27 years

I turned 27 this week and hardly even noticed. I guess that's what happens when you're in new baby bliss. We celebrated by leaving the baby with grandma and going to a Mexican place a whole mile down the road.  We got to the restaurant around 5:30 and left before the band set up.  We were in bed by 7 and I could not have been happier.

27 is going to be a wonderful year.

Sandwiches & Star Wars

Sandwiches and Star Wars.  That's what Brenden wanted for his birthday and thats what he got.  Along with a few other things.

Brenden is a huge, HUGE coffee drinker so for this birthday I got him a subscription to Mistobox which sends different types of coffee from around the world every month.  Since Mistobox sends all their coffee in whole bean, he also got a grinder. Usually I like gifts to be a complete surprise but I don't drink coffee so when I was getting the grinder I had to ask Brenden what he would prefer, hand or automatic, and try to be all nonchalant about it.  Well if he didn't know then he certainly knew a week later when we went to Kauai Coffee and I said he should get whole bean. But thats okay because he still loved it all.

For dinner Brenden requested sandwiches and I obliged by getting all the sandwich fixings including four types of cheese and three types of mustard. We tried this new cheese that has caramelized onions in it; so good! For "cake" we had homemade Oreos following this recipe.

I think it was a successful birthday and Brenden was happy which is all that really matters.

Happy Birthday Husband!

Today is Brenden's birthday!! Here are some pictures of my love muffin:

love you.

birthday hike

^The seeds made a wonderful walking path^

I didn't want to do much for my birthday.  I was not accepting getting older and was a ball of nerves thinking about my new job.  So in the morning when Brenden asked me what I wanted to do I shrugged and said "nothing".   It was raining and all I wanted to do was snuggle, but I still wanted to be outside. Such a dilemma.

Eventually I got my act together and decided I wanted to go hiking.  There was a break in the rain and I found a very nice hike that seemed short and easy, perfect for if I changed my mind.  But I didn't change my mind! We probably would have hiked the entire system of trails if it hadn't started raining again. We went to Pu'u 'Ualakaa' State Park and followed that trail until we met up with the Maikiki Heights trail and then went on the Makoa trail until we finished back on Pu'u 'Ualakaa' trail.  All the trails we went on seemed to meet and circle around so it was a nice hike to see different scenery and views.  

The trails themselves are a very nice and easy hike, almost like a stroll through the woods.  The only downside was that it's been raining a lot recently and the Makoa trail is on the side of a cliff, so if you slip in the mud, you may fall a long way.

We used the All Trails app to track our hike