tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16415318027365591562024-03-13T15:23:25.677-10:00Havoc in Hawaii!!Cerina J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/01765093529295631613noreply@blogger.comBlogger49125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1641531802736559156.post-48445910943482875692009-12-22T23:19:00.001-10:002010-03-16T02:47:21.854-10:00Ode to MissieWe can't believe our adventure here is coming to an end. We've had the time of our lives and are happy we could share it all with you and have loved all the comments we've gotten. One in particular though...from Missie. Awhile ago we put up the guestbook for people to sign and leave comments pretty much thinking it was gonna be a couple close friends signing it. So we were shocked and elated whenCerina J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/01765093529295631613noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1641531802736559156.post-90939167624772786422009-12-20T13:05:00.000-10:002010-03-05T10:54:36.122-10:00The Sillies and the SauciesBefore leaving the land of endless backdrops, also known as Hawaii, I wanted to do a photo shoot with Brooklyn. We were cutting it close but right there at the end we set out around Kailua and got some fun shots. I've broken them down into 2 categories; the sillies and the saucies. The Sillies & Smilies:What is Brooklyn laughing at you ask?? The sicko couple parked on the sand nearby...I'm Cerina J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/01765093529295631613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1641531802736559156.post-70206965412628359882009-12-18T09:57:00.000-10:002010-01-23T10:09:36.063-10:00So, let's be real here...whose "favorite movie" list does not include 50 first dates?? Honestly. It's got it all; Romance, humor, music, and stunning scenery. Now that we've established we all know and love this movie, it's safe to assume we all remember the scene where Henry and Lucy first meet at the charming little family owned eatery, the Hukilau Cafe. He looks over and see's the sun rays Cerina J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/01765093529295631613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1641531802736559156.post-5498998526274083152009-12-17T16:25:00.011-10:002010-01-22T13:53:34.853-10:00No go on the puppy :(So each time I'd really start leaning towards getting a certain puppy we'd go back to check on it and it would be gone. Then I started thinking about how the kind of puppy I'd been wanting for years now is a goldendoodle or a labradoodle...not a chihuahua or terrier or whatever. Although they're all adorable and I'm sure I'd be happy having any one of them to love I don't want to get a dog just Cerina J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/01765093529295631613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1641531802736559156.post-56158784196170838892009-12-16T23:31:00.000-10:002010-01-22T13:54:06.662-10:00Hammerhead fishingSo after a friend of my dad's told us that Kaneohe Bay is the breeding ground for Hammerheads we were set on trying to see one or better yet, catch one!! We headed to the Fishing supply store to see what we'd need.We were excited to find some awesome pink fishing poles and when we saw that the reel lights up when you turn it we were sold. We were thrilled when the men at the store said we'd for Cerina J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/01765093529295631613noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1641531802736559156.post-34013311864130300902009-12-15T16:06:00.006-10:002010-01-09T18:05:38.447-10:00Our run in with NSYNC!Erin you'll never believe this. So we read your comment on the Justin Timberlake Serenade requesting we find lookalikes for the whole NSYNC clan and we thought we'll never be able to swing that and had sorta written it off that it would just never happen. Well guess who we bump into? Freaking NSYNC!! It was unbelievable. We got some good footage of them singing one of my Old School Favorites. Cerina J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/01765093529295631613noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1641531802736559156.post-10860457566501240322009-12-14T21:12:00.001-10:002010-01-09T04:34:10.180-10:00Recipe for Haole Brownies!At Keanue's one night I saw this recipe on the fridge and it made me laugh. It's for Haole Brownies. "Haole" is a Hawaiian slang term for white people. Apparently these Brownies are a sugar vanilla flavor and come out white...hence the name. They're good so I thought I'd share.This one is for Malasadas. A Portuguese donut type thing that's a Hawaiian favorite! YUM!If the recipe's aren't big Cerina J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/01765093529295631613noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1641531802736559156.post-55087438583567873372009-12-14T12:18:00.000-10:002010-01-06T12:22:24.268-10:00Photo shoot with ErihanaOkay, I've been looking forward to this day since the first time I saw Hanale's daughter on Facebook. She is the cutest little girl ever! Each time they came over and I got to know her better just made me want to take her photo more and more. Getting some time with her quickly became one of my major "to do" items while here.The day I arrived in Hawaii I began making mental notes of all the Cerina J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/01765093529295631613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1641531802736559156.post-4284139759630584102009-12-13T23:18:00.003-10:002009-12-28T07:20:08.832-10:00Hunt for the Perfect Souvenier...I've been trying to figure out the perfect souvenir for this amazing experience and it came to me...a puppy! I've been wanting a puppy for awhile and thought it would be awesome to get one and bring it around the Island with me, give it a Hawaiian name, then bring it home with me. I thought I could name it "Souvenir" in Hawaiian...then an even better idea came to me, Puka, as in Puka Dogs...my Cerina J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/01765093529295631613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1641531802736559156.post-32444139283877183002009-12-13T22:54:00.001-10:002009-12-28T07:21:21.614-10:00Hanauma BayToday we decided to hit up Hanauma Bay. Because it's such a major tourist spot and is often crowded we'd sorta been avoiding it but we did wantgo at least once while here. Snorkeling is so good here but the best thing about Hanauma Bay is how the reef stretches around the whole bay and comes up high enough that no sharks can get in!! We should've tried paddle boarding here!Interesting fact: HanaCerina J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/01765093529295631613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1641531802736559156.post-22938705019575813242009-12-12T21:12:00.001-10:002009-12-21T07:39:32.286-10:00Our Christmas CardDouble click to see it larger!Cerina J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/01765093529295631613noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1641531802736559156.post-73162745254631454532009-12-12T12:19:00.009-10:002010-01-09T17:01:11.705-10:00"On numba 1 day of Christmas"So there's this awesome version of the song, The 12 days of Christmas, Hawaiian Style, that we've been hearing on the radio and we're in love with. All the gifts are funny Hawaiian things and we love how rather than say, "on the 1st day of Christmas" they say, "on numba one day of christmas." It's so great. However, there are parts where we're not exactly sure what they're saying so we headed outCerina J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/01765093529295631613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1641531802736559156.post-46959151668257095662009-12-12T11:18:00.003-10:002009-12-20T20:20:40.501-10:00I need to feel some Christmas! Honolulu City Lights with Erica & Hanale!When you've grown up on the east coast and in a place where you can expect some snow around Christmas or at least some serious cold...It's hard to feel like Christmas is coming when you're still able to live in your bathing suit. Some people have put lights up and Santa has made some appearances at the mall and other places around town but I still just haven't been feeling it...until Cerina J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/01765093529295631613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1641531802736559156.post-999366020267338032009-12-11T23:19:00.019-10:002009-12-16T18:09:07.754-10:00Curry House & Bubbies Ice Cream Parlor in Honolulu with the ladies!Tonight was Enrichment night so we met up with the other girls in the ward at the curry house in Honolulu. We love the ladies in our ward here. They are so fun and easy be around. From the second you meet them you just feel comfortable...so a night out with them was a total blast.The curry was amazing and Nancy even got us to try Kim Chee...which I will say wasn't half bad.Then we headed down theCerina J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/01765093529295631613noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1641531802736559156.post-45751121825472163642009-12-10T23:51:00.003-10:002009-12-16T19:45:37.007-10:00HIGH SURF WARNING!So I guess the insane waves of the North Shore this week made not just local but NATIONAL news! Rightfully so. It was crazy up there. We headed up early to do the shark cage excursion but the water was too high and rough that the company wasn't taking any boats out. That's right folks...we booked the shark cage!!!!! Stay tuned for that post! Since we were already up on the North shore we headed Cerina J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/01765093529295631613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1641531802736559156.post-14800042865538382652009-12-07T23:29:00.000-10:002009-12-12T16:01:37.989-10:00My Buddy ErihanaHaving your front tooth knocked out calls for some serious pain killers so I spent the next little while in bed and on vicodin. So it was great when my buddy Erihana came to keep me company. Erihana is my Friend Hanale's daughter. I'm living with her grandparents(Hanale's Parents).We watched The Santa Clause, she showed me how she can type her name, I taught her how to draw in photoshop,we ate Cerina J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/01765093529295631613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1641531802736559156.post-13655513782487395642009-12-06T14:43:00.004-10:002009-12-20T21:14:08.242-10:00Thanksgiving Week on Maui!We've been in desperate need of a vacation. We've both just been craving a break from real life : ) here on Oahu and thought what better time than Thanksgiving and what better place than Maui...and we headed off! It proved to be a brilliant decision...minus me getting sick, chipping my front tooth, and breaking all my cameras!HOTEL HEAVEN:For starters we were in love with our hotel. It was the Cerina J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/01765093529295631613noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1641531802736559156.post-41523286604049697862009-12-06T11:53:00.000-10:002009-12-17T16:10:59.468-10:00Brooklyn's Bike for Autism Event!Brooklyn's Bike for Autism Event was a hit this weekend! Brooklyn planned the 15 mile route around the Kailua/Kaneohe area starting at the beautiful Kailua beach park. It was a loop that bikers could go around as many times as they wanted. I was impressed that Brooklyn and Terry both did the loop twice. As for me...not so much. I was happy to bike then man the start / finish line. : )We fell inCerina J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/01765093529295631613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1641531802736559156.post-4146441618132938322009-12-06T11:02:00.000-10:002009-12-17T16:09:57.650-10:00Sunset bike rideSo Brooklyn's Biking for Autism event is this weekend and I haven't been riding my bike near enough. I had a headache still from my tooth today so I decided to head over to our favorite grocery store, Don Quijote's, and get some advil. We'd just gotten back from Maui and I'd returned my Wrangler before hand so the bike was my method of transportation this time which initially I wasn't too excitedCerina J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/01765093529295631613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1641531802736559156.post-40797350963049527792009-12-05T23:53:00.002-10:002009-12-06T23:51:24.756-10:00KAMEHAMEHA vs. Kahuku State Champtionship Game!!The Aloha Stadium in Honolulu was definitely the place to be last night. It was packed with over 20,000 people for the State Championship football game, Kamehameha vs. Kahuku. My friend Hanale is the Offensive line coach for Kamehameha so we were excited to be there to cheer him on...and to hang with his family and my favorite...his daughter Erihana. She's my buddy and you have no idea how I meltCerina J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/01765093529295631613noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1641531802736559156.post-45231387245023697332009-12-02T23:53:00.001-10:002009-12-08T09:27:14.590-10:00Q: What is there to do on a rainy Hawaiian Night?A: Easy, Catch frogs!!Before I move onto the meat of this post I must mention...last night we saw the movie, The Blind Side and it was the best movie ever!!! I laughed, I cried, and I recommitted myself to striving to be a good Christian as well as to adopting children with extreme athletic abilities, all in all a great experience. If you haven't seen it, see it. If you have seen it, see it Cerina J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/01765093529295631613noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1641531802736559156.post-43704503908869460722009-12-01T23:31:00.000-10:002009-12-06T23:50:32.042-10:00Lanikai Juice is WAY better than Jamba!This is our favorite smoothie/juice place, Lanikai Juice. It's amazing! The smoothies are wonderful but that also have these yogurt granola bowl things. It's like a yogurt smoothie but super thick and has granola, nuts, and coconut on top! YUMMMMM! Brookyn can't get enough.Cerina J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/01765093529295631613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1641531802736559156.post-79289954417882293982009-11-30T23:40:00.000-10:002009-12-06T23:50:16.303-10:00We can't believe we've already had over a 1,000 hits!! That's crazy! It's also crazy that only 12 people have signed the guestbook!!!??? With only 2 making requests!! What's that about?Anyway, we've come up with a way to spice things up a little. Being that it's 2009 we thought how about when we get 2009 views we do a DAY OF DIVING & DARING DEATH!!!!This would include a morning Shark cage Cerina J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/01765093529295631613noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1641531802736559156.post-30531596945474639782009-11-28T23:31:00.000-10:002009-12-06T23:49:45.593-10:00Justin Timberlake Serenade!We took Erin's "Do it or Die" threat on her Justin Timberlake serenade request very seriously and delivered as quickly as possible. We'd heard he had a home up in Hali'ewa so we headed up there to check it out...we didn't find him but we found his brother!!! It was awesome! Then as you requested, we got him to serenade us...after first sorta serenading him, which was not requested...sorry.Cerina J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/01765093529295631613noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1641531802736559156.post-43999250682193782042009-11-25T19:00:00.000-10:002009-12-05T20:43:25.619-10:00Our new favorite songs!I know you all are loving the song we learned on the Ukulele, "Drop." We've now added that to our blog playlist as well as our new favorite song which is probably what you're hearing right now if you're not...it's next.We've heard it on the radio a million times and finally tracked down the artist. It's actually a local duo called, Keahiwai. How they came to be is pretty cool. Mailani (born and Cerina J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/01765093529295631613noreply@blogger.com1