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Cinnamon’s

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This morning, Bailey, Kyle and I met Josh at Cinnamon’s in Kailua. I had always heard how wonderful it was for breakfast, but had never tried it. It was amazing! We had TONS of food and tried four different types of pancakes. They were all wonderful, but the red velvet was by far my favorite (of course).

Red velvet pancake. Incredible!
Guava chiffon pancake.
Apple cinnamon pancake.
Farmers omlet (Bailey and I both had this).
Roasted & broiled prime rib & eggs.
Skillet breakfast.

Bishop Museum

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This summer, I was able to visit the Bishop Museum twice. Once as a field trip with the kids at the Boys and Girls Club and again on my own with my friend Jenn to explore the history of Hawaii more in depth. I really enjoyed both visits (I love museums) but I was happy I saved the historical part with artifacts for when I didn’t have any kids to chase after :).

Volcano in the Science Adventure Center. My favorite building!
Under the volcano in the Science Adventure Center.
Dinosaur exhibit!
Planetarium! The globe changed to show all the different planets, sun, moons, etc. It was awesome!
Earth :).
The Hawaiian royal lineage in the Hawaiian Hall. Pretty awesome to see.
This room had the kings and queens of Hawaii in chronological order. There was information on each ruler and their government. Super interesting.
Hawaiian Hall art exhibit.
The wood inside this room was unbelievably beautiful. My favorite part.
Duke Kahanamoku’s surf board.

`Ohana Night Highlights

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A few highlights from the Boys and Girls Club of Hawaii Windward Clubhouse `Ohana Night :). See the full post here on the BGCH Windward blog.

Video Performances:

Hula Performance
Jump Rope Performance
Song Contest: Boys
Song Contest: Girls
Song Contest: Combined Boys and Girls

`Ohana Night Summer Video

Josh playing one of the cardboard arcade games.
The BGCH Windward summer staff!
BGCH Windward Summer Program group shot!

 

Shark Encounters!

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On Saturday morning, Josh and I got up super early to head up to the North shore to go shark diving in a cage. It has been on my list of things I wanted to do on Oahu for awhile now and on a whim on Friday, we decided to sign up for the 6:30 a.m. tour with Hawaiian Shark Encounters….and it was AMAZINGGGGG! We left from Haleiwa and traveled about four miles off the coast and saw about five or six Galapagos sharks that were about eight feet long. They were extremely curious about the boat and the cage and were fearless when it came to venturing close enough to see what was going on. The guide was telling us that there have been a few generations of Galapagos sharks in the area due to fishermen feeding them from their boat. It was an incredible experience and so amazing to be so close to them! Pictures and videos below! The waves were really big, so we got tossed around in the cage quite a bit. Once again, Josh had to be the photographer and videographer so I didn’t get sick all over him (and everyone else). We purchased a GoPro for the occasion and it was one of the best decisions we’ve ever made!

Videos:
Shark Encounters 1
Shark Encounters 2
Shark Encounters 3
Shark Encounters 4
Shark Encounters 5

Arriving at the cage. There was a bird hanging out…refusing to leave.
Sharks swimming around!
The shark swimming under the cage.
Heading back to the harbor!