tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32603487358255735592024-03-13T03:28:48.668-07:00Ke Ola Maika'iThe Good LifeMaliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10101089235445728947noreply@blogger.comBlogger236125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260348735825573559.post-60633357187487862242011-06-05T01:39:00.000-07:002011-06-05T01:41:15.323-07:00Yeah it's official.I'm the world's worst blogger! And there's been a whole lot of fun going on around here that I haven't blogged about...<br />
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So this one's about the "King of the Cloud" contest that was held last week out at Cloudbreak. It was AWESOME! Not only were the waves pumping but this big Cat (catamaran) was out the whole day which made watching and everything so much fun! It was perfect for competitors, spectators, and the judges who sat on top with a great view!<br />
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It was an absolute gorgeous day. We couldn't have asked for better waves or weather (i personally could have asked for the waves to be a bit more "Malia Friendly" but for everyone else, the bigger the better).<br />
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Stuart did so well out there and I am so proud of him! He wasn't crowned KING of the Cloud but he was definitely in the running! He made it all the way to the finals beating out some tough competition he had to go against in the rounds leading up to the FINAL FOUR! <br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"> The finals were up in the air with Stuart taking the lead early on and all four competitors neck in neck. Late in the heat Captain Aca ran away with the title catching 2 of the best waves in the heat and finding one of the only Barrels that came through that heat. Aca also received a perfect score on his last wave! Hard to beat that but Stuart came up just 1/2 a point shy of 2nd place! I'm so proud of my Man!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">We had such a fun day out on the boat hanging out with friends and members of the Fiji Surfing Association! Hopefully you enjoyed this little post! I hope to be back again soon!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Oh and if you haven't already... check out my new Photography Blog at: MaliaJohnson.com/blog! </div>Maliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10101089235445728947noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260348735825573559.post-89408393472048943772011-04-13T18:04:00.000-07:002011-04-13T18:04:56.943-07:00Expecting!!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">See this sweet Girl? </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"> Well lately she's been extremely lazy! She's either sleeping or asking me for food! And she's getting a bit round (compared to her normal self) She's quite a skinny kitty... </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"> But would you take a look at THAT BELLY!?!?!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Kitty's Expecting!!! Any day now! I'm sure she's ready to pop those babies out since she looks a bit uncomfortable and is starting to waddle. :) I love this girl!</div>Maliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10101089235445728947noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260348735825573559.post-20647700415886930472011-04-13T15:05:00.000-07:002011-04-13T19:54:00.635-07:00What to do?!<div style="text-align: center;">There are so many things I should/could be doing.... but where to start? </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I could do the pile of dishes left in the sink last night:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">(Sorry i'm sure you don't wanna see this but I'm just keeping it real around here)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZQy_aVMm12SaNJ3tfOl7K6p523PuIogjQmX06zkEVW5fjGroWxzBc3aYyMoNtXJSkdv-ATSuGSPwHUcNeRjs5P6mPpOm8RV6zyGEvCdeiB2jISqkprLLjAhExu_vwnRWfV8zma7Ry_ka2/s1600/Dishes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZQy_aVMm12SaNJ3tfOl7K6p523PuIogjQmX06zkEVW5fjGroWxzBc3aYyMoNtXJSkdv-ATSuGSPwHUcNeRjs5P6mPpOm8RV6zyGEvCdeiB2jISqkprLLjAhExu_vwnRWfV8zma7Ry_ka2/s400/Dishes.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">There are quite a bit of other things I could be doing too... our entire house could use a good cleaning. I'm not too worried about that because we do have guests coming next week and we always get it cleaned up before they arrive (thank goodness we have visitors ALL THE TIME or else this house would never get cleaned up). Since I'm not surfing today, I guess I'll do a little bit of exercise first!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"> </span> Well, the sink is cleared! Yay! And Since the sink was clear I was also able to refill all the empty water bottles around the house and put them in the fridge so we have lots of cold water to drink! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I didn't do the dirty laundry (like I said, WAY too hot for that!), but I did get all the clean, dry towels off the line and fold them up!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I also got a nice little workout in! And a post about Kitty! Not bad If I do say so myself!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I hope you're all having a wonderfully productive day!!!</div>Maliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10101089235445728947noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260348735825573559.post-45341064374015015592011-01-30T15:38:00.000-08:002011-01-30T15:38:41.895-08:00I'm Coming to America!We've been out here in Fiji for almost 7 months now and it is AWESOME! We love it! We're living the dream for us in this stage of our life. Next week I'll be taking a break from this dream for a little bit and coming back to the states! Out here in Fiji we meet some great people and we were lucky enough to meet our friend Michelle who is a pilot for Continental airlines. She was nice enough to offer to let me fly on her buddy pass to get back to visit friends and family! So next week i'll be taking off for about a month. I don't know my complete schedule just yet but I'll be stopping in New Mexico so I can meet my sweet new nephews Makaio and Maui, Las Vegas to attend the HUGE photography convention: WPPI, California to see more family, and hopefully Hawaii for a few days! I can't wait for this big trip! And there's no way I would be able to do this without Michelle's kindness! I'm so grateful because I really wanted to see Makaio and Maui as Babies but didn't know if I'd be able to! And now I will! <br />
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Unfortunately I'll be gone for Stuart's and my birthday and Valentines Day but Stuart told me I should go anyway. We'll just have to celebrate before and after the trip :) <br />
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<ul><li>Stuart's Birthday</li>
</ul><ul><li>My Birthday</li>
</ul><ul><li>Valentine's Day</li>
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<ul><li>Our Christmas presents to each other will be arriving while i'm gone (custom surfboards!!!) I can't wait to see pictures of them! And when I do, I'll share them with YOU!</li>
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<ul><li>Seeing all these people!!! (and more)</li>
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<ul><li>Cold weather.... and hot showers</li>
<li> Frozen Yogurt!!! Yogurt Land anyone???</li>
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<ul><li>Attending WPPI for the 1st time!!! </li>
<li>Getting my hair cut!!! Finally... and donating it :)</li>
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I'm trying to work a little while i'm on my trip to help pay for it so if you or anyone you know wants a photo session with me while i'm in any of those places let me know! You can contact me at MaliaJohnsonPhotography{at}gmail{dot}com to check availability and rates! Maliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10101089235445728947noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260348735825573559.post-34944957745616979072011-01-04T17:49:00.000-08:002011-01-04T17:49:44.337-08:00Mochi<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
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<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Remember how cute and <span style="font-size: xx-small;">Little</span> Mochi was back <a href="http://hawaiianrollercoasterride.blogspot.com/2010/11/west-is-best.html">here</a>? Well he's been doing some growing and I wanted to show you how cute and <span style="font-size: large;"><b>big</b></span> he has gotten!!! (plus my mom has been asking to see him)</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I still need my Mochi-Me time... it's just a bit harder to get him to lay on my belly like he used to :)</span>Maliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10101089235445728947noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260348735825573559.post-17121455478134913862010-12-26T00:16:00.000-08:002010-12-26T00:16:58.934-08:00Merry Christmas From the Johnson's!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">We wanted to send you all a Christmas card but didn't really have a way to print them and send from Fiji so this will have to do:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">We hope you had a wonderful Christmas and are looking forward to a wonderful new year!!!</div><br />
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The first of this collection is a cover of the Iron and Wine track, "Each coming night" <br />
From the Album <b class="sr"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0001ENX54/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_1?pf_rd_p=1278548962&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=B000YN83SY&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=045QJJBSB2BQK2XTX35G">Our Endless Numbered Days</a></b><br />
A song of loss and the memories that never leave <br />
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Will you say when I’m gone away <br />
"My lover came to me and we'd lay <br />
In rooms unfamiliar but until now" <br />
Oh oh oh oh<br />
Until now<br />
Oh oh oh oh<br />
Until now<br />
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Will you say to them when I’m gone <br />
"I loved your son for his sturdy arms <br />
We both learned to cradle then live without" <br />
Oh oh oh oh <br />
Live without<br />
Oh oh oh oh<br />
Live without<br />
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Will you say when I’m gone away <br />
'Your father’s body was judgment day <br />
We both dove and rose to the riverside" <br />
Oh oh oh oh <br />
Riverside<br />
Oh oh oh oh<br />
Riverside<br />
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Will you say to me when I’m gone <br />
"Your face has faded but lingers on <br />
'Cause light strikes a deal with each coming night"<br />
Oh oh oh oh<br />
Coming night<br />
Oh oh oh oh<br />
Coming night<br />
Oh oh oh oh<br />
Coming night<br />
Oh oh oh oh<br />
Coming night <br />
Maliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10101089235445728947noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260348735825573559.post-37766391509763163052010-12-02T23:05:00.000-08:002010-12-02T23:05:52.579-08:00#55 Paint Tank COMPLETEDOkay so I know I'm way behind and going back in time by posting this one... but I was going through some photos and found some before and After pics of Tank's Paint Job. You have to understand that Tank was part of the family and we LOVED him! We were sad to sell him but we had to sell A LOT when we moved. Here's Tank before... pretty rugged :)<br />
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What a great truck he was! This job took about 2 hours, 3 people, and 6 or 7 spray cans... if I remember correctly. Maliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10101089235445728947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260348735825573559.post-89607523118674981902010-11-22T15:39:00.000-08:002010-11-22T15:39:15.023-08:00The West is Best!<div>When moving out to Fiji, the plan was to live in Suva (the south side of the island) Stuart would go to school and I'd work. When we got here, we were there in Suva trying to get things settled. We were looking for housing, going to USP to get all of the details taken care of for Stuart to enroll. During this time, we were finding out a few things we didn't anticipate. We decided Suva wasn't the place for us and Stuart wasn't going to go to school anymore. </div><div><br />
</div><div>We'll just treat it like a long holiday and move back home to Hawaii. We had rented a little spot in Pacific Harbour for the month. We would finish out the month there while we did fun stuff people do when they go to Fiji. We were looking for flights, and even asked a friend if he could pick us up from the airport. </div><div><br />
</div><div>We knew people would be asking us how the surf was and we had to try and surf Cloudbreak and all those spots. It was almost the end of the month and time to buy our return flight. But before that, we had to go surf. We found a company that would pick us up, take us out on the boat and drop us off afterwards. That's when we met Ian, the owner of Fiji Surf Co. Ian was looking for some surf photographers to work for him so he could offer that service to his guests. We talked a little bit about what he was looking for, and what we had to offer. We had found our match! </div><div><br />
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Stuart remembered there was a family who lived really close to Ian's house and the boat launch where the surf trips left from everyday. He also remembered there just happened to be another house on the property that didn't have anyone living in it back when he was serving his mission. We spoke to the Reddy's asking about the house to see if it was empty and if we could live there. Everything was falling into place perfectly!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I love my "Mochi&Me" time. He's gotten a little too big for him to sit comfortably on my belly now so he's always trying to get away. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is pretty much the whole front part of the house... sitting room and kitchen. I'm backed up against the kitchen sink. I'm strategically down low so you can't see our messy kitchen table :)</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> </td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> </td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> </td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> </td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I'm pretty sure this was a one time thing. He started out as a good sharer. Then I think he tried to "share" some one else food and he learned to be selfish when they barked and growled at him. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">He's so little! And so cute! I'll have to post a more recent picture because his ears aren't floppy anymore. Heeler's have ears that stick straight up</td></tr>
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</tbody></table>Maliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10101089235445728947noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260348735825573559.post-68738717841339421592010-11-11T09:06:00.001-08:002010-11-11T09:06:00.320-08:00#4: Take a Trip to Fiji. CHECK!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I must say that I think I went above and beyond on this one! I didn't just take a trip to Fiji, I moved here! Do I get extra credit for that??? I think I should :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Maliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10101089235445728947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260348735825573559.post-27211603764154576482010-11-10T14:18:00.000-08:002010-11-10T16:31:41.057-08:00#3: Add to our Family of 2. CHECK!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">I've been slacking big time. I've also noticed that I've checked off a few things from my 101 in 1001 list so I need to update the list and blog about some of them... The interesting ones at least. #3 is: Add to our family of 2. Now don't get too excited just yet. We're not having a baby within the next nine months... but we have added to our family. We have 2 "Kids" now. A boy and a girl named Kitty and Mochi. Here's a little video of them. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">Kitty is great! She likes to eat spiders and cockroaches which I love!!! She also keeps any rats away... I haven't seen any around since we brought her home. Unfortunately she also likes to eat geckos and these cute little birds that hang around our house. It was so sad the first time I saw it... but now its no big deal as long as she doesn't bring it inside the house I'm fine with it... Survival of the fittest (or biggest, sneakiest, and quickest) right?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Maliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10101089235445728947noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260348735825573559.post-80939815770590128012010-11-07T14:29:00.001-08:002010-11-07T14:31:00.671-08:00Snap Crackle Pop!!!<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">This morning I woke up to the sound of.... well I wasn't sure what it was at first. In the state of confusion I'm usually in right when I wake up, I couldn't tell if it was POURING rain on our tin roof, or firecrackers going off (Yes when it rains hard, the sound can be confused to firecrackers, don't be jealous:). It was neither. It was the sugar cane field being burned to get ready to harvest.</span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></div><div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxQvGZuDPiwx__Lc3CxHUCIeMcAhbn8_A6TY4xqbhRoXU4uWhsfx0d5KLtpvwoUhP0SttowyzMbBr425q2qBRonqGAqcspod-5nVEpgrG1wru8c8Ye5EfUFPhJKRLehFJBMvBa-eYAsKI2/s400/Blog-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536919647075351634" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">There have been sugar cane fields burning around here for the past few weeks (or a couple months maybe) and I have been wondering when Reddy (our landlord/neighbor) would burn his. Since we live right next to it I was looking forward to witnessing it! A few days ago we were going past our house on the boat and saw the field burning. I was so bummed because I wanted to be there, up close and personal. And I wanted to see it burn at night... I thought it would be more dramatic that way and make for a better photo op. Turns out they only burned half of it. Lucky me!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">So I woke up grabbed my camera and headed out to get a few shots of the guys hard at work. It's pretty amazing that they clear the whole entire field by hand! No machinery is used to cut the cane. Its just a bunch of guys with their cane knives. The only machinery used is for transporting the stuff! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Hard at work:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBCtyryeSfXVV7k1DpYHr1TjXvB-FBwIDZv6uuapkDgYsVpcwWUTBqm4fACbYQf1BVwcsXAEShJ45wE8uBEEBP_3AX0YlTu4vo6T92oKWQwzkgMs854sVcyifI2As5nymj7bAj6k51-Jtp/s400/Blog_003.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536927985419332834" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px; " /></span></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; 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"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAom2RAgoWMFIcVWmTasVbJoNmmFNemfPbkesFAD0kRYpTgnbro5zAwk_XoyYVzxHcQ4Yl1-_YVY_H1kV86_ADdmUhx31lJ0V1WVcsa531muqrWeYpunQS0DekdvDdBgM36GAnh2-lATBh/s1600/Blog_010.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAom2RAgoWMFIcVWmTasVbJoNmmFNemfPbkesFAD0kRYpTgnbro5zAwk_XoyYVzxHcQ4Yl1-_YVY_H1kV86_ADdmUhx31lJ0V1WVcsa531muqrWeYpunQS0DekdvDdBgM36GAnh2-lATBh/s400/Blog_010.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536932331784115010" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px; " /></a></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Taking a break:</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5_VDJgV4p3Je1hHf7xqZSvXnfbc220tz8XzgI5WF2GNCkgNkXYcz8NEIuigul7ATC7b6uBqpiqgng0s9KmF-l9dPDVIInO5HJdrCjyddQi3F6Qq98Ju7yIUxFDqrq1OkQINeuEyo1wfwo/s1600/Blog_012.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5_VDJgV4p3Je1hHf7xqZSvXnfbc220tz8XzgI5WF2GNCkgNkXYcz8NEIuigul7ATC7b6uBqpiqgng0s9KmF-l9dPDVIInO5HJdrCjyddQi3F6Qq98Ju7yIUxFDqrq1OkQINeuEyo1wfwo/s400/Blog_012.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536932346600794194" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIhis1NbnOmpvRh_uotcTsexh-xRnEJhlwMd7RU0TF7CtGm8MTPLhd_qiQxl2e6izq1AniPPqMQ4wWuPZJLg2m3033sIik-OAi0OGgqBTfqXBpUr8shAtIYhLQXVcqOl0SE3WngNwJkSde/s1600/Blog_011.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIhis1NbnOmpvRh_uotcTsexh-xRnEJhlwMd7RU0TF7CtGm8MTPLhd_qiQxl2e6izq1AniPPqMQ4wWuPZJLg2m3033sIik-OAi0OGgqBTfqXBpUr8shAtIYhLQXVcqOl0SE3WngNwJkSde/s400/Blog_011.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536932336904564690" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLoeORXm1-AGee2RPg3SH9ZBg_nilGlzwadxYeBkin6qwf7DSQdOiYKEhOU0aV9d98SF46_ojCtssqbAZjfWxyHzRxkkdFpIy18tRi7P9vgmEWB43B7qbOlRFqNT-bQ1W6-XNnlHxIXXLu/s1600/Blog_013.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLoeORXm1-AGee2RPg3SH9ZBg_nilGlzwadxYeBkin6qwf7DSQdOiYKEhOU0aV9d98SF46_ojCtssqbAZjfWxyHzRxkkdFpIy18tRi7P9vgmEWB43B7qbOlRFqNT-bQ1W6-XNnlHxIXXLu/s400/Blog_013.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536934354587746738" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiud4HrXtDyX4dN2kD7bVZzMjS_flEeusBAO5gxvFXePm4DTHV7jJCPK-XVs96rzZUmG-BhHTHpkJ0zNjJ5R2K3FDdcvww125Ov_wesr7Um7XrGTC3G9krcNin_vnF8lIUfVs79lIZa_9mU/s1600/Blog_014.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiud4HrXtDyX4dN2kD7bVZzMjS_flEeusBAO5gxvFXePm4DTHV7jJCPK-XVs96rzZUmG-BhHTHpkJ0zNjJ5R2K3FDdcvww125Ov_wesr7Um7XrGTC3G9krcNin_vnF8lIUfVs79lIZa_9mU/s400/Blog_014.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536934331427477730" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Off to quench the thirst of more hard working men:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6cC0SX1NVUnwbsqvpsUlWJ9TBVAmhnBqKSD-g7a3GlViFp3lZyyTWEv1Uj6QVNVRUZL71MSR_J50NGSWR857rBGTT8ujx-33pCXRYcRKY4mRTW6tsveOCUK-UtDwZLypO0tPKA6yTRxld/s1600/Blog_015.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6cC0SX1NVUnwbsqvpsUlWJ9TBVAmhnBqKSD-g7a3GlViFp3lZyyTWEv1Uj6QVNVRUZL71MSR_J50NGSWR857rBGTT8ujx-33pCXRYcRKY4mRTW6tsveOCUK-UtDwZLypO0tPKA6yTRxld/s400/Blog_015.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536934325475920306" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Some burnt sugar cane:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheMbQ4XkiXJnMjZBzRoENzCgmqm1ReIj9egiguVN-TH5_0uO46k7e9Euw1445A6vU_m6bPHipjroDPua_5cYnD1ImokN0Tqow3fZKbgcJTrHgxPRJt5dRsMUc6eJkHuV2brOXPvG03QW_q/s1600/Blog_017.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheMbQ4XkiXJnMjZBzRoENzCgmqm1ReIj9egiguVN-TH5_0uO46k7e9Euw1445A6vU_m6bPHipjroDPua_5cYnD1ImokN0Tqow3fZKbgcJTrHgxPRJt5dRsMUc6eJkHuV2brOXPvG03QW_q/s400/Blog_017.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536934318434960626" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">And of course Mochi was happy to be out tromping through the remains of the cane :)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn632vgFGNG75tTQd_OhtYJfBJCV1HQSUlioaqeXiBpekwh4_q5r_qqSkmZyooeR0sMIiWYUdKUNadfFVQmHi4qwTw4LJnMNM91Pp5gkQZYHjy5GkjGAvi1Z-phYc2c3oaWbbfLO0hMmx4/s1600/Blog_018.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn632vgFGNG75tTQd_OhtYJfBJCV1HQSUlioaqeXiBpekwh4_q5r_qqSkmZyooeR0sMIiWYUdKUNadfFVQmHi4qwTw4LJnMNM91Pp5gkQZYHjy5GkjGAvi1Z-phYc2c3oaWbbfLO0hMmx4/s400/Blog_018.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536934315012272690" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">And this is just outside our house and I thought it was pretty :)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEG4oGWIJvo58Wm3r8SVEc07h9S4OIifvwRRhcxL-b2eFHTVXPw9t76uQ7-hCZt26MYP_4jWkj__YST0PfMssywNv82cL2ch2LcNhENseRQow_eyFMr0BaS7ITHM3ExVFtMawyu23nqI0c/s400/Blog_019.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536935825410960274" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px; " /></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Thanks for stopping by! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">I know this doesn't show you much about what we've been up to but there's more to come :)</span></div>Maliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10101089235445728947noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260348735825573559.post-76393159098656249712010-10-06T20:05:00.000-07:002010-10-07T00:08:13.717-07:00Fiji!<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm gonna try to blog again!!! Here are a few photos from our first month here in Fiji! This first one is kinda funny... it's where Stuart would have been going to school if things had gone as planned...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVJQHSpqAaXDql4Lz-Mw5VFV8HXluLwvXMlZeGK2Mb1gSrubUe5dJx5wztHLjrDxiCAwN_ZkZlcvhI1wKF9ebRInAjJhht3ncI6CfBjbSty091DDXAPHICn1_cIewfU41UTiZoLQtzeAsv/s1600/blog_14.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVJQHSpqAaXDql4Lz-Mw5VFV8HXluLwvXMlZeGK2Mb1gSrubUe5dJx5wztHLjrDxiCAwN_ZkZlcvhI1wKF9ebRInAjJhht3ncI6CfBjbSty091DDXAPHICn1_cIewfU41UTiZoLQtzeAsv/s400/blog_14.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525138768666782610" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We spent our first few days in Suva looking for housing and checking thing out. We would jump on the bus and go into town or over to USP to get some stuff done. The buses are pretty awesome! Nice and open... they blast the music, unfortunately its the super irritating stuff (and the same 5 songs). </div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhYECNiGhqDemr0KW93yEQpiurNyqQEnV3GWRJRKxGniXQYB4MSHjsphraAE9KEuqNH6VWshyphenhyphenzFWg9khaRQAv3Y8acn06saxvd2UwVm6-DpnOdXnqGAdcwryyrHQmrJopydJSqnZWsGcXn/s1600/blog_13.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhYECNiGhqDemr0KW93yEQpiurNyqQEnV3GWRJRKxGniXQYB4MSHjsphraAE9KEuqNH6VWshyphenhyphenzFWg9khaRQAv3Y8acn06saxvd2UwVm6-DpnOdXnqGAdcwryyrHQmrJopydJSqnZWsGcXn/s400/blog_13.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525138761998539506" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The beautiful beaches of FIJI:</div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDbdev91pHjbz2jg5ulQUduyJTpp-weUfOCWAiuDB5cLpl_DElFVl60OHYGaJZjoKKgP9v38NKfdTvMIQHUbyFyGWELGcERv_7MPaM5OUrqHfFSYrll8h-WFMfxE06rDV2LPvpgaULLss0/s1600/blog_12.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDbdev91pHjbz2jg5ulQUduyJTpp-weUfOCWAiuDB5cLpl_DElFVl60OHYGaJZjoKKgP9v38NKfdTvMIQHUbyFyGWELGcERv_7MPaM5OUrqHfFSYrll8h-WFMfxE06rDV2LPvpgaULLss0/s400/blog_12.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525138760185086370" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Pretty stinky actually.... I don't know if Suva has any pretty beaches, I didn't see any. But this is where we would have lived. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">This is the guard in front of the President's House. They're not supposed to talk or smile or anything... but we got him to talk... just barely, and through closed lips hahah! Stuart was speaking Fijian and he said it freaked him out! Ha!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_WXMhY19OK8X6s9Qs_afI_5vIRinKIKyFtt5e0uWNNKCgg0ee3S9edzAZNtx-04Whe3mEYT3IukQHxfuQZRbTC6qBqruIcFj9szMfQW8LVwX9l7Rjru21hM4nQ9pW-RWg6CQJnQKlLz1-/s1600/blog_11.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_WXMhY19OK8X6s9Qs_afI_5vIRinKIKyFtt5e0uWNNKCgg0ee3S9edzAZNtx-04Whe3mEYT3IukQHxfuQZRbTC6qBqruIcFj9szMfQW8LVwX9l7Rjru21hM4nQ9pW-RWg6CQJnQKlLz1-/s400/blog_11.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525138755655715218" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">Thats our green bus we always took to get back to where we were staying:</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioL2KSzbB0p5DRVRMvux1i6UtKFJOB-s1p_Fidt2nbBxQ_wzVmh-LxlOfYHugJpY1aFJH9NUGXoegpyCi8bNrybBgT-981EpqF-tXAfpZ8t9yheYEYwBWuZchXI6CN_lkKFESWOOpGSeBo/s1600/blog_10.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioL2KSzbB0p5DRVRMvux1i6UtKFJOB-s1p_Fidt2nbBxQ_wzVmh-LxlOfYHugJpY1aFJH9NUGXoegpyCi8bNrybBgT-981EpqF-tXAfpZ8t9yheYEYwBWuZchXI6CN_lkKFESWOOpGSeBo/s400/blog_10.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525137917533432962" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">Me on the sea wall at Suva Harbor... there's actually a pretty fun wave out there that would have been our home break... but Tavarua/Namotu waves are better :) And there's way more options! Plus it's FREE! Can't beat that!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiepZTwpmVbgc6j5DI7sElL7Eo5o3HreZBaBVd8dK3RSb51PFFPRjAnjCitywG0mW6A8cT2YktYcS_NLoa3nuZFzk8wcQVF83DcWrOxIriytbUeZ6AXlJz_KHUrN1Bgb50FzYVk4pi0Btb-/s1600/blog_09.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiepZTwpmVbgc6j5DI7sElL7Eo5o3HreZBaBVd8dK3RSb51PFFPRjAnjCitywG0mW6A8cT2YktYcS_NLoa3nuZFzk8wcQVF83DcWrOxIriytbUeZ6AXlJz_KHUrN1Bgb50FzYVk4pi0Btb-/s400/blog_09.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525137913643382402" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">Hare Krishna Ice cream! </div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_m815xLe3UYsMGOq2IVzR2xc2QAFWekPPPJ83sDNfHVfM5DhTUISF7-IpoDJA5B4zqqzQ0pcTmQGxywVQh9lTPzcsUQm1KPMn9W56jkJAOwyU8K2GPxk_bSrrXbhaTCPx9zstgBXVYg1z/s1600/blog_08.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_m815xLe3UYsMGOq2IVzR2xc2QAFWekPPPJ83sDNfHVfM5DhTUISF7-IpoDJA5B4zqqzQ0pcTmQGxywVQh9lTPzcsUQm1KPMn9W56jkJAOwyU8K2GPxk_bSrrXbhaTCPx9zstgBXVYg1z/s400/blog_08.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525137914759825186" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; ">One day we went up to see Stuart old Mission President who is now the temple president... Jolly little couple!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaWRcdtavg5oSYUU_2NGTDqYa7nxcInHAMwo60to59DnKifbcTKBoyC1_NI8530rgQh2nVpduPfY0bx6QKu8TDvs8Kc9rwxqEo4Indme7I4pd9PK6F8ZNyip9KXWpcTdXN2l7xcNXMN-fI/s1600/blog_17.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaWRcdtavg5oSYUU_2NGTDqYa7nxcInHAMwo60to59DnKifbcTKBoyC1_NI8530rgQh2nVpduPfY0bx6QKu8TDvs8Kc9rwxqEo4Indme7I4pd9PK6F8ZNyip9KXWpcTdXN2l7xcNXMN-fI/s400/blog_17.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525139287812667218" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; ">Here's the Suva Temple! Beautiful... this shot was taken by the Security guard we were hanging out with while waiting for the Woolley's to come home.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5OFI15ZonIUEfv66bD3EsTzUHx6lBlAyvZJ2sOR_k3JDb2jILd2oZeoX7sZGDrqvMo0YGOyMLki9OJo-cBCRyK7xFWyPS6Q-Jld3o-TaOeIrL_vMdo0E-IYbA2_6xTvQKjtUX_DrzA9OV/s1600/blog_16.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5OFI15ZonIUEfv66bD3EsTzUHx6lBlAyvZJ2sOR_k3JDb2jILd2oZeoX7sZGDrqvMo0YGOyMLki9OJo-cBCRyK7xFWyPS6Q-Jld3o-TaOeIrL_vMdo0E-IYbA2_6xTvQKjtUX_DrzA9OV/s400/blog_16.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525139254982253970" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsLqxWdSpWDYjKfbfBcOhlH_IwsRr1JzwuSRvAnRuYL65Dpn3CVtd2t88swl0ZJri92rQX0g0aoo9bm5GBkQ4XxekprlOwZICUAcEmpHxLIl4Ae-so47fWIND3Ik4lPjSA-zyT6Psl6M_J/s1600/blog_15.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsLqxWdSpWDYjKfbfBcOhlH_IwsRr1JzwuSRvAnRuYL65Dpn3CVtd2t88swl0ZJri92rQX0g0aoo9bm5GBkQ4XxekprlOwZICUAcEmpHxLIl4Ae-so47fWIND3Ik4lPjSA-zyT6Psl6M_J/s400/blog_15.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525138782289050274" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">Here we are on our way to our very first surf in Fiji! </div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-V2HwBOpqHUz-BBPstTmMT6amP1e8xWooC3216o45lEPA-ePv3_ENMQTyA_QZITVHXNnq9aTnJrbzwfF8m8w5cmIuNX0K0DEL7E6bWFz-fBE5wMTcH6ANcn75hzqXB3J2gUz7yrfxzd1p/s400/blog_02.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525141673337420066" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px; " /></span><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Stuart waxing up his new board for the first time! </div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEienwb3h8KnVUUq_wMcvpUfgFdqlno_ndbH7fjqnhKlqwaLTAwUbXWj1AELsFHdIgOyKxd5f4q9kVrmNdyLciD4zvhA_Dw5pLaIgUTklWPwHWpqb1N32RQQK9VKLiDrWT52Hsves-VVNZxj/s1600/blog_04.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEienwb3h8KnVUUq_wMcvpUfgFdqlno_ndbH7fjqnhKlqwaLTAwUbXWj1AELsFHdIgOyKxd5f4q9kVrmNdyLciD4zvhA_Dw5pLaIgUTklWPwHWpqb1N32RQQK9VKLiDrWT52Hsves-VVNZxj/s400/blog_04.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525136742645510386" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">We had to go out from the Resort Waidroka (a beautiful spot) but it was pretty pricey)</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_QloPhxGJnj40iQuz_MFXiCIRr_PDWZ8wG748OMFmDjHrQDqdJiyhLcBh0xYVlmm8byntFME-n6cxNMIl-C13T7djNJ_LFmlK4tzu397AmUrdjs8CsuLorS7nZ6pMR1Vm0jXcUsZ6bkMT/s1600/blog_03.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_QloPhxGJnj40iQuz_MFXiCIRr_PDWZ8wG748OMFmDjHrQDqdJiyhLcBh0xYVlmm8byntFME-n6cxNMIl-C13T7djNJ_LFmlK4tzu397AmUrdjs8CsuLorS7nZ6pMR1Vm0jXcUsZ6bkMT/s400/blog_03.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525136736660284962" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Since it was our first time out, neither one of us wanted to play photographer so this was the only shot we got . </div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9IeK-vkrHS2uoKJIRp1vDc0zlsoZ8sXGd_5HKXOKLXEGJCW33D8kVldajGlprssDBSf8rFggtFy0wdRuKVHnCJ7vt0alxslV674RI0Rif_y5fc0Fk75V4i8_j3OIx4jELaxVjk50tyOg8/s400/blog_05.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525136754353930610" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We moved out of Suva while we were trying to figure out what we were going to do and landed in Pacific Harbour. In a place called Arts Village. We had a cute little flat there. </div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcrZpl24LjGKYzSEgBo-pZa87Mqktp30PebVASEYeQ-IqIrMaxSKHmaJqRQ06w0iBy_49lY207eIOQSl5zFQyKf3CljL5jz-Lj1hX0mEfLUGAMJFxdk1IHg6mWA8-_uc_aw8MkPwN3nxq-/s400/blog_01.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525136724837225618" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It had the best pool ever that we would go play in every day! Tiki Pool Bar!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih1_y8YrvJS6uZq4Ew3-04Bv9FA_zEdiN2SONwLPs1-t4ZxWmBjkqB-bmAOHGeG6htKCuEZZXJMNEzwKR-a-luH1qKpskAW4l0YsSuTpQSYsFcy7G-57eWBksXFrl9J3vpQ93mCug4Ek5A/s400/P1010003_0026.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525193294935838450" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">No one else was ever there so we had the place to ourselves... yeah thats a slide coming out of the Tiki man's head :) </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisjyO_cQwPCw2Puv9v-gvLzYGWUBHda2Vhc5iZui0wrzJsnmgGAC3c_N6ectOHEBqHP1u274NLehuyVQmWr8_ds9ZhfjC-P0VyDt-WurxsQ-IPjyA4Pvq60FBxHXvpy1XJ1Mk1Ak2tJ039/s1600/P1010014_0015.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisjyO_cQwPCw2Puv9v-gvLzYGWUBHda2Vhc5iZui0wrzJsnmgGAC3c_N6ectOHEBqHP1u274NLehuyVQmWr8_ds9ZhfjC-P0VyDt-WurxsQ-IPjyA4Pvq60FBxHXvpy1XJ1Mk1Ak2tJ039/s400/P1010014_0015.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525193785887162786" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJdlopO09GCK0C6tDKtYR02jBolUta95b3RQPBF9lDFYw7-ENomkBKReBRjGSZjTZtpAsnksaNlxPUOuCsynhFtER_szYX0HSG6ApHa_OocznoAv5lFd6WN6aGcjpNOS0gyIgVI7gTFv5z/s1600/P1010010_0019.JPG"></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJdlopO09GCK0C6tDKtYR02jBolUta95b3RQPBF9lDFYw7-ENomkBKReBRjGSZjTZtpAsnksaNlxPUOuCsynhFtER_szYX0HSG6ApHa_OocznoAv5lFd6WN6aGcjpNOS0gyIgVI7gTFv5z/s1600/P1010010_0019.JPG"></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJdlopO09GCK0C6tDKtYR02jBolUta95b3RQPBF9lDFYw7-ENomkBKReBRjGSZjTZtpAsnksaNlxPUOuCsynhFtER_szYX0HSG6ApHa_OocznoAv5lFd6WN6aGcjpNOS0gyIgVI7gTFv5z/s1600/P1010010_0019.JPG"></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJdlopO09GCK0C6tDKtYR02jBolUta95b3RQPBF9lDFYw7-ENomkBKReBRjGSZjTZtpAsnksaNlxPUOuCsynhFtER_szYX0HSG6ApHa_OocznoAv5lFd6WN6aGcjpNOS0gyIgVI7gTFv5z/s400/P1010010_0019.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525193780806824674" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">I've never tried to post a video on here so we'll see how this goes :)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dx8rmL0pQfMuqmkLCPm9j6Yn1Vk3UKZGXBRyOhJ5lxVdtLJQW_LFnT_uFJgoeTpZ78wHWmzit0KHeLiyqCShA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMlygLr38HYvFqxAyXNwjE53k3NLGwJqGqp4LrqLdG3Bn5hVo_op7Wa3MskZgmSx36BGwM2cWrYwgz6aMETdbJV_V6KOYM2iRBNkXDNYEY7CvXKIcf3i9FuHPvOAYD_ToQZXwCtNFJqmdq/s1600/blog_07.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: none;"><br /></span></span></div></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This was the view from our window!</div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9mtB9foLFCqgGq0Qo2M6kfdmS40RtH7oElVlx_wFj1TLc4_e89OP0J78eZsMeep3qrwnkeXAIQh7pCuuO_Vy81PcdA5vqUwwB07RTgmHEuFwcyjLibTedoGcKlj0y6FBa4vuv5AdjuxF6/s400/blog_18.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525139299814872034" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px; " /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">We loved our little place in Arts Village while we were there but we were ready to leave when we did. And we're loving our new home in the West! The West is Best!!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Hopefully I'll post more soon!!!</div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Maliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10101089235445728947noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260348735825573559.post-29523361354441060112010-01-08T18:50:00.000-08:002010-01-08T19:29:12.080-08:00hug the ones you loveSome friends of ours have suffered something i hope I never have to experience... I posted more details on my <a href="http://www.maliajohnsonphotography.com/">Photography Blog</a> so please visit that for more details and to see how you can help. And if you want to help some other way, let me know. <br /><br />Moms and Dad's out there hug your little ones... and even your big ones. Some people don't have that Luxury. And you don't have to be a mom or dad... everyone, just hug the ones you LOVE!<br /><br />You can visit <a href="http://www.natalienortonphoto.com/">Natalie's Blog</a> to get to know her if you aren't lucky enough to know her already.Maliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10101089235445728947noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260348735825573559.post-75076155536784699802009-12-31T01:37:00.000-08:002009-12-31T01:43:24.653-08:00I hope....You had a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS! And are planning on having a HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!! So I had planned on getting Christmas Cards out, we even had a little photo shoot for it... then things got busy, so I thought about Making them New Years Cards.... but haven't gotten around to those photos yet... so I threw this together and decided to put it up here for all to see! Sorry you won't be getting a card in the mail from us this year, but this will just have to do. I think this photo is quite Christmasy. We were all bundled up on our trip to New York.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivLcUamN0vn8Ilbbcq0VaovPrl7jrcw6yfrQsYum54ydj4DfJlwXTx4v0UuoCJ29zQUZBmiHWn5ShX80s84Zaii2g13maZpwoZKSbalkuEKIK00AWnfTnCQj2ToEylrL6EuVtupM2qWlvK/s1600-h/CC09.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 296px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivLcUamN0vn8Ilbbcq0VaovPrl7jrcw6yfrQsYum54ydj4DfJlwXTx4v0UuoCJ29zQUZBmiHWn5ShX80s84Zaii2g13maZpwoZKSbalkuEKIK00AWnfTnCQj2ToEylrL6EuVtupM2qWlvK/s400/CC09.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421333338382737714" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Thanks to Evan for this shot!Maliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10101089235445728947noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260348735825573559.post-87909190668199503042009-12-17T14:20:00.001-08:002009-12-17T14:23:16.116-08:00I NEED YOUR HELP!!! This will take less than minute!<div style="text-align: center;">I have entered to win a scholarship to the Mike Colon Workshop in Honolulu next month. And I need YOUR help to win! All you need to do is go to his blog and cast your vote for yours truly! This is an amazing opportunity that I don't want to miss! What do you get out of this you ask?<br /><br />To sweeten the deal, and entice you into voting and getting your friends to vote also... here's my proposal: If I win the scholarship, I will be holding my very own giveaway right here on my blog. I will be offering one lucky reader a free photo shoot! Don't live in Hawaii? I'll figure something else out equally as awesome (or we can save it for when I'm in your area)!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mikecolon.net/blog/">VOTE NOW!!!</a> Voting will end at 5pm PST.<br /><br />And because every post is better with a photo... I leave you with this shot from Valley of the Temples<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM1fmbNIT1NdHxXAS5Q_jjZ3Op1wmK1aQgo7btqyw3oxIu9xowWbmhGe_PtoznBwfaLcEMzzX6jFWxbSRqOuLDMFtben9fogKpx_tB57fbW3mNIMpjY2cqXCpBuXPgPYYpcOlOcCewjuWq/s1600-h/ValleyoftheTemples.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM1fmbNIT1NdHxXAS5Q_jjZ3Op1wmK1aQgo7btqyw3oxIu9xowWbmhGe_PtoznBwfaLcEMzzX6jFWxbSRqOuLDMFtben9fogKpx_tB57fbW3mNIMpjY2cqXCpBuXPgPYYpcOlOcCewjuWq/s400/ValleyoftheTemples.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416333847392369906" border="0" /></a><a href="http://s367.photobucket.com/albums/oo115/surfmeister/?action=view&current=ValleyoftheTemples.jpg" target="_blank"><br /></a></div>Maliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10101089235445728947noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260348735825573559.post-32830837114960516722009-12-02T19:39:00.000-08:002009-12-02T20:34:46.797-08:00New York: Day 6On day six we set out to walk around the city a little bit. We wanted to go to the Cathedral at Columbia that we had walked by on our first day in the city. On our way, we came across this... the restaurant on Seinfeld. <br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj9lfGy8CgNcswl6SPRdgK2PJMdCLz09GnR3LSAJ506SyomV-hkdO1a1ko-baRyKikcv2yKNszUFX7rxrQUZWpQK-7I20k4-H2Gu-vjRz8SlZ_LSg6Q2Mvwj75rS206RS8_mkLkp-eL4kj/s1600-h/20091027_0003.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj9lfGy8CgNcswl6SPRdgK2PJMdCLz09GnR3LSAJ506SyomV-hkdO1a1ko-baRyKikcv2yKNszUFX7rxrQUZWpQK-7I20k4-H2Gu-vjRz8SlZ_LSg6Q2Mvwj75rS206RS8_mkLkp-eL4kj/s400/20091027_0003.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410857999272665794" border="0" /></a><br /><br />We found A cathedral but it wasn't the one we were looking for... still a beautiful building. We took a look around inside and it was HUGE! Crazy how things get bigger once you're inside. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglu-tUmkRtQ9FLrnF4wtxz6nxj-H5TP-1XAQs2hK8BiofHKddyjgEwwtWds70ir1uHVfW1k84Lwe_Niv0yfrQlXGTqkw6GbJQaRJqQ4T89715oUS2d8OkwWvX89v43ac-PYACnbO86MAp-/s1600-h/20091027_0011.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglu-tUmkRtQ9FLrnF4wtxz6nxj-H5TP-1XAQs2hK8BiofHKddyjgEwwtWds70ir1uHVfW1k84Lwe_Niv0yfrQlXGTqkw6GbJQaRJqQ4T89715oUS2d8OkwWvX89v43ac-PYACnbO86MAp-/s400/20091027_0011.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410857984185842690" border="0" /></a><br />We walked around who knows where for a while and hopped on a bus... bad idea, at least at the time that we decided to do it! We wanted to get for one point to another and on the subway it would have taken us 20 minutes max (at least i think)... we sat on the bus probably for an hour. It was a cool experience though... We saw all the Nannies picking up the little private school kids and taking them home on the bus. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy8IAB52dht8XV3bkXreKt94-dUXskTz5mRLJMr4zfziXiDhdKNItvhiZ8efkCu-hKnmU1U_5iwSKlLdi4EJC_S5poYj93p37Kn_hyphenhyphenu6xQ8A31XELEhPMbm6NFB1_bO9PcQe2klQbvylx0/s1600-h/20091027_0077.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy8IAB52dht8XV3bkXreKt94-dUXskTz5mRLJMr4zfziXiDhdKNItvhiZ8efkCu-hKnmU1U_5iwSKlLdi4EJC_S5poYj93p37Kn_hyphenhyphenu6xQ8A31XELEhPMbm6NFB1_bO9PcQe2klQbvylx0/s400/20091027_0077.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410856566360510626" border="0" /></a><br /><br />We wanted to see South Pacific to see a different type of show from In the heights. In the heights was set in todays time and South Pacific is a classic that I grew up watching (vhs). We couldn't resist taking some photos in front of the big sign!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKmfs2rlv_q6i_7R4vCsaq0T7Bo_UpgsEvQ1xxA9pIA1l7dvY8kU3m5IeGlk_cC9q1vU1SmAt3s0GVp2PcIAVsEusSOW79fiKbVhR113Mk3xMnaohAGUxyZVtx9fIOnhB9Tt7wpnvazigu/s1600-h/20091027_0090.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKmfs2rlv_q6i_7R4vCsaq0T7Bo_UpgsEvQ1xxA9pIA1l7dvY8kU3m5IeGlk_cC9q1vU1SmAt3s0GVp2PcIAVsEusSOW79fiKbVhR113Mk3xMnaohAGUxyZVtx9fIOnhB9Tt7wpnvazigu/s400/20091027_0090.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410856557709950578" border="0" /></a><br />I'd say we did an okay job with setting the camera on a bench and doing a timer shot. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhyphenhyphensj3QPoey3kgEldOsj0mtqKVPibV4l6G5tXnagjM7p8C-Tpa5QJjSNURljXiUwVir2mdTRB_clbvpBBGkgCilLNntpn6RIxwk3ZwunrAX6kuGYFTQkNdipaVQ9HcTMcNbIl-A0uZJZNK/s1600-h/20091027_0099.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhyphenhyphensj3QPoey3kgEldOsj0mtqKVPibV4l6G5tXnagjM7p8C-Tpa5QJjSNURljXiUwVir2mdTRB_clbvpBBGkgCilLNntpn6RIxwk3ZwunrAX6kuGYFTQkNdipaVQ9HcTMcNbIl-A0uZJZNK/s400/20091027_0099.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410856549391609410" border="0" /></a><br /><br />After we picked up our tickets we headed back to our favorite place to eat TAIM in the Village. As I sit her blogging about this my mouth waters and my tummy grumbles! This place was SOOO good! <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7X9cq0UR9G95ZrHNG1UMvxn-tDKdeRDGtnW2QX9MYT0k0ehN77m-QWbU4_438OnsaltW-OCTouftPCY_jqMpDmImyL315_p_yqII7Q77qkXEKsIIETZfG_klsW-gpeL7_kq8UNttoTk43/s1600-h/20091027_0100.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7X9cq0UR9G95ZrHNG1UMvxn-tDKdeRDGtnW2QX9MYT0k0ehN77m-QWbU4_438OnsaltW-OCTouftPCY_jqMpDmImyL315_p_yqII7Q77qkXEKsIIETZfG_klsW-gpeL7_kq8UNttoTk43/s400/20091027_0100.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410856541875276418" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIFeeTRNbjzKTfQIwUVt9D9dFsUHS5pHtfzq3O24cw97mk51cTDU0FSBZK4ev9LSl1-Uarliwwdphw2-M9bt8YIFsnStrwfDsSKVlPZOVMPaRoDp4Agt9lAFVJzHAu2YJgZdkMjyRf4MRD/s1600-h/20091027_0107.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIFeeTRNbjzKTfQIwUVt9D9dFsUHS5pHtfzq3O24cw97mk51cTDU0FSBZK4ev9LSl1-Uarliwwdphw2-M9bt8YIFsnStrwfDsSKVlPZOVMPaRoDp4Agt9lAFVJzHAu2YJgZdkMjyRf4MRD/s400/20091027_0107.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410856533893554306" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDjfoCf1ie0ydrmzNsVlW0BXY5k8L2m2hl0_ENNq17dq-pwG_TH7NySu5lG4g_M2vSgRGy2MPAkoHOSi-fHs_sc5lX2odlGiKvvCb0wTZ0se0z1wxoUZIRCpxbqaOdDKdB-puhiIbrwfd1/s1600-h/20091027_0110.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDjfoCf1ie0ydrmzNsVlW0BXY5k8L2m2hl0_ENNq17dq-pwG_TH7NySu5lG4g_M2vSgRGy2MPAkoHOSi-fHs_sc5lX2odlGiKvvCb0wTZ0se0z1wxoUZIRCpxbqaOdDKdB-puhiIbrwfd1/s400/20091027_0110.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410856069004419138" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWYqMNnjAOifxffwRzSYjijJZ5pSqfSteaRrFRhxjITBG4f9WXeFxB0Ssy6Hqg7a9-b6dGAXLMTezrGu6uHgG9MARxRrS_SnGSD4ypJ8tlVmKORpOC7jSz_1Z0L5xNh_m6ajRb5LMsGvzQ/s1600-h/20091027_0111.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWYqMNnjAOifxffwRzSYjijJZ5pSqfSteaRrFRhxjITBG4f9WXeFxB0Ssy6Hqg7a9-b6dGAXLMTezrGu6uHgG9MARxRrS_SnGSD4ypJ8tlVmKORpOC7jSz_1Z0L5xNh_m6ajRb5LMsGvzQ/s400/20091027_0111.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410856060071392898" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVQ3WbIJbE-cT07slTNYg8loo1hTUnKIaLh_aqmR1_dNu2raJCsC2EfnJZMsL06xO3KxpQk_D0AzJdzVj5cIa6d_EaeMjhU0OZwGo1WFn__-_BJNXBDjFKOpFQUyK0YN2jtGPb3bLHbwna/s1600-h/20091027_0123.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVQ3WbIJbE-cT07slTNYg8loo1hTUnKIaLh_aqmR1_dNu2raJCsC2EfnJZMsL06xO3KxpQk_D0AzJdzVj5cIa6d_EaeMjhU0OZwGo1WFn__-_BJNXBDjFKOpFQUyK0YN2jtGPb3bLHbwna/s400/20091027_0123.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410856052208284770" border="0" /></a><br />While we were running across town for dinner and back to Lincoln Center for the show, I had somehow LOST our Tickets!!! Uh oh! Thank goodness I paid with a credit card and the guy we bought them from was still there at the ticket window. So he was able to reprint them for us! I got super lucky on that one! I think I would have cried! <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM0oG55OZsb8wOL05lGWIHaKyOxoxTi4ZOCTA_hM7OuOQslUTiPGlvC5GfzM1tx4Memln2eUUZIrvHqKxu733jHfYP3pK5Hc_weGtg_gaQHyXzFNX7f4f986T-KqFpnLq2HQY5gPBXksI4/s1600-h/20091027_0137.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM0oG55OZsb8wOL05lGWIHaKyOxoxTi4ZOCTA_hM7OuOQslUTiPGlvC5GfzM1tx4Memln2eUUZIrvHqKxu733jHfYP3pK5Hc_weGtg_gaQHyXzFNX7f4f986T-KqFpnLq2HQY5gPBXksI4/s400/20091027_0137.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410856045227782226" border="0" /></a><br />While we were watching the show it started to rain, we didn't have an umbrella but we didn't mind... we just ran to to the subway and it takes you so close to anywhere you need to go! It's amazing! <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZYECrdAhr4uvdPEV5hQoBMSc7h_sgoTy-q6rBr5BOdfwcwCOQ1MUxa-sfhbmCOfirqL9eNptqBD7JjAz7Lx_aYo8jBkS6_rbFBXaSNAh3CNMjiD_wiDW9vRci-Bs_oMwLr_GUV16GG_f0/s1600-h/20091027_0145.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZYECrdAhr4uvdPEV5hQoBMSc7h_sgoTy-q6rBr5BOdfwcwCOQ1MUxa-sfhbmCOfirqL9eNptqBD7JjAz7Lx_aYo8jBkS6_rbFBXaSNAh3CNMjiD_wiDW9vRci-Bs_oMwLr_GUV16GG_f0/s400/20091027_0145.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410856031268239346" border="0" /></a><br />One more day in New York! Coming soon!<br /><br /><br />I WANT SOME FALAFEL!!! Can anyone suggest any here in hawaii?!?!? I'm sure I can find some somewhere in town, I just have to look for it!Maliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10101089235445728947noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260348735825573559.post-59578843631643201132009-11-25T00:07:00.000-08:002009-11-29T22:04:32.820-08:00New York: Day 5Another awesome day in New York! We started the day off by going to Grand Central Station. What a cool place that is! We just went inside and took a look around for a bit.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOtOfUTZ5mncDFzR_sca682gwWi9xZlqXy2Hsu7zJTyosPjnaaWg7YnoWfDOpkgzZr1RLz6-nhmj1D9MMTPnQX17bZqKOCQFN9QXxBNeSePu9g-pdGmrqbmS5Q_yjAXH3ML4FjFuRe39VG/s1600/20091026_0012.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOtOfUTZ5mncDFzR_sca682gwWi9xZlqXy2Hsu7zJTyosPjnaaWg7YnoWfDOpkgzZr1RLz6-nhmj1D9MMTPnQX17bZqKOCQFN9QXxBNeSePu9g-pdGmrqbmS5Q_yjAXH3ML4FjFuRe39VG/s400/20091026_0012.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409768674162934114" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiekN_A8-oYVOoAJtPiejjfNyflq7nIlFtmqnIYNC2kaO_ApsWvNRwqg0uw56DlGWLlW7C9azpEgXn2QfGcQGj6LmUDgWoozPnYujymEoZCJbd_peKa8G-wsUeldcu_bccPooa-_uSg29fA/s1600/20091026_0041.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiekN_A8-oYVOoAJtPiejjfNyflq7nIlFtmqnIYNC2kaO_ApsWvNRwqg0uw56DlGWLlW7C9azpEgXn2QfGcQGj6LmUDgWoozPnYujymEoZCJbd_peKa8G-wsUeldcu_bccPooa-_uSg29fA/s400/20091026_0041.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409768687840938146" border="0" /></a><br />On our way out there was this big open area that look like it was roped off but not really. No one was there and we just wanted to go walk around and sit on the benches. As we walked up we noticed there was something left on the bench. As we got closer it looked like an <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">iPod</span> touch or iPhone. sure enough when we got there it was an I phone. We opened it up to see if we could find a number to call to return it. We called the last number the person called and it was the woman's husband. He told us where she worked so we set off to return it to her... but not before taking some self portraits with her phone! <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">hahah</span>! <br /><br />Here's <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">stuart</span> on the phone:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWsHJcXOJuJEjj_2jE-I7tQKUBqoahFK4v1cMIBoCUsGNOzFAnN4W2091nylty5dLi9tT6Tx3vVNosX0OWSyy9HoTrvuSDlqKiBrlSGZJ-9iSU91oFZckAuMxU71hw__1NMqPf1nayXq8U/s1600/20091026_0051.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWsHJcXOJuJEjj_2jE-I7tQKUBqoahFK4v1cMIBoCUsGNOzFAnN4W2091nylty5dLi9tT6Tx3vVNosX0OWSyy9HoTrvuSDlqKiBrlSGZJ-9iSU91oFZckAuMxU71hw__1NMqPf1nayXq8U/s400/20091026_0051.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409768693653327970" border="0" /></a><br /><br />After our wild goose chase trying to find this lady we met up with Evan for a quick lunch. I forget what it was called but it was another <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">rueben</span> sandwich kind of place and oh so tasty. It was right down the street from this cool building (the flat iron building). <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdZP3a9bhpzmd0mKAUc1vPuNPtNA7wTNTt39c0rp_8Z0w8ncEjJZI_G6pWyQhhVpaP0AicFY9vYNWy-TQ4TZQFHJq-venrdPXV3TTducypV79C-tlhGJIZehQdxei2ntMid4M3RioImf8a/s1600/20091026_0085.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdZP3a9bhpzmd0mKAUc1vPuNPtNA7wTNTt39c0rp_8Z0w8ncEjJZI_G6pWyQhhVpaP0AicFY9vYNWy-TQ4TZQFHJq-venrdPXV3TTducypV79C-tlhGJIZehQdxei2ntMid4M3RioImf8a/s400/20091026_0085.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409768444286605906" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPfep3kLkXlkHoGBzi48MwaHQ1pJ_iCDg5R11g-S50yHwvEU2SRy0wG7uFMPFgoadMB3-5Kt6I1lEEP9bryLOy7OFVjMJv55R8vFa3BIK4Z_BJo6WDQLNSXL_yMmdxaamKQQS6Z-l87mVY/s1600/20091026_0091.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPfep3kLkXlkHoGBzi48MwaHQ1pJ_iCDg5R11g-S50yHwvEU2SRy0wG7uFMPFgoadMB3-5Kt6I1lEEP9bryLOy7OFVjMJv55R8vFa3BIK4Z_BJo6WDQLNSXL_yMmdxaamKQQS6Z-l87mVY/s400/20091026_0091.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409768436688190626" border="0" /></a><br />Stuart took this picture... see me?<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwE3f_8NTxIZiHCv2P21SIGTSDUnZnFLjQa7TsMGbpNygcohwcJcIarirB2Aim-QVLJXecV8563PcgjHlgBLRDWw48QCplJ4s6wmLvaqUv9bTj8CJFMU2j2P_1KeI7xHCsX0TSwMPVWw1w/s1600/20091026_0111.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwE3f_8NTxIZiHCv2P21SIGTSDUnZnFLjQa7TsMGbpNygcohwcJcIarirB2Aim-QVLJXecV8563PcgjHlgBLRDWw48QCplJ4s6wmLvaqUv9bTj8CJFMU2j2P_1KeI7xHCsX0TSwMPVWw1w/s400/20091026_0111.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409768430477656498" border="0" /></a><br /><br />We really wanted to see a <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Broadway</span> show and were told to try and get tickets through the lottery they hold the day of. We were trying to get tickets for "In the Heights". They only have so many available so you line up and at a certain time a lady comes out tells you to write your name on a paper and whether you want 1 or 2 tickets. You have to come back in and hour or so and she will draw names until all the tickets are gone. Me, Stuart, Tam, and Evan all filled one out for 2 tickets each to better our odds. We were feeling lucky and Tamara and Evan's name both got pulled so we were all able to see it! Tickets were cheap and such good seats!!! We were FRONT AND CENTER! It was an awesome show full of great music and dancing and some very <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">likable</span> characters. Here we are so excited about our tickets!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHPUeimdHMt_jXLemJ8vlgEe3Wsrq6c2ymxJ17yLMtD_FMi5CmgBVAMKdzGPMq4Sf_QUwGQtrDXo7vdCCcBJh_5yDgfusPt2PVr4CdyRK2Ghi5X-_mdG2s5nLQQmlNKa_CJG55fHWYjBMq/s1600/20091026_0141.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHPUeimdHMt_jXLemJ8vlgEe3Wsrq6c2ymxJ17yLMtD_FMi5CmgBVAMKdzGPMq4Sf_QUwGQtrDXo7vdCCcBJh_5yDgfusPt2PVr4CdyRK2Ghi5X-_mdG2s5nLQQmlNKa_CJG55fHWYjBMq/s400/20091026_0141.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409768418707346066" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Here we are after the show in Time square! <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj78xxYzhvFg2d72PZq0I1BbkXN8aEOI29E-_FEOAu9HlCCxpgZO3WDK0-P2NXKqzKQaj9Vhr-GOeGtP1dbk6IRd4IjolvkhIFUE9LLlSajcA_9QmUviHesYeQJa9QKI8K4v7s7EErL_yf8/s1600/20091026_0185.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj78xxYzhvFg2d72PZq0I1BbkXN8aEOI29E-_FEOAu9HlCCxpgZO3WDK0-P2NXKqzKQaj9Vhr-GOeGtP1dbk6IRd4IjolvkhIFUE9LLlSajcA_9QmUviHesYeQJa9QKI8K4v7s7EErL_yf8/s400/20091026_0185.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409768410309990354" border="0" /></a><br />What a fun day!!!! More fun is sure to come, so stay tuned!!!Maliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10101089235445728947noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260348735825573559.post-39388512616487619652009-11-23T22:41:00.000-08:002009-11-24T00:31:17.324-08:00New York: Day 4I'm Back with another installment of New York! This is day 4 and 1/2 way through our trip. It started out with us hopping on the subway to go to church... the church building in New York is interesting because its in the middle of the city (I don't know if "middle" is the right term because whenever we were going anywhere we were underground so it was hard for me to get a feel for where anything was in comparison to anywhere else that we had been). It was right across the street from Juilliard which was cool to see. Not only that but the same building houses the chapel as well as the Temple! Pretty awesome!<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtnxIAXFCOxz1MAQ66mRzvpmpj6O5M71xgkJOCyyreACFUtMt3p-3aNAGo83JUYoeUdOoXYfiecHT2aBJHMtOqdzKyBYbBt2jLyrdgfhk75BW5Y74TV8v2iUAaiEhDDPXQEmqMKICxaW_6/s1600/NY+Temple.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtnxIAXFCOxz1MAQ66mRzvpmpj6O5M71xgkJOCyyreACFUtMt3p-3aNAGo83JUYoeUdOoXYfiecHT2aBJHMtOqdzKyBYbBt2jLyrdgfhk75BW5Y74TV8v2iUAaiEhDDPXQEmqMKICxaW_6/s400/NY+Temple.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407574264389726978" border="0" /></a><br />Pretty awful angle I know... (we were about to go down to the subway when I remembered I wanted a photo of the temple) oops.<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyKJfqHaCgkDsNErm5p42tZPod42vSd-wPxUrPB2rMX7Yo2PBj93NDWKDTxtR7FM-XWlPIDfWJIpMZdqEZBz4vIyL4jw3n8vx1kRY5liV8HlRt2NgGcWMESto4dE4PuqIoIkoy_LWrKnL9/s1600/20091025_0103.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyKJfqHaCgkDsNErm5p42tZPod42vSd-wPxUrPB2rMX7Yo2PBj93NDWKDTxtR7FM-XWlPIDfWJIpMZdqEZBz4vIyL4jw3n8vx1kRY5liV8HlRt2NgGcWMESto4dE4PuqIoIkoy_LWrKnL9/s400/20091025_0103.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407574254762659618" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">After church we took a walk down to Central Park. It was so beautiful! And I got to see those beautiful fall leaves that we don't get over here!<br /><br /></div> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxKHov21BFkygZ5mNQrc_LCJutsm-n4fc_qyZKhqSuy2cwWNiEGKNyewmduplAl5d3hJmZqdle2-2IfnZlIfPUrvTpL-n2t2tqLjNkoxme2143tTThf14twUmLf1Ig9cQbVMxQTn8YWSw7/s1600/20091025_0065.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxKHov21BFkygZ5mNQrc_LCJutsm-n4fc_qyZKhqSuy2cwWNiEGKNyewmduplAl5d3hJmZqdle2-2IfnZlIfPUrvTpL-n2t2tqLjNkoxme2143tTThf14twUmLf1Ig9cQbVMxQTn8YWSw7/s400/20091025_0065.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407573386690737362" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2ICqAObGXQJo8pX7zUCi5BzzA0Kp2JDrHryzL6pRXx60hPv_oEE77I6BSykFCqv2Py5qq1aGgOiolWK6N2OGx6n5ZfANWp_7FW9rgofwaTDM4BfXzhKWUwK5O7vIKUGWtPk6c7kvbP2_4/s1600/20091025_0075.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2ICqAObGXQJo8pX7zUCi5BzzA0Kp2JDrHryzL6pRXx60hPv_oEE77I6BSykFCqv2Py5qq1aGgOiolWK6N2OGx6n5ZfANWp_7FW9rgofwaTDM4BfXzhKWUwK5O7vIKUGWtPk6c7kvbP2_4/s400/20091025_0075.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407573982842505746" border="0" /></a>Not only were the trees beautiful but the light was awesome!<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjLhCzsLhGRnhAowss1LqD52Qh0oIWshsF_OCG4tV3TbxvQjDWo6AHZsj-mJJ4vPDLTRuZQfsfEYMd1yxPUyh3NT0sXMLaHmcy_8hhUqxLZFzEIyLw-sWXqlnEBJ-zQ11D_83mtcQmZllk/s1600/20091025_0084.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjLhCzsLhGRnhAowss1LqD52Qh0oIWshsF_OCG4tV3TbxvQjDWo6AHZsj-mJJ4vPDLTRuZQfsfEYMd1yxPUyh3NT0sXMLaHmcy_8hhUqxLZFzEIyLw-sWXqlnEBJ-zQ11D_83mtcQmZllk/s400/20091025_0084.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407573976424926290" border="0" /></a>I'm not really sure but I think Stuart told me to be serious.... I couldn't hold that face long enough to get and shot of it but that's ok. <br /><br />One of Stuart's old mission companions lives in NYC so we met up with him so they could catch up! <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqomKpGaKjmxajgTjlx4sg97LpBbstsO1DiWmgpar5DwQ8BoZFoWIUgKvA7kEjdtnhxWeg0eJMGyXmIQ_y6xbvkD102Ya-x_455y3mNswwWLA3TKuUpxzn_VGtD8O10LlyYC1RN2e7qoyy/s1600/20091025_0092.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqomKpGaKjmxajgTjlx4sg97LpBbstsO1DiWmgpar5DwQ8BoZFoWIUgKvA7kEjdtnhxWeg0eJMGyXmIQ_y6xbvkD102Ya-x_455y3mNswwWLA3TKuUpxzn_VGtD8O10LlyYC1RN2e7qoyy/s400/20091025_0092.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407573969018830194" border="0" /></a><br /><br />And since the game was rained out last night.... It's game day!!! <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA3EkAH8xLy34tG1anyIkphO279sg_vvRQHajczLv2v-sCGavMHz_BzNebYNA1p7fvrIf1H4R0_Z2rRH2O0NSgYi0ML5np6EaoeHcM8veROmlrk6arPyoAiobyUNW4v5u6Rq4T_xhccFhd/s1600/20091025_0096.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA3EkAH8xLy34tG1anyIkphO279sg_vvRQHajczLv2v-sCGavMHz_BzNebYNA1p7fvrIf1H4R0_Z2rRH2O0NSgYi0ML5np6EaoeHcM8veROmlrk6arPyoAiobyUNW4v5u6Rq4T_xhccFhd/s400/20091025_0096.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407573959061983170" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Here's Stuart supporting our angel's!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg028HICYbpM6E25-_FDP11d4NhpEBexeOm7_PU-ySv6YjjH_0PfQhyqvutTTzxvhXbp8dDLNLbUj-a_atfG03Qx-vU74UAvYqNJFr9ymYKKiUFIBzuBQTOMY2FgkGl6FMzChkQ_6Jr6wfj/s1600/20091025_0099.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg028HICYbpM6E25-_FDP11d4NhpEBexeOm7_PU-ySv6YjjH_0PfQhyqvutTTzxvhXbp8dDLNLbUj-a_atfG03Qx-vU74UAvYqNJFr9ymYKKiUFIBzuBQTOMY2FgkGl6FMzChkQ_6Jr6wfj/s400/20091025_0099.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407573952066048306" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />We were all about supporting the Angel's in Yankee territory. So we got all of our red stuff and Angel apparel. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZjScNAMzZSUKwGeMqRuzQk-hQQoJoQ9XJkeVGXcvhHWTd5t-dEcZ7v5x4ZuZmrqlxlHfz8Izju8sWww8PpKEZvC8yOjuRavNihWmS7OEONeFKmpUMmmen5SxyjS76pJ2yEJku1QBtfo1I/s1600/20070101_0060.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZjScNAMzZSUKwGeMqRuzQk-hQQoJoQ9XJkeVGXcvhHWTd5t-dEcZ7v5x4ZuZmrqlxlHfz8Izju8sWww8PpKEZvC8yOjuRavNihWmS7OEONeFKmpUMmmen5SxyjS76pJ2yEJku1QBtfo1I/s400/20070101_0060.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407573390076018466" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX56unpxDr18ji3QzKy2GgBJOy3gqK7yDmwUD9VZYLBIHzL0UumoQ8aFsnHo5T9LGzXNxZVLRJRq07QTnDL58Q6Tt3jQbeIUAtV6K4xDIuLHDQU9irrFyheagKlLydC_M6_OKDu4Yrt_WF/s1600/20070101_0058.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX56unpxDr18ji3QzKy2GgBJOy3gqK7yDmwUD9VZYLBIHzL0UumoQ8aFsnHo5T9LGzXNxZVLRJRq07QTnDL58Q6Tt3jQbeIUAtV6K4xDIuLHDQU9irrFyheagKlLydC_M6_OKDu4Yrt_WF/s400/20070101_0058.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407573401006679682" border="0" /></a><br />We took the subway into the Bronx with the Thousands and Thousands of Yankee Fans. We got quite an ear full but we found a couple nice ones who were willing to pose for a picture. Don't they look fierce!?<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZOTe5wKgv_0vZ6JyY7pIe38uqytRaKqr00XcDzeJlJNQGv0vMBL92Bm1X-qg6dSagvhYzfZiHZX7IUyrYONJCf2IOqfzxoFLQriCkg7SJOuNI6OipBx9z_ZW2saJAzMdu7Zd7KrdSYHXJ/s1600/20070101_0056.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZOTe5wKgv_0vZ6JyY7pIe38uqytRaKqr00XcDzeJlJNQGv0vMBL92Bm1X-qg6dSagvhYzfZiHZX7IUyrYONJCf2IOqfzxoFLQriCkg7SJOuNI6OipBx9z_ZW2saJAzMdu7Zd7KrdSYHXJ/s400/20070101_0056.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407573409036496338" border="0" /></a><br />Another awful shot but I had to put it in here. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUZAlchzupZBAyz2JdJG1Nf6X8l6VlRNuh82y1Jvn32Dytp9yCtMdYXgOHL18v0PgFGpIIRyztZ5mBup9X7yo-JOfSv64R_8AkU_DMCbebRL70xAsPei2qd-Saao4dO9kXpLaksinwODzi/s1600/20070101_0055.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUZAlchzupZBAyz2JdJG1Nf6X8l6VlRNuh82y1Jvn32Dytp9yCtMdYXgOHL18v0PgFGpIIRyztZ5mBup9X7yo-JOfSv64R_8AkU_DMCbebRL70xAsPei2qd-Saao4dO9kXpLaksinwODzi/s400/20070101_0055.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407573419577600114" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Here's Tam and Evan in front of Yankee Stadium!!! <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW-XiCMzIEinm3zI-aN7TwYIwqz-omKvRiQN5gZQqq1eeAAID6TXj5PFJQQ4T91zjcktPj5HPGrKieL8gKqE3wmoY99BsHjBLGJ7SCL94tlyPTFrfNqBBlozNC34SVFdIRxcUKLmsAJ_xy/s1600/20070101_0054.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW-XiCMzIEinm3zI-aN7TwYIwqz-omKvRiQN5gZQqq1eeAAID6TXj5PFJQQ4T91zjcktPj5HPGrKieL8gKqE3wmoY99BsHjBLGJ7SCL94tlyPTFrfNqBBlozNC34SVFdIRxcUKLmsAJ_xy/s400/20070101_0054.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407560398483422402" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Go Angels!!!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixWAcE7mGT7avSHyz5nv9hljkuno5Ey3QUKxssGnPN9PnbeLjObcgDPsqScmTvkdt4lfm-lWdxtujoVgqxC4ZSU_qseRH1_aQtz6-hCApUWoqz0ghsq9HT5IFfjsok2JkPqqT1bPsPl1DR/s1600/20070101_0047.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixWAcE7mGT7avSHyz5nv9hljkuno5Ey3QUKxssGnPN9PnbeLjObcgDPsqScmTvkdt4lfm-lWdxtujoVgqxC4ZSU_qseRH1_aQtz6-hCApUWoqz0ghsq9HT5IFfjsok2JkPqqT1bPsPl1DR/s400/20070101_0047.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407559402397307186" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoSFnJM97C45fRhQ7Oma_pnk6MqnWAdOLPKWQxOlO17W_k61cMtkj578sTBBTIqPiMPqnO31IfD1y6HwfQ3Vntnz9FWZVAouAup1cOYkLmsd6eQHsA1uPgse8is1PeoS1LJLuewngLtHQ5/s1600/20070101_0049.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoSFnJM97C45fRhQ7Oma_pnk6MqnWAdOLPKWQxOlO17W_k61cMtkj578sTBBTIqPiMPqnO31IfD1y6HwfQ3Vntnz9FWZVAouAup1cOYkLmsd6eQHsA1uPgse8is1PeoS1LJLuewngLtHQ5/s400/20070101_0049.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407559393264762642" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP5hM6k6CxI_-TOYQHs6CF3oMl1GMlPiJbQxCbLIjAgeABS0wJE_DSagBJSX8UtJ-h1mo0V19rlJR_s9JR7RYlzl2qPpqChk8oRqsw6QP62FmNq3MNA3I_sBaFvC0ecq2lgN8IyXlKJQey/s1600/20070101_0050.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP5hM6k6CxI_-TOYQHs6CF3oMl1GMlPiJbQxCbLIjAgeABS0wJE_DSagBJSX8UtJ-h1mo0V19rlJR_s9JR7RYlzl2qPpqChk8oRqsw6QP62FmNq3MNA3I_sBaFvC0ecq2lgN8IyXlKJQey/s400/20070101_0050.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407559387426020898" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijXZCFXje120Ti5ZopmAoH4-RlgvLbNcchoPkGrZpODHtbzwoiUHXjRiMnx2xmte2sJgG6zTxlHLuA3czCJ2YHcTt0eBNcuPUKpI9AUbRDodlCkPKlsXZ2lfz0C1ra5IlRgDMvqGc2c647/s1600/20070101_0051.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijXZCFXje120Ti5ZopmAoH4-RlgvLbNcchoPkGrZpODHtbzwoiUHXjRiMnx2xmte2sJgG6zTxlHLuA3czCJ2YHcTt0eBNcuPUKpI9AUbRDodlCkPKlsXZ2lfz0C1ra5IlRgDMvqGc2c647/s400/20070101_0051.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407559376794073490" border="0" /></a><br /><br />This is obviously before the game =) haha!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9bM1L6gPG3k-B_yUflbPyWxTyzYtb9VsuJxteJhzljmYK7eEpMbtw9U4I58R7GPPpp_5e1nsDOKkPQ9RLvSRJ8krTVSTxG_JhG6SOs54kK52jSmq6O5PVFubZtIXTSZjF8Yoh5Rz9zQ78/s1600/20070101_0052.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9bM1L6gPG3k-B_yUflbPyWxTyzYtb9VsuJxteJhzljmYK7eEpMbtw9U4I58R7GPPpp_5e1nsDOKkPQ9RLvSRJ8krTVSTxG_JhG6SOs54kK52jSmq6O5PVFubZtIXTSZjF8Yoh5Rz9zQ78/s400/20070101_0052.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407559375119523138" border="0" /></a><br />So is this one! I have never in my life been boo'd at so much! It was incredible! When we got off the subway and were walking with all of the other game goers there were security guys in the tunnels with megaphones and as soon as one spotted us, he announced that there were Angel fans there and everyone turned and boo'd us! And told us to go home! It was hilarious! That was all in good fun but there were some seriously mad people who were disgusted to see us there. <br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5L_7V5f8VLflyS9tRtTMi0RqSycZjdXiJQ9MMf9SYRrUxcdjhODzwspjS9TD4XEqocGzeVv0aSXe12Cuj7Vng4NA_YwKgcrrhkYe6b3z3-7zBotVKVY09RNLlp_OptOGHBtadMU9ZRGr-/s1600/20070101_0018.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5L_7V5f8VLflyS9tRtTMi0RqSycZjdXiJQ9MMf9SYRrUxcdjhODzwspjS9TD4XEqocGzeVv0aSXe12Cuj7Vng4NA_YwKgcrrhkYe6b3z3-7zBotVKVY09RNLlp_OptOGHBtadMU9ZRGr-/s400/20070101_0018.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407558441067180898" border="0" /></a><br /><br />We were pretty much at the very top of the stadium so when we walked up the stairs and turned the corner everyone above us saw us immediately (i mean how can you miss that clifford the big red dog parka?) and started yelling at us! And those who didn't see us immediately, turned to look as soon as they heard all the booing and promptly joined in! <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3x9PhfELT2lxSW5n9HbkyrKny2apBObFDgNExhVojXrDTwW5y4xT3LY0Jfeibxr0GpSn-_fg2S4oyu7RwhawU4N9BIWtx5R1nkcxvdQ0YZAo59GdCT1kt2NYvNTmwlQ8sdJKw2zsRqt8F/s1600/20070101_0009.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3x9PhfELT2lxSW5n9HbkyrKny2apBObFDgNExhVojXrDTwW5y4xT3LY0Jfeibxr0GpSn-_fg2S4oyu7RwhawU4N9BIWtx5R1nkcxvdQ0YZAo59GdCT1kt2NYvNTmwlQ8sdJKw2zsRqt8F/s400/20070101_0009.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407557839909338146" border="0" /></a>The shot above is funny because we wanted to get a photo with the field in the background and were doing the whole self portrait thing when the guy sitting behind us offered to take it. After he snapped the shot he said "oh, I didn't see your hat" Apparently he wouldn't have offered had he noticed we were angel fans! SO FUNNY!<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwDGFi89oRB3yZonBgn4_TpmQAbhcTk1fy7FsKnJW3_x7l-Rt81ZfkP7KSBOJfdu97Gp4bt4iRD5TA77l_YCuwUxevvCPhyphenhyphensKayRRlOC21w6mS38aMa16hAou0B9R-Z2uaB-58U83Nn9Du/s1600/20070101_0011.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwDGFi89oRB3yZonBgn4_TpmQAbhcTk1fy7FsKnJW3_x7l-Rt81ZfkP7KSBOJfdu97Gp4bt4iRD5TA77l_YCuwUxevvCPhyphenhyphensKayRRlOC21w6mS38aMa16hAou0B9R-Z2uaB-58U83Nn9Du/s400/20070101_0011.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407557831438767442" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Bobby Abreu is my favorite so I had to get a shot of him on the screen since I couldn't get one of him in real life. He just looks like a cute cuddly teddy bear! Good reason to be my fave huh?<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUY7lla_Wg3JfFuk_JCqE906YSe-7T1b4meZtVUct8obHaB2jtbXl0NJC44Nk-8vd3vmUqfSdEi9aBzN-HKI2nGj0Z8SWZyJ41n0tebd8Wo_HvIN2rk4dV_xGDHh-d1FgU1gwdtBgkfEj7/s1600/20070101_0014.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUY7lla_Wg3JfFuk_JCqE906YSe-7T1b4meZtVUct8obHaB2jtbXl0NJC44Nk-8vd3vmUqfSdEi9aBzN-HKI2nGj0Z8SWZyJ41n0tebd8Wo_HvIN2rk4dV_xGDHh-d1FgU1gwdtBgkfEj7/s400/20070101_0014.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407557822614116162" border="0" /></a><br /><br />What an amazing stadium! I'm so glad we were able to be there! What an experience!!!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1lxvT1R8_BLL2eHbD6vJzqyeahJ8mt-kggqbCV2ZTOmHGqagjhdfTgcngdYpfjrT5DR-fL9TtBZP5NFUFMnUNpMA1bxGqGU1sCXP83x6RG1P5D1jZH6rDtB4ogw_jC3tovBl3EuwhyphenhypheniyL/s1600/20070101_0015.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1lxvT1R8_BLL2eHbD6vJzqyeahJ8mt-kggqbCV2ZTOmHGqagjhdfTgcngdYpfjrT5DR-fL9TtBZP5NFUFMnUNpMA1bxGqGU1sCXP83x6RG1P5D1jZH6rDtB4ogw_jC3tovBl3EuwhyphenhypheniyL/s400/20070101_0015.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407557814261980098" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdFjsGx439vhkFruY2kKR7-50vTz6hNVywjzuZkwZKuCrcHaqCxngrwG0yIjBKybX7I03EZ5oUK4gBMtQgfK5FtwRuiKtY6yi3-YWSLrAxKfoAVzagQ2BFoHBJumqBNpxA4dIJ5Rsq4sX-/s1600/20070101_0016.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdFjsGx439vhkFruY2kKR7-50vTz6hNVywjzuZkwZKuCrcHaqCxngrwG0yIjBKybX7I03EZ5oUK4gBMtQgfK5FtwRuiKtY6yi3-YWSLrAxKfoAVzagQ2BFoHBJumqBNpxA4dIJ5Rsq4sX-/s400/20070101_0016.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407557805865464930" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIFqTg23t84tpVP93R-NNHfSqauL8wjgwFDgXYMHDM2D3C6R9Rw3YWDacwpUUQhmsZJdC2ttxs25pOagTQL3zLqi8oAFz_jm0BcfRhpuk3hgEPvGGmNuD4w7_k2wyNalhjuEAzf9BI83OH/s1600/20070101_0024.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIFqTg23t84tpVP93R-NNHfSqauL8wjgwFDgXYMHDM2D3C6R9Rw3YWDacwpUUQhmsZJdC2ttxs25pOagTQL3zLqi8oAFz_jm0BcfRhpuk3hgEPvGGmNuD4w7_k2wyNalhjuEAzf9BI83OH/s400/20070101_0024.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407558434141778146" border="0" /></a><br /><br />It started to get really cold really fast! So I bundled up as much as possible. There was a guy sitting in front of us wearing shorts! I couldn't believe it! I was freezing!<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqumneM27YFtiyJMhPLTPkVoqKYf5-VAp1aftQ8k272v23F1nGIbHA0MFTpVC8_yVqADMG8T8KosE8ZtrPxfoCXRaAqDxkTSNwEEASFjqBp_V90WMsSUUs6DJpsJu_O6q8P4yvT_EoyYUU/s1600/20070101_0036.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqumneM27YFtiyJMhPLTPkVoqKYf5-VAp1aftQ8k272v23F1nGIbHA0MFTpVC8_yVqADMG8T8KosE8ZtrPxfoCXRaAqDxkTSNwEEASFjqBp_V90WMsSUUs6DJpsJu_O6q8P4yvT_EoyYUU/s400/20070101_0036.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407558419500132354" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Even though the Angels lost, and that was sad, it was super cool to be there at game six! And watch the Yankees win the American League Championships! Too bad it wasn't the Angels.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAem221gZ__2uuNLfTD5uRtZyeKClsNTrlMkqV0YDLp68OFo3Kh48R0OQh3jkjx5pyFLDJWv3bCM9W3N9i-v7rY0sLZn1Mdodz3U9sUjDfwjfGjx3vbmy0PuXGZ6F3vj2N5my3QchlSGvS/s1600/20070101_0026.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAem221gZ__2uuNLfTD5uRtZyeKClsNTrlMkqV0YDLp68OFo3Kh48R0OQh3jkjx5pyFLDJWv3bCM9W3N9i-v7rY0sLZn1Mdodz3U9sUjDfwjfGjx3vbmy0PuXGZ6F3vj2N5my3QchlSGvS/s400/20070101_0026.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407558425866066610" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4KhEOT6EQGTDJYUIdZMqYF3lhueajua2WvF9O69l7UMLVo7tDazANRLBMjCc1ZLGLjjFW4LsaV3RAW0J0n_m-LCcaTNHiKJb7FFrNJGds5FGUWx1yLLQVECVos8fJ1Z9_nJloG2tXlLN2/s1600/20070101_0037.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4KhEOT6EQGTDJYUIdZMqYF3lhueajua2WvF9O69l7UMLVo7tDazANRLBMjCc1ZLGLjjFW4LsaV3RAW0J0n_m-LCcaTNHiKJb7FFrNJGds5FGUWx1yLLQVECVos8fJ1Z9_nJloG2tXlLN2/s400/20070101_0037.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407558412106011282" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />GO ANGELS!!!! We still love you! And there's always next year! <br /><br /><br />Another wonderful day in new york! And still more to come!Maliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10101089235445728947noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260348735825573559.post-84917015676687957552009-11-12T09:59:00.000-08:002009-11-12T09:59:00.164-08:00New York: Day 3This is gonna be a short post. Today was supposed to be game day! As soon as the angel's won in Anaheim and we knew there was going to be a game six in New York jumped online and found tickets to the game! We were super stoked to be going to an angel game at Yankee stadium! Can you imagine???<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT5pjxrSF2fHZvJm5zWvsEPCMe3jHlkQ0EnEN-vjhOFRqwDQ_iaz7mVG3-bKU1GSP0lansWmq1TpnRiGvaLr5GQ8n1JMv8qSD7xZ1B2d7rJDpmLxpulKpfXD3UEluWfsQo0H3KorZ_jEZ3/s1600-h/20091024_0019.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT5pjxrSF2fHZvJm5zWvsEPCMe3jHlkQ0EnEN-vjhOFRqwDQ_iaz7mVG3-bKU1GSP0lansWmq1TpnRiGvaLr5GQ8n1JMv8qSD7xZ1B2d7rJDpmLxpulKpfXD3UEluWfsQo0H3KorZ_jEZ3/s400/20091024_0019.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402341135763417122" border="0" /></a>First we went to Lunch (yes, lunch was first... remember how we stayed on Hawaiian time? Six hour difference... no biggie!) at the world famous Katz's Deli.<br /><br />Yes Stuart and Evan are sporting their Angel's Gear in New York City... Yankee territory! Brave I know.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPcd_PQFJrHAfvd_J06BaoRSuv3VLHIz2JAWzVvEKoqyz5FtW5YQygGnPX5I3HRn2I-b2cL5GQMhYrID5asjH8qzXroZCa1RG-TSLdhJ6HSsra5ZaOmAkH4khvB6YXXFUQAtjlRk9B0qCG/s1600-h/20091024_0013.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPcd_PQFJrHAfvd_J06BaoRSuv3VLHIz2JAWzVvEKoqyz5FtW5YQygGnPX5I3HRn2I-b2cL5GQMhYrID5asjH8qzXroZCa1RG-TSLdhJ6HSsra5ZaOmAkH4khvB6YXXFUQAtjlRk9B0qCG/s400/20091024_0013.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402341126262533394" border="0" /></a>Here we are having a playful "discussion" with the workers of Katz's. They didn't like Evan's Jersey. Neither did a table full of guys that told us to get out of the city! And they weren't even joking about it. Looking at their faces you would think that we had done something really terrible like stolen their little sister's kitty cat and strung it up in a tree. The workers were nice though.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPpGNUbvKVpDgM0AyqYe1x1hMb3vVzDdxpTG9BqHTnvnmCBBq7ICrig5xe2l_6P3362oiVd9cWf3mV5bLlF-fBaAbx68hWDSAamV2EnAVoAW0TpPZ6adHpwRSh7ONLqAl6PlR9xNS2BkLn/s1600-h/20091024_0021.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPpGNUbvKVpDgM0AyqYe1x1hMb3vVzDdxpTG9BqHTnvnmCBBq7ICrig5xe2l_6P3362oiVd9cWf3mV5bLlF-fBaAbx68hWDSAamV2EnAVoAW0TpPZ6adHpwRSh7ONLqAl6PlR9xNS2BkLn/s400/20091024_0021.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402341119174717602" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Here's Stuart waiting for the subway. I must say, the Subway is amazing and I loved it! What a brilliant idea that works perfectly. And the people who live there and use it all the time know all the ins and outs about it! I personally got turned upside down and around every time I went underground and came up again... but it's really an amazing system they have going there!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCbDkaHF-2J5Sq0hCowS50agVSkUZFIIjIsIVTw22-yCnuIo6APYl6hhmdSpNCzc-dAbOak3YjCdA6VpZpMI4aeKA0u7xhKWei-BMxUeNWSayj4Y3GZe3PWDe09vG0oe2gp85KT34rwY66/s1600-h/20091024_0027.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCbDkaHF-2J5Sq0hCowS50agVSkUZFIIjIsIVTw22-yCnuIo6APYl6hhmdSpNCzc-dAbOak3YjCdA6VpZpMI4aeKA0u7xhKWei-BMxUeNWSayj4Y3GZe3PWDe09vG0oe2gp85KT34rwY66/s400/20091024_0027.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402341113457638130" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Another shot... pretty much the exact same but I like both. I like the yellow streak but I also love the one with the american flag passing by!<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnupjMsR074Tq-bE-zXnOcQLPc8D1b61twTFEO6YKOcCsrn_wO9qbpJPzfJ9vQGiDiURZbpWmfT1Ql43Xbrm6cuMUFU7pkfogR0uWakHuLCfsAUamX8ohz1lO-r81W9J_KYJJ1iIS_D_l0/s1600-h/20091024_0029.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnupjMsR074Tq-bE-zXnOcQLPc8D1b61twTFEO6YKOcCsrn_wO9qbpJPzfJ9vQGiDiURZbpWmfT1Ql43Xbrm6cuMUFU7pkfogR0uWakHuLCfsAUamX8ohz1lO-r81W9J_KYJJ1iIS_D_l0/s400/20091024_0029.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402341107571110514" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />So like I said... it was supposed to be game six but it got rained out. I think instead we stayed in and watched a football game.<br /><br /><br />Stay tuned for day 4!Maliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10101089235445728947noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260348735825573559.post-88043976610523357472009-11-09T19:48:00.000-08:002009-11-09T21:10:19.486-08:00New York: Day 2Wow that took a while! Thanks Andie for the reminder and encouragement to get day two and more up on here!<br /><br />Day 2 we started out at the early hour of around noon. =) Apparently we decided to just stick to hawaiian time and not do the whole time change thing. I guess thats ok to do in the city that never sleeps.<br /><br />Stuart and I ventured out on our own and made our way down to the the Staten Island Ferry. I wanted to see the Statue of Liberty while we were there and this was perfect.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcGhG-my8ai1ds7lz_-s31eOK8CFe0pCp4HDnmIQ2W52-82TLIjmG_GK3vh42KlNRH_x6ZSL7kxXA0z1SArOIGHas1iRSqnXRaX2ByMEk0fh4SzIhYiT6DAjPlJn7q3YbGrJBIA5fUR-SI/s1600-h/03.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcGhG-my8ai1ds7lz_-s31eOK8CFe0pCp4HDnmIQ2W52-82TLIjmG_GK3vh42KlNRH_x6ZSL7kxXA0z1SArOIGHas1iRSqnXRaX2ByMEk0fh4SzIhYiT6DAjPlJn7q3YbGrJBIA5fUR-SI/s400/03.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402327096151182514" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSexawIDu6YpKej0-7nC109GJe_kmyd8-TaqQiMsHkV9FheYC5lFES0PPXdXoS1kmvYHO4ZVTe_FCOTVrLaSsvUysESaaWovJSfpYEnnd77B-hqGiP9-vA_6QS5powR7UfrsJ6pVtTTHj3/s1600-h/20091023_0014.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSexawIDu6YpKej0-7nC109GJe_kmyd8-TaqQiMsHkV9FheYC5lFES0PPXdXoS1kmvYHO4ZVTe_FCOTVrLaSsvUysESaaWovJSfpYEnnd77B-hqGiP9-vA_6QS5powR7UfrsJ6pVtTTHj3/s400/20091023_0014.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402324240511048546" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF-J4iexuu3TNdZYfHWhIOyVOgVOplVzCzn7sLN1uZDxNDyZaQdoWMmafoZPGbazTS9rqXt2-OCHvNxJ1NqhhV_e4gkqGdHoPuC-yt4A1ZDi6Q2P82hmERPop_dcxqcvFTwy9rG1hwHEfu/s1600-h/02.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF-J4iexuu3TNdZYfHWhIOyVOgVOplVzCzn7sLN1uZDxNDyZaQdoWMmafoZPGbazTS9rqXt2-OCHvNxJ1NqhhV_e4gkqGdHoPuC-yt4A1ZDi6Q2P82hmERPop_dcxqcvFTwy9rG1hwHEfu/s400/02.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402324220417626546" border="0" /></a><br /><br />This is a FREE ferry over to Staten island that goes right by Lady Liberty. We rode over to Staten island where we had to get off and then just walked right back on. We were told that there is absolutely nothing to see or do over there so we got back on the ferry.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF7CBdE1dwnzau33qXp3sV5p8f7CWXCmBEARGBjA4ghFFQTPernRyCm4gz3m6RrO-wi5yJ85UXi0lwroOIuP1QJ4Ra3KjldK2hEr1YaVj1O6gXwFc2OzYRh9ry8BcxyAovXdinHpZ2xsx5/s1600-h/01.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF7CBdE1dwnzau33qXp3sV5p8f7CWXCmBEARGBjA4ghFFQTPernRyCm4gz3m6RrO-wi5yJ85UXi0lwroOIuP1QJ4Ra3KjldK2hEr1YaVj1O6gXwFc2OzYRh9ry8BcxyAovXdinHpZ2xsx5/s400/01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402324230554085970" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Isn't she lovely!?<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHSk8IFtY9s70vSZtQLh-xGRgpvv77NmLmJVgrbnnJh-PijMwehGijvFyn01LMxmzgP65h5CRtfXpseNSm1xIsl70RC3tlLlXpvQNBawovQlh5lXqlxzm6l4JjSXIjg5AXoPlXb6bulKhyphenhyphen/s1600-h/20091023_0034.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHSk8IFtY9s70vSZtQLh-xGRgpvv77NmLmJVgrbnnJh-PijMwehGijvFyn01LMxmzgP65h5CRtfXpseNSm1xIsl70RC3tlLlXpvQNBawovQlh5lXqlxzm6l4JjSXIjg5AXoPlXb6bulKhyphenhyphen/s400/20091023_0034.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402324232837823442" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />After our ferry ride we went to Greenwich Village! We love it there! We just walked around the little neighborhood looking at the cute apartment buildings and the little businesses there. If we had to live in New York this is where we would want to be for sure! We also found our all time favorite place to eat! There'll be more on that in another post! Evan and Tamara came and met us for dinner which was amazing and I crave it now! Tamara's friend had a show at a comedy club and got us on "The List" so we got in free.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirfZcv_wLN0QNLSWMCEQMQoSWaZAthjICICQGsa40OCez-HJ2l1XVTAyDmHyF__-BwehexSPvKErdvDlzhYF4mit55xZSBZwgHAMP-2pHJ4eEKUwzQcPsXhj19p3Q7-H8aTzxgReHmZ780/s1600-h/Gotham.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirfZcv_wLN0QNLSWMCEQMQoSWaZAthjICICQGsa40OCez-HJ2l1XVTAyDmHyF__-BwehexSPvKErdvDlzhYF4mit55xZSBZwgHAMP-2pHJ4eEKUwzQcPsXhj19p3Q7-H8aTzxgReHmZ780/s400/Gotham.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402319227913472290" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I took this photo before they got up and said no photography or video allowed. So after that I obediently put it away. But I'm glad I got this shot first =). Ryan Hamilton was the comedian and he was hilarious!!! You should google him for sure! And the main guy was also really funny and the show was awesome! It was our first time in a comedy club and it was such an awesome experience and I'm glad we were able to go!<br /><br /><br />After the comedy club we went to the driving range at Chelsea Piers. It was super fun!<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjNXVguFrNk3r7AdK8aECkJLCP-UJEAKUjR2eZUCxpCK_AEIvaLdiWNbzRhvg9l6q0chSLlI-fWLgRPn8JWQmshfT7oY8EicZbpoodssRh0MY14o56SxUeLpn9Cc2pLnapgdVbUtFmbYkb/s1600-h/04.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjNXVguFrNk3r7AdK8aECkJLCP-UJEAKUjR2eZUCxpCK_AEIvaLdiWNbzRhvg9l6q0chSLlI-fWLgRPn8JWQmshfT7oY8EicZbpoodssRh0MY14o56SxUeLpn9Cc2pLnapgdVbUtFmbYkb/s400/04.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402336726382526690" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9YPan7oAOl2f9dvGULbpgg5_0_ab2ee-YAkHgxZwEOv_vFJ20_khXt6Oxzx6-M07qTDyq2VNclc2CoF3URzBGTitbyv63tIaXpvAU9ESlwm-pI0dQLO2JDi7yw12JDyZwyaOzkK6C0v0Y/s1600-h/20091023_0114.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9YPan7oAOl2f9dvGULbpgg5_0_ab2ee-YAkHgxZwEOv_vFJ20_khXt6Oxzx6-M07qTDyq2VNclc2CoF3URzBGTitbyv63tIaXpvAU9ESlwm-pI0dQLO2JDi7yw12JDyZwyaOzkK6C0v0Y/s400/20091023_0114.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402319256384356002" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9QIjQqgHvuci82nFfQsXaZ-UDlLvgsVhloBfO5YFPS2Hf6xiYgNBeH6y4QBCjlUDG4C32OncULqyOjM_SLJCEV6PemTBDuOH_r6cGJe1geli7GFuq-eljnjMviygSypTOGKgcv3g4BHyp/s1600-h/20091023_0104.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9QIjQqgHvuci82nFfQsXaZ-UDlLvgsVhloBfO5YFPS2Hf6xiYgNBeH6y4QBCjlUDG4C32OncULqyOjM_SLJCEV6PemTBDuOH_r6cGJe1geli7GFuq-eljnjMviygSypTOGKgcv3g4BHyp/s400/20091023_0104.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402319247579485314" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4TWdRarhKtgVadLKvW0hpWi3u5xiW3IaJterZzSVZAOvDaWxHKGJPCtCAhGsfN5i-RySPNnCpdqc4NwhcRiM_zU898K29bVW_gQmKW1cfXCMd_gx-_Pg8lQl-hbARetd2v-g42x7k41sU/s1600-h/20091023_0095.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4TWdRarhKtgVadLKvW0hpWi3u5xiW3IaJterZzSVZAOvDaWxHKGJPCtCAhGsfN5i-RySPNnCpdqc4NwhcRiM_zU898K29bVW_gQmKW1cfXCMd_gx-_Pg8lQl-hbARetd2v-g42x7k41sU/s400/20091023_0095.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402319244429274274" border="0" /></a>Stuart broke one of the clubs while we were there. hahah. But it was no big deal, they just gave him another one... Is that common or something?<br /><br />Oh he also hit the ball so far it hit the net.... I think he even hit one out and over it into the water! Stuart LOVES the driving range.... I don't think he'd like real golfing too much but he just loves to see how far he can hit the ball! <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC7vDmMY3gCeZZEarxxAu8OkKGAXBczehI2w5Cz5bAc0pRs4adfcV2zrrwteLMNsoxEvN1RNqIRUWGrEyyl2urvpE59IRzL7XCooJIbE7USKYMe52ZzIJ21vUTOuSY3FxOnlsKr3IOgs05/s1600-h/20091023_0088.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC7vDmMY3gCeZZEarxxAu8OkKGAXBczehI2w5Cz5bAc0pRs4adfcV2zrrwteLMNsoxEvN1RNqIRUWGrEyyl2urvpE59IRzL7XCooJIbE7USKYMe52ZzIJ21vUTOuSY3FxOnlsKr3IOgs05/s400/20091023_0088.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402319238722088658" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Another awesome day in New York! We probably went and got Pizza when we got home at midnight too. I wouldn't be surprised... we ate a lot of pizza while we were there.<br /><br /><br />I hope you enjoyed day 2! I know we did! More New York posts to follow... hopefully it won't take as long this time!Maliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10101089235445728947noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260348735825573559.post-13295078137600135062009-10-31T16:00:00.000-07:002009-10-31T18:06:22.270-07:00New York: Day 1Stuart and I were lucky enough to be able to take a trip out to New York last week and it was AMAZING!!! We had a blast while we were there and did so many things it was unbelievable! It was a once in a lifetime experience and we're glad we did it! I took a ton of photos while we were there so I've decided to break it up into multiple posts organized by day... Here we have day 1... enjoy!<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHdXcF7rV4CSBl7RtMSJQnfH5lrv3OhrS0VZed2NXwsXpGOBOvv8VU-8eC1PBvSfUKmxx1sfUQ-upWZBZotvWc5UQE20WZIqLR_Gp3EfVhL5gZ-yL8KxBGyo3yutzpfBMM_rb7RdGy0rxV/s1600-h/19.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHdXcF7rV4CSBl7RtMSJQnfH5lrv3OhrS0VZed2NXwsXpGOBOvv8VU-8eC1PBvSfUKmxx1sfUQ-upWZBZotvWc5UQE20WZIqLR_Gp3EfVhL5gZ-yL8KxBGyo3yutzpfBMM_rb7RdGy0rxV/s400/19.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398904078142999426" border="0" /></a>We flew into Newark at about 7:30am and this was the view of the sun coming up over the city!<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigNvy97Qwr_7tW_qQqX4biao-fdA7pafClXCRKqOduYg2kVbch15fyflGkVkFKRW_W1Py_Xwk3QG-AO-VWhcyyY1qFs1iNzdQyCalCajuur2eVRNk-cHDnQDFAJndGw4AaWjV7lmATJt-K/s1600-h/04.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigNvy97Qwr_7tW_qQqX4biao-fdA7pafClXCRKqOduYg2kVbch15fyflGkVkFKRW_W1Py_Xwk3QG-AO-VWhcyyY1qFs1iNzdQyCalCajuur2eVRNk-cHDnQDFAJndGw4AaWjV7lmATJt-K/s400/04.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398904084480177042" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">This trip was full of firsts for me, one of those was my first time on a real train!<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc2Z12U-9Kj9vJUafiSiGfe6CQdhME_7Rz-hQ_K8qkxCHpDwBDka4PD93V4WRMXJu8oWeb-gLvsGOZd0_aOjDvFwyKdU9q9kIfYCvMsyJjnBtwf_cnGJEoC3B4SGsOuFvwQdh7eEtB4uCM/s1600-h/18.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc2Z12U-9Kj9vJUafiSiGfe6CQdhME_7Rz-hQ_K8qkxCHpDwBDka4PD93V4WRMXJu8oWeb-gLvsGOZd0_aOjDvFwyKdU9q9kIfYCvMsyJjnBtwf_cnGJEoC3B4SGsOuFvwQdh7eEtB4uCM/s400/18.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398904096187993826" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">We came up from underground and this was the first city building we saw... it was so tall (this photo doesn't do it justice)<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJUkY9CEZBvkdovdaw5lpnffavALF2GJtbP0UDjgqumF23ctJta8VOPUTEyLTNL-s0KtbNbviJUwefLI3DBaiH-T2XygV1-ovqEBhA7UZe90LSwHRkTht86Gf8_uvTLecbELBA1tbC0tqV/s1600-h/17.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJUkY9CEZBvkdovdaw5lpnffavALF2GJtbP0UDjgqumF23ctJta8VOPUTEyLTNL-s0KtbNbviJUwefLI3DBaiH-T2XygV1-ovqEBhA7UZe90LSwHRkTht86Gf8_uvTLecbELBA1tbC0tqV/s400/17.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398904098080653378" border="0" /></a><br /><br />As we were walking I saw this sign on the sidewalk and thought it was hilarious!<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4yeVfsmxxMDmjYShviPopMZ3vcerGBkyeWgV6UhaElbBSgj4OW9Xwj7DeEj1eWkbnyTIw2UP9SC3rb0qz38OE6Zk9gUgfl5gpH28R46goxF2ksncnUiHJKUDnqDmjvL08S3O6u6t2g44J/s1600-h/16.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4yeVfsmxxMDmjYShviPopMZ3vcerGBkyeWgV6UhaElbBSgj4OW9Xwj7DeEj1eWkbnyTIw2UP9SC3rb0qz38OE6Zk9gUgfl5gpH28R46goxF2ksncnUiHJKUDnqDmjvL08S3O6u6t2g44J/s400/16.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398904109231355890" border="0" /></a><br />We got to Evan's dropped our stuff and were off to see the city... and meet Tamara! She's Awesome and we love her and couldn't be happier for the 2 of them!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRKkdlCHIFICKwIiq37H0yUWZ3SNViNUrLhizhMk_ps8JVJZq7VlhuhromyeTaZ9PwNP35gVbwO5QGtif4KgZ_wJVMTAiOrka-xIlrorEAq1-f8h_jjG1UIPwpnNHVcR5Irdf_Cr30lUg_/s1600-h/15.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRKkdlCHIFICKwIiq37H0yUWZ3SNViNUrLhizhMk_ps8JVJZq7VlhuhromyeTaZ9PwNP35gVbwO5QGtif4KgZ_wJVMTAiOrka-xIlrorEAq1-f8h_jjG1UIPwpnNHVcR5Irdf_Cr30lUg_/s400/15.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398905531341356898" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">We went to central park and walked around for a bit.<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy6n_ijJj_AX0HLKTFO-wCK3s8gHeQP-H8v3htHRo-eHziL3jqYdOShtlKwvcwxQn3Fb7KXTzy_ilE2rKIyX727Ud3rRjkbhFf7V0SczJrXq7CHSsnZ5lvf954-pbccEoWAst2ZBTT3znb/s1600-h/06.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy6n_ijJj_AX0HLKTFO-wCK3s8gHeQP-H8v3htHRo-eHziL3jqYdOShtlKwvcwxQn3Fb7KXTzy_ilE2rKIyX727Ud3rRjkbhFf7V0SczJrXq7CHSsnZ5lvf954-pbccEoWAst2ZBTT3znb/s400/06.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398905520134783442" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5rgyoZxiYLT3db19477PqthR-jG5-AqNEIU5eW0G2X20rtjn2o3rfvZQ-mtVw0XF5_jQ68tC0HPGiUtAnqq-a9L-qh-zaxTq9QeBKg_pUX0JZGOfiuFjjBQ4NHB2G7DQWUN3OgFqjqjAq/s1600-h/07.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5rgyoZxiYLT3db19477PqthR-jG5-AqNEIU5eW0G2X20rtjn2o3rfvZQ-mtVw0XF5_jQ68tC0HPGiUtAnqq-a9L-qh-zaxTq9QeBKg_pUX0JZGOfiuFjjBQ4NHB2G7DQWUN3OgFqjqjAq/s400/07.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398905517473428002" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjirprRhAZe_vOLXxLLPWiVdLq3X9J4MFP1a99lpU-sdvbEjOB0egQYa4VcZrhFq3LwHq4NDaIGAH3ir4RJL7_jn8DJhpmSbI7keaGhz8ahjTUYnFtepLQjXZsPh04zqDGjXOU3gtLyuDaL/s1600-h/20.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjirprRhAZe_vOLXxLLPWiVdLq3X9J4MFP1a99lpU-sdvbEjOB0egQYa4VcZrhFq3LwHq4NDaIGAH3ir4RJL7_jn8DJhpmSbI7keaGhz8ahjTUYnFtepLQjXZsPh04zqDGjXOU3gtLyuDaL/s400/20.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398928319261630850" border="0" /></a><br />There were beautiful Fall leaves there for us to see! Loved it!<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYfLR9YUN3jBWsBSXjOQN-jjoG50oEn_z1GiusLwLZsryn4QeA3zlRWlJTMPHVNJLs6akJF9rW56xwkz_Yw7zO7BguRVtJQBZ4soatDwzpV1PMLvfAJhlna2nQdvYyXnAcbIpSeo3jiQ2b/s1600-h/11.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYfLR9YUN3jBWsBSXjOQN-jjoG50oEn_z1GiusLwLZsryn4QeA3zlRWlJTMPHVNJLs6akJF9rW56xwkz_Yw7zO7BguRVtJQBZ4soatDwzpV1PMLvfAJhlna2nQdvYyXnAcbIpSeo3jiQ2b/s400/11.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398928337786327202" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSUip9_Khyphenhypheno3E2yELU0Uls9hj5K0npvvWRPqrij21GR1jtBk4x_jk754F9BvzNMeEFHG7hZ_Rj0vCow1ZPgYiR-BBSTVDbojlaQfUAv1cDPPnderE19rFiJ5r2d6n940eefEf6xsUXUr9L/s1600-h/05.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSUip9_Khyphenhypheno3E2yELU0Uls9hj5K0npvvWRPqrij21GR1jtBk4x_jk754F9BvzNMeEFHG7hZ_Rj0vCow1ZPgYiR-BBSTVDbojlaQfUAv1cDPPnderE19rFiJ5r2d6n940eefEf6xsUXUr9L/s400/05.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398905503825898418" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgta72XlgGxIDVZ70vNIOpvD4IdOaYcXpC0L7uKH9ajBcXNxReutx8_eRcFbrVmWEBW8dhNSPGIB6RtVCF1DLZ6s_iey3n_NVmhcvj0DtEgybhormos14wpTltpIARCDPL6zFtvIyY5u9xr/s1600-h/14.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgta72XlgGxIDVZ70vNIOpvD4IdOaYcXpC0L7uKH9ajBcXNxReutx8_eRcFbrVmWEBW8dhNSPGIB6RtVCF1DLZ6s_iey3n_NVmhcvj0DtEgybhormos14wpTltpIARCDPL6zFtvIyY5u9xr/s400/14.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398905507174030050" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">After central park we headed over to the Top of the Rock.<br />There was such an amazing view of the whole city from there!<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKY5eyN2YWUTWklHv5SY2CfbvZ-_eTsUH5ob3u8jJuMXM4_UV3wetszQdkbmPXMfqpU3Y8w_LNRb__tlKgWoWtEpwHnJKQf6U2WOggbTVtzg7XJLVF0OHPHA6htwyFECvkbA9ha93SQytq/s1600-h/02.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKY5eyN2YWUTWklHv5SY2CfbvZ-_eTsUH5ob3u8jJuMXM4_UV3wetszQdkbmPXMfqpU3Y8w_LNRb__tlKgWoWtEpwHnJKQf6U2WOggbTVtzg7XJLVF0OHPHA6htwyFECvkbA9ha93SQytq/s400/02.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398927094327567730" border="0" /></a>(Yes Stuart got yelled at for sitting up here)</span><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyt9GzIYQOxKJfY-Ikewh-xZvTxRJA1doO429PaYFhbBw17s7s7k5ze6INwcgrjELyD8L9CfHouowGK4uYwmusdh2Lm3HT7VPpA9zLDNe8B5hv8MK2ObnuEUvtuHPWSml-xahwAgh5T2Jb/s1600-h/09.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyt9GzIYQOxKJfY-Ikewh-xZvTxRJA1doO429PaYFhbBw17s7s7k5ze6INwcgrjELyD8L9CfHouowGK4uYwmusdh2Lm3HT7VPpA9zLDNe8B5hv8MK2ObnuEUvtuHPWSml-xahwAgh5T2Jb/s400/09.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398927089586024658" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkGZoaNz_mQf8SrJ23ohU3b0mZmANPKDxqISqdRICzVd0TgKy1wkNlc80IXCjaWWi4fU_FSPXF5q8Hiu2rGfK_yAWM5a_CpMfOOYHvW-UlRT5YfnPmEq04VZ-opjDbRvbFBK1CQHmFb38e/s1600-h/10.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkGZoaNz_mQf8SrJ23ohU3b0mZmANPKDxqISqdRICzVd0TgKy1wkNlc80IXCjaWWi4fU_FSPXF5q8Hiu2rGfK_yAWM5a_CpMfOOYHvW-UlRT5YfnPmEq04VZ-opjDbRvbFBK1CQHmFb38e/s400/10.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398927080422978754" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_z-q6WJXMqRPlPyNJN93Tr-iSDJAY6DIDZYv1co6hsIgtxVvz0kNP9b2hqHfbWG1guTvTGnt7qelJxk8SnUyffwo2BNtiepYYEuzy0uRVOQq2pDCebJKHPj3pZfSssXjOXLylbP402LCw/s1600-h/13.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_z-q6WJXMqRPlPyNJN93Tr-iSDJAY6DIDZYv1co6hsIgtxVvz0kNP9b2hqHfbWG1guTvTGnt7qelJxk8SnUyffwo2BNtiepYYEuzy0uRVOQq2pDCebJKHPj3pZfSssXjOXLylbP402LCw/s400/13.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398927079631628162" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">This is just a crazy looking Church that had such cool light reflecting onto it from its surroundings!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUSt1tZupVLES0cTiCtNrEU9VVwliNSsKQiqpYH2-trS2czPbh2fi2adje7TKAVVZpBoZD5Q-X4zd70evmPKhDqx4FTbNOqKwS0a4_G-FU4-smzWyIPhh5W4-bQMTmElJ65iRwYEmpwSHD/s1600-h/01.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUSt1tZupVLES0cTiCtNrEU9VVwliNSsKQiqpYH2-trS2czPbh2fi2adje7TKAVVZpBoZD5Q-X4zd70evmPKhDqx4FTbNOqKwS0a4_G-FU4-smzWyIPhh5W4-bQMTmElJ65iRwYEmpwSHD/s400/01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398927069425732370" border="0" /></a><br /><br />We checked out <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">FAO</span> Schwartz and played the BIG piano.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq6KWpSR3m7mL48l_oI-QLhQcNDuNOL805pl6RL5Xu5d2yaVhhsDUkKtC3Kwk8-kVAneDc9E8MT6QJ-pPqt9WSdo0sAY1-nUUkMwV87ml5bYDJ5lvzYxDeasNYIHz-LkkFnvk3RRztnvLn/s1600-h/12.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq6KWpSR3m7mL48l_oI-QLhQcNDuNOL805pl6RL5Xu5d2yaVhhsDUkKtC3Kwk8-kVAneDc9E8MT6QJ-pPqt9WSdo0sAY1-nUUkMwV87ml5bYDJ5lvzYxDeasNYIHz-LkkFnvk3RRztnvLn/s400/12.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398928325037276434" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Here's The PLAZA<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMRcOaEs6gfq-XHGyQq5y9tzt0g_55OWqpR9STLlghE3bgo9b5VDk_YkcURqa2S76A1hZUDtijGDOsRVSaGl4SM2hVFf-Gx0zMK7hVncJd7EdmoF-xcwyqH-pl-dgsMDL2KEfNZspp0TJX/s1600-h/ThePlaza.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMRcOaEs6gfq-XHGyQq5y9tzt0g_55OWqpR9STLlghE3bgo9b5VDk_YkcURqa2S76A1hZUDtijGDOsRVSaGl4SM2hVFf-Gx0zMK7hVncJd7EdmoF-xcwyqH-pl-dgsMDL2KEfNZspp0TJX/s400/ThePlaza.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398928308948699890" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">And a shot from Top of the Rock!<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXfyecPPmyO9iKw0zeTcIEfZeEojwrbnZLhqbVxDfZraybmuxeJXKFem2Lyh8cC6s_9gdYPRhlLWUsptb76fweg9MRU4dw4JtQ8cPpIRp_4KIS4H1lDDyfCuvq35qx1mCZ_THsP1BSzfk6/s1600-h/PANOTopoftheRock.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 100px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXfyecPPmyO9iKw0zeTcIEfZeEojwrbnZLhqbVxDfZraybmuxeJXKFem2Lyh8cC6s_9gdYPRhlLWUsptb76fweg9MRU4dw4JtQ8cPpIRp_4KIS4H1lDDyfCuvq35qx1mCZ_THsP1BSzfk6/s400/PANOTopoftheRock.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398928299456190194" border="0" /></a><br /><br />It was such a beautiful day! We had perfect weather that first day that we were even able to wear shorts and a t-shirt! We were so beat from our LONG day of traveling. We went home and I ended up taking a 6 hour nap! I woke up at 11 pm wondering where Stuart and Evan had gone but they showed up literally 3 minutes later after going to sing <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">karaoke</span> with friends and watch some of the angels game... talk about perfect timing! Ahhh what a perfect day in the city!<br /><br />More to come! So stay tuned!Maliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10101089235445728947noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260348735825573559.post-26337634552428536582009-10-16T23:17:00.000-07:002009-10-19T17:36:47.375-07:00I can see clearly now....I haven't gone to the eye doc in an extremely long time... I finally decided it was time to go because I was sure that my contacts that are over 4 years old were not the right prescription anymore. Not only that but these days these eyes are my money maker! I've got to take care of these babies! Since I don't have insurance, and I don't have any loyalty to any doctors, I went to the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Costco</span> eye people. It was quick and (mostly) painless and they tested my eyes and checked them out. They gave me a knew prescription and sent me home with some free loot (actually, I guess I paid for it in my bill) as well as crystal clear vision!! I'm not sure if it is possible for better vision to make colors seem more vibrant or if the last few days have just been absolutely beautiful out here! It's hard to tell but either way, I'm enjoying my new contacts!<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1EmwAgzogkR18F96u3pLFmie9_r9bOInXqLqPnmzUiT20OhspSv_ifvWvI2iNMVRnZJ_VGKmeY__lqoPLiyicPtJLNLh3Msx8WxN64VIiZbe9b5T3oBFQ7heSwNJ-JPR7x94re42WYBuL/s1600-h/contacts.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1EmwAgzogkR18F96u3pLFmie9_r9bOInXqLqPnmzUiT20OhspSv_ifvWvI2iNMVRnZJ_VGKmeY__lqoPLiyicPtJLNLh3Msx8WxN64VIiZbe9b5T3oBFQ7heSwNJ-JPR7x94re42WYBuL/s400/contacts.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394474374650867602" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />While <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">I'm</span> enjoying my clear vision... I'm still longing for some laser eye surgery so I can be done with the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">hassle</span> of contacts. I get so lazy with my eyes that I would end up just sleeping with them in... for days and days at a time. I know how bad that can be, I got scoldings from Doc when I was there and I have already changed my ways. I now take out my contacts every night before climbing into bed. I guess I need to start an EYE Fund then maybe in a few years I can do it! Wish me luck!Maliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10101089235445728947noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260348735825573559.post-85465681587304574202009-10-14T00:25:00.000-07:002009-10-14T01:21:51.429-07:00Kauai weekend getaway!*This is a really long post... so if you want to skip all the details: We went to Kauai, and had a blast! Now you can go down to the bottom to see a few photos of our adventures! But if you want the long story here it is....<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrJOswRrP3KdGnw8RUbjvCRuILjMJMRRHSsqeGcOSc0J3dGsUIj37otDuam10SQddFCdtSA0rkCTVSbohWWdDlpQwQCHh2kaO0rJnXeGHvjikwjWH5EriYq3zXffGkSZRuAdFPMUV1SVdg/s1600-h/M+bigchair2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrJOswRrP3KdGnw8RUbjvCRuILjMJMRRHSsqeGcOSc0J3dGsUIj37otDuam10SQddFCdtSA0rkCTVSbohWWdDlpQwQCHh2kaO0rJnXeGHvjikwjWH5EriYq3zXffGkSZRuAdFPMUV1SVdg/s400/M+bigchair2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392364691885743458" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />This last weekend Stuart and I took a quick trip over to Kauai. We took the 1st flight out in the morning and the last flight home the next night. It was a fast 2 days but such a fun trip! We were having so much fun that I didn't remember to get the camera out until the last 1/2 of our second day there.<br /><br />A LONG review of what went down:<br />Landed in Lihue and walked out to the parking lot where our friend's uncle parked his car earlier that morning for us to take and use for our 2 days there (he flew out and we flew in, so instead of the car sitting there for 2 days building up a big parking ticket, he let us borrow it). Stuart got a text that said "walk out to parking lot turn right and walk 45 steps". Hahaha! I love how small and simple that airport was!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ5115ciQp2Injl5Zcg7ZHZVvfLriW5yw7q_DB6_h9QyRU4nptB8I5sxSHTA6njyqqKeMqus9bNZ3XNWIahL0lMoIj5ZR35zqrH4rJ7ULd1ZlfyRuMcYCed8PYtiBWfWP2AFUpI74KGC8V/s1600-h/car.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ5115ciQp2Injl5Zcg7ZHZVvfLriW5yw7q_DB6_h9QyRU4nptB8I5sxSHTA6njyqqKeMqus9bNZ3XNWIahL0lMoIj5ZR35zqrH4rJ7ULd1ZlfyRuMcYCed8PYtiBWfWP2AFUpI74KGC8V/s400/car.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392363914781903938" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />We were lucky enough to be able to stay with my friend Joy's Parents. They were so welcoming to us and are some of the nicest people I know (it's so obvious where Joy gets it from)! We had some breakfast and headed off to Hanalei. They even let us borrow some boards so we could surf. When we got there it was a bit rainy and cloudy and once we paddled out, the clouds clear out and we could see the big green mountains with waterfalls spread all across! It was such an amazing view! Complete paradise! I know, I know I should have taken a picture, sorry.<br /><br />After a 2 hour surf sesh we grabbed a bite to eat and headed back to Lihue for the purpose of our trip, the mini water polo tournament. They have put together a little club team on Kauai and wanted to invite some polo players over for the 1st ever water polo tournament for that island! It was so much fun. We had a great team of 8 or 9 players, so we all got plenty of PT. It was super casual and fun and everyone had a great time!<br /><br />*little side note: My man Stuart is SO GOOD! I never got to see him play because the polo program was cut right after we met. I'm quite impressed with his water polo skills!<br /><br />So they put on a nice BBQ for us after we were done playing which was perfect! By that time we were exhausted and ready to go home and crash. Which we basically did. We went back to the house and were asleep by 7:30! (oh yeah, we had to wake up at 4:30am that morning so that explains why we were so tired) It felt so good to sleep and we got 12 hours in! Which was nice so we would be ready to play another game of polo!<br /><br />We went back to the house after our game (and brought our friend Janna from the teamalong) and had lunch with Auntie Liane and Uncle Mark (Joy's parent's) and were able to hang out and talk with them for a while. We still had quite a bit of time before we had to go to the airport so we decided to go for a drive and check some stuff out. We drove by a lighthouse and then wanted to find some dessert so we drove until we found some ice cream! It was perfect!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo9KTmqn0heccsAa3PNRyVV5KLNUFmWC8xik_-AgbFXJEAe-nK3KZUseI9jGYC6uvKhwuJF9SLfS7Sy_SB3z39izHbVhnbvqqWk1e7soKlbYq90HHCGoe4akV5qd5VgoaMppclyjXOMtCl/s1600-h/Lighthouse.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo9KTmqn0heccsAa3PNRyVV5KLNUFmWC8xik_-AgbFXJEAe-nK3KZUseI9jGYC6uvKhwuJF9SLfS7Sy_SB3z39izHbVhnbvqqWk1e7soKlbYq90HHCGoe4akV5qd5VgoaMppclyjXOMtCl/s400/Lighthouse.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392363931940815362" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjeWjn-v1qfrY2iDCjOQ3CkDTHtM1xyT9Ezd6PNqBwt5WlDagxRthmGtdbcaAEUdpuDTqkwOVPT12hDB-NcRj-tyNkLcjqFHnw-Gqc6pNYSyZALrhlZ3zNtuVXRxWQcWjuXvK7GoI4gzT1/s1600-h/ice+cream.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjeWjn-v1qfrY2iDCjOQ3CkDTHtM1xyT9Ezd6PNqBwt5WlDagxRthmGtdbcaAEUdpuDTqkwOVPT12hDB-NcRj-tyNkLcjqFHnw-Gqc6pNYSyZALrhlZ3zNtuVXRxWQcWjuXvK7GoI4gzT1/s400/ice+cream.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392363925884930626" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Our trip was absolutely wonderful!!! And it was a nice little warm-up or practice round for our travels to New York next week!<br /><br /><br /><br />We drove past this place on our way to and from the pool and airport and I just loved the name of the store, not to mention these cute statues! It was called "Two Frogs Hugging" <br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5djFIVvD531SqggIWC5uP7XanLez9qlvCDvdXpfHwIbCjSIzicVpCuMzggng57LWo7IblHLGGipHTtMrYOTeeMbIfMDqkZCQBWqJBw2qG-YvDAVWQtA_Q5bTjdF59Qyuva_Xyt6Ix45Lf/s1600-h/2FrogsHungging.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5djFIVvD531SqggIWC5uP7XanLez9qlvCDvdXpfHwIbCjSIzicVpCuMzggng57LWo7IblHLGGipHTtMrYOTeeMbIfMDqkZCQBWqJBw2qG-YvDAVWQtA_Q5bTjdF59Qyuva_Xyt6Ix45Lf/s400/2FrogsHungging.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392364678596779490" border="0" /></a><br />I had to get a photo of them before we left and when we pulled in, we realized that there were these gigantic chairs out in front that we NEEDED to climb on top of and take some pics! Plus we were just killing some time. <br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn0mbI1ESQzTKP1yxaeLVw99Qh5JMVQpZXqXariM5TZ_iDfyMTPySC265Aw5du_RqqbNZoAg0LaLasIieiwHsyqniJ0FMCm39-za2HwNMDVQ_FDPo8l_zfz6susLqgjXr9I167im0o0Nuf/s1600-h/M+bigchair.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn0mbI1ESQzTKP1yxaeLVw99Qh5JMVQpZXqXariM5TZ_iDfyMTPySC265Aw5du_RqqbNZoAg0LaLasIieiwHsyqniJ0FMCm39-za2HwNMDVQ_FDPo8l_zfz6susLqgjXr9I167im0o0Nuf/s400/M+bigchair.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392364683405050258" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6SPXMdJ08FfkeZEodOpuo-7LloFDiq_TVrTV_yeMVsAYzoAybdSakTUzPvGODvtTIzk2noJzdqkmb-awfxDUpUdHzvHU0e47cjf3E__whz7vxAuopxJpF6N6frnULLLZuWyUD01xGt2bg/s1600-h/S+bigcgair.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6SPXMdJ08FfkeZEodOpuo-7LloFDiq_TVrTV_yeMVsAYzoAybdSakTUzPvGODvtTIzk2noJzdqkmb-awfxDUpUdHzvHU0e47cjf3E__whz7vxAuopxJpF6N6frnULLLZuWyUD01xGt2bg/s400/S+bigcgair.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392363955711181234" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Here we are in front of the sign of a place we didn't actually eat. Just thought it would be funny to take the photo.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieWoWmalm7h0mhuxvjT4D1aaX5SHVkK8pzKkRGlv2q9vYWm741Cl99bxud506gz62_2zOazJAFIKVCIPcKFT6_B5vy8Wcm9vv-Txfh0IRJafK-c01_k0pjPsPHMZw8qOrOGXkQCdvgLos8/s1600-h/oki's.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieWoWmalm7h0mhuxvjT4D1aaX5SHVkK8pzKkRGlv2q9vYWm741Cl99bxud506gz62_2zOazJAFIKVCIPcKFT6_B5vy8Wcm9vv-Txfh0IRJafK-c01_k0pjPsPHMZw8qOrOGXkQCdvgLos8/s400/oki's.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392363944098268978" border="0" /></a><br />Sorry it's been so long since my last post, but as you can see, We are having so much fun!!! My husband is the best ever! And we are living the good life for sure!<br /><br /><br />I bet you can't tell me that those frogs aren't the cutest ever! Can you???Maliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10101089235445728947noreply@blogger.com8