uh oh...

not quite the auspicious beginning. still up at midnight! century bike ride tomorrow. rye's flat refused to be fixed. with more than 10 blisters on his hand, a bunch popped, scabby or bloody, finally got the tire on, only we have to be awake in 4 hours!!! 6 am start! gonna try for 25 miles now instead of 40. :) should still be fun!

Waikiki Weekend

Okay, since I've been getting grief from several people to update my post and show what we've been up to, thought I'd at least post for this weekend. :)

Rye and I had a wedding to go to on Saturday night, with the reception at Halekulani. While we didn't quite feel like the splurge of a $400/night room there, we did think a night at the Outrigger Reef Hotel to play tourist would be fun.

For my girly friends - here are photos from the wedding - the decor and reception were AMAZING.

They even had a photo booth!!

Had never seen such an elaborate, yet classy cake.

Waikiki Weekend - Pt 2

Since I had so many wedding pictures, thought I'd do our few other shots separate. :)

Here's the view from our room:

And just an elevator ride down to the beach:

Yummy tourist drinks with the beach, stars and sound of waves...

And thanks to Mer, really yummy ramen in the middle of all these Japanese tourists!

A really nice weekend away. Hee hee...It's nice to play tourist. Even if we're only 5 minutes from home, it felt like we really went somewhere! :D

Happy Anniversary G & P

Granny and Papa's anniversary at 3660. I think we figured it was their 69th!!! I only hope that Ryan and I are in HALF as good shape as them at 95 years old! :D

Marley and Macie had a great time with their new play mate...this was taken by Macie. Not too bad for a 3 year old. :)

happiness

so for the last two weeks i have been keenly aware of how happy i've been. not like when mom was with us happy, when i took things for granted and everything was right. but like a, this is adjustment, this is healing... this is family and this is home... and i know that the past two weeks have been the happiest i've been in the past year. and i know that it was because the four of us were together.

well...we just came home from dropping cec off at the airport...and we're back down to the three of us. ;) but it's nice being together with dad, and as i came to post how wonderful the past two weeks have been with cec, and how i had a hard time saying goodbye to her, wondering if we'd ever live in the same city again...i walked into her room and began to laugh, because there lying in her bed is cecily (flat cecily). hee hee...and what i know to be true is we'll never truly be far apart.

Unexpected Guest

We had a really nice family dinner at the Kaneohe Yangs' tonight. Nice way to end the weekend before my first day of school...what made it even more enjoyable was our unexpected guest! Cec made a surprise appearance and teleported herself from Ohio. ;)

It was a REALLY yummy dinner, salmon, steak, spinach salad...and Uncle Al's homemade ice-cream. Cec really seemed to like it and it was nice having her around. :) (see the Yang Family Blog for more details...and the secret to teleporting from Ohio to Honolulu for the night)

drive home

on my drive home from work last week i got choked up. i had just come from my first (unofficial) day at school. i stopped by to visit mom, cried as i talked with her because i just miss her so, stopped by to talk with aunty nina, laughed about my day, stopped by to talk with granny and lingered at the car door because it was just so nice to talk and chit-chat...and as i drove home to a home cooked meal with my dad and ryan, i realized i was happy. really happy. and i got choked up at the simple thought that this was life. my new life...and i like it here.