeling. Now I love the water. I love to swim. I thought I’d love snorkeling. No. Did Not Like. Something about the fact the mask closes off your nose to prevent you from using it instead of your mouth to breathe made me feel like I was suffocating once I went underwater. I gave up on the mask and snorkel and did fine holding my breath like normal. Tim did much better at the snorkeling and got to swim with some giant turtles.

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Hawaii!! – Day Three

jewelrybykelley — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 16:47:46 +0000

Day 3, we started off by exploring the resort area. We stayed at the Turtle Bay Resort which was featured in “Forgetting Sarah Marshall”. We found the giant chess set they had on the beach, but it was actually in the tennis court area. Later we headed over to the Polynesian Cultural Center and spent the day learning about and being entertained by the various cultures of the area. We stayed for the evening dinner/luau and the evening show.

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Hawaii!! – Day Two

jewelrybykelley — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 16:44:02 +0000

Day two of our trip we went to Diamond Head to hike up to the top. The hike was a little long, but completely worth it for the views.

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Hawaii!! – Day One

jewelrybykelley — Sat, 31 May 2008 19:50:37 +0000

We went to Hawaii to celebrate our 10 year anniversary. It was the first time either of us had been to Hawaii and we both loved it. It is gorgeous out there. I want to go back again, and never come home…

These are first day pics, after the loooong flight, we just had enough energy to stop at the Dole Plantation on the way to our hotel on the north end of the island.

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