Sunday, June 6, 2010

Hotel de la Koch

I always wished we had kept a log of who stayed with us while we lived in DC.  And somehow we moved to Hawaii- and I still never kept a log.  So we tried to come up with as many as we can remember from just Hawaii... sorry all those in DC, that is too many visitors ago :)
My bags are packed, and our things get shipped tomorrow.  5 amazing years here went so fast.  I might cry, so enough of that.

mom and dad(um 6ish times- I can't remember) Pam (5ish) Steve, Tyler.  Smiths (3x) Hammonds (2 x) Aunt Annette and Sister Denise,  Dixons,  Pinegears,  3 random college kids- I don't remember your names,  Paul and Amanda,   JKChoi,   Nelsons,  Richins (2x),  Marshall family,  Motzkas's,  Storheim family,     Erin- random dental student- i don't know your last name,  Donna Clark,   Eppersons (2x),    McCormicks,  Andersons,  Romneys,  Joe Jeppson,  Ian and Rose,  Metcalf (2x),  Mueller Bros.  (you just left last night!)


Let me know if we missed you- we would love to have it in our records-  I only count 41 visits... so I think I must have missed someone along the way!

We feel so blessed that we had a home in Hawaii for some many to come and enjoy.   I think it is funny that when we go to North Carolina we will have twice the house, but i am guessing few visitors. It just isn't a hot spot like DC or Hawaii.   We won't know what to do without a friend or two stopping in- so like always our house is your house, come on over.

Friday, June 4, 2010

a few favorites

Of course I have so many more I love.  So here are just a few of my favorites....





















bellows

              

Love bellows beach.  Love shauna and tom and their kids Madelyn and Tommy.  
Our kids will miss you!




Birthday Weekend






Not my birthday weekend.. my dearest friend Sarah's 40th!  Doesn't she look amazing!  
I hope I can look like this on my 40th! She is just fabulous and we joke that she 
is my right hand, and I am her left.  What will I do when we are
so far apart.  Makes me sad to just think about it!
We kicked off the weekend with a dinner at cheesecake factory in town.
Followed up by giggling, dancing and girl talk until we finally
hit the pillow around 4am.  We had a yummy breakfast in the next
morning and headed out for a paddleboarding lesson with "lips".  
His lips weren't so luscious, but turns out he has a lot of attitude lip!
He took us paddleboarding and canoeing. We had a blast!
After cleaning up we were off to Ala Moana mall for some shopping and 
dinner at bubba gump shrimp.  We rolled in the door around 11pm
I wouldn't say I came back revived, refreshed or recovered.  More wasted and giddy.
We had a blast!!  Love you Sarah.
                                            trisha, cortney, wendi, keri, moana, veronica




                                                    joy, me, sarah, laura, trisha

















turtle beach

We had a fabulous playgroup at turtle beach- "secret cove"
my kids loved swimming with the turtles and we even brought 
Troy back a few days later... unfortunately a turtle bit camirons leg 
that day and she is a little terrified of them now!