The other night I had a super fun night well actually day with Talei. It started when Talei invited me over to lay out by the pool after I got off work. It was much needed especially after having such crappy weather the past...I don't know lots of days, so I was so excited to join her. It was the perfect activity after a kind of stressful day at work. After we soaked up all the sun, we went in and decided we wanted to make a treat we just didn't know what. Since it was a couple days until St. Patty's day, we decided to make some green mint chip cookies. We needed to go to the store to pick up some ingredients, so out we went to pick up what we needed. Its always an adventure shopping here in Hawaii because they don't always have a large variety of things. I'm used to being able to go to one grocery store in Utah and finding everything I need. Here, you're lucky if you're able to find it on the island. That was the case in finding creme de menthe baking chips. We had to go to a separate grocery store to find them...only to not find them. So we used the Andes candy mints instead. I didn't mind the extra drive because on the way to grocery store #2 an old 90's R&B song came on and a whole bunch of memories came flooding in. That was the start of our fun night. We got home and were in the 90's R&B mood so we turned on youtube and started looking up songs while we made our oh so delicious mint cookies! It was so fun rediscovering these songs that I listened to when I was in elementary and jr. high. What good memories! We found some INOJ, Next, Blaque, Blackstreet, KC & Jo Jo, H-town, TLC, Tyrese, SWV, Keith Sweat, En Vogue, Toni Braxton, R. Kelly, Avant, and I dunno how many others we found, but we spent a good amount of time reminiscing. Oh it was so great! Anyway we were jamming to these songs and enjoying the 90's dance moves on the music videos. Haha some of them were oh so funny! I posted some of my favorites below. I wish I could post all of them but I can't even remember some of the ones we came across. It turned into such a fun night and when Uncle Legran got home from work it got even better. He started bustin out his moves...hilarious! We stayed up to about two in the morning listening to songs and eating our mint cookies. Always a good time with Talei and Uncle Legran! What a fun night!
Some of my favorite dance moves in this one haha, yes these songs aren't the most wholesome songs I'm sorry. I can't believe I listened to these when I was younger and I had no idea what it was about...my innocent mind.
I like how the fire fighter girls in black are trying to be sexy...haha they have some good moves too! Oh the 90's, and what is with their outfits? How is a black fireman hat sexy? And black spandex shorts under denim shorts that are unbuttoned and folded over? haha they're not the only ones with great wardrobe. TLC has some great looks as well!
So the other night I felt like curling up in a blanket with a good movie while snacking on some quality junk food and eating my favorite soup with a side of some good bread! Mmmm sounds like a great night, so I did it...kind of (no junk food). It was a night of torrential down pours and I was with my dearest Talei. We decided to have a soup and movie night (like three movies)! We thought Zupas would be perfect for a night like this and we both missed Zupas so much. However, there is no Zupas here in Hawaii so we decided to make our own. Here is what we made; we made homemade tomato basil soup because that is my favorite (and I'm talking from scratch...fresh tomatoes and everything) topped with fresh parmigiano reggiano and freshly ground pepper, with a parmesan baguette (so delicious), and a rosemary chicken and sun-dried tomato pesto panini. To finish the meal we had to make it official just like Zupas and finish with a chocolate covered strawberry! MMM I think it turned out quite oh so delicious!
The night before I departed Seattle Jordan, Amanda and the kids were so kind as to take me out to dinner one last time. We also went and hung out at the mall and got some yummy Starbucks. Gosh I miss them! I took some pics with the kids, but now that I think about it I should've gotten one with the whole family. Dang it!
The kids I miss so much!
Isn't she adorable?
I love her face!
Thanks again Panees for being so good to me while I was there, I loved every moment with you guys!
Ok I have been so lazy lately, hence the lack of blogging. However, I thought I would continue with the catch up of the past five...six months. Todays catch up...family visits in Seattle! My family drove fifteen hours from little Lindon, Utah to Lake Forest Park, Washington to spend Thanksgiving with me and the rest of our family we have in Washington. It was fun having them visit. Growing up we used to always go to Washington for Christmas so it was kind of like stepping back in time since we hadn't been there for so long. One of the things that we have the greatest memories of was going to the science museum downtown and going to Pike's Place Market, so we did just that when the family came! :) We tried to recreate all the memories of the past including taking pictures in the same places we did when we were younger. Here are some of the images of us having a grand ol' time being kids again. I only wish brother and sister were there as well!
Here are some pics right outside of the science museum.
Mounting the whale tail...it's a lot harder than it looks
But we finally did it!
Sisters!
Our fishy faces with the fishy statues
Haha sister's massive bangs!
This is a classic pic, we have a pic just like this when we were all about ten years younger. We're only missing, Dustin, Cheltsey, Cameron, and Casey
I'm a raptor doin what I can...yo yo see me I'm livin below the soil, I'll be back but I'm coming as oil! Ha name that movie! This isn't really a raptor but we look like raptors...kinda
My cute parents
More raptor pics, or maybe more like a T-Rex
Holding the world
I've got the whole world in my hand...
Ugh this gross little creature gives me goosebumps, its so big
Taking pictures as ants in the insect section
We put these together...so proud
Photo op on the caterpillar while we wait to go into the butterfly exhibit
We loved this section of the museum. We played with the crazy mirrors and with the almost impossible puzzles and an all time favorite from the old days...the shadow wall! I tried to get pics of that but it just didn't turn out with the darkness and the flash, but here are some of the mirror pics.
This was one of our favorite parts of the science museum, we stayed here for awhile taking weird pics of ourselves...long necks
Midgets!
Long torsos
Hovering...haha we were at this one for awhile just dying laughing at each other
The Space Needle from outside of the Science Museum
We got some really oh so delicious doughnuts at Pikes. After we went down under (Pikes Market that is) and discovered this cool alley way...actually our cousin took us there to show us the famous "Gum Wall". Yes, it is just what it sounds like...a wall with gum on it. How gross is that? Thousands, maybe millions of people's chewed old gum stuck to a wall. Well it looked pretty cool, just couldn't fathom getting too close and accidentally touching it! Ugh, anyways here it is
Ok not those (but it would be a cool place to take pics with all the cool graffiti)
This is the Gum Wall
Disgusted
Crazy right?
The ugliest fish I've seen
My favorite part of the market...the perfect fresh fruits and vegetables
Well that ends the journey of our adventures in downtown Seattle and also the end of a "long, lots of pictures" post. Needless to say I had so much fun with my family...I always do!
