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Tapas Night!

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For my last night in Indiana, Tom made a bunch of tapas that were amazingly good! It was so nice to have dinner with my family before leaving for Texas tomorrow. It’s hard to imagine not coming home again until December!

Bread for the marinara and goat cheese dip.
Goat cheese and marinara…so good!
Green beans with pine nuts.
Chicken wings…my favorite!
Sweet potato fries with cinnamon, sugar, salt and pepper.

Cinco de Mayo!

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Today, after a very long flight and quick layover in Dallas, I made it HOME. It is the first time I’ve been home since moving to Hawaii and it was so wonderful to see my family and so many of my friends and Nola. My fantastic Mom and fantastic Tom threw a Cinco de Mayo themed cookout/get together so I could see as many people as possible in the short amount of time that I’m home. I seriously think Tom cooked for days…he wanted everything to be authentic and it was INCREDIBLE (see pictures below). We had margaritas, guacamole, enchiladas, tacos, rice and beans. My Mom also made my Grandma’s homemade sheet-cake brownies from scratch. As if the amazing food wasn’t enough, I got to see most of my family, high school friends, family friends and college friends. I feel so very loved and so thankful that I got to see so many people in one night! Hawaii is incredible, but I miss these people! 🙂

I’ve missed her!
Table for the party.
Another table.
Margaritas, wine, beer and more!
Food!
Brownies!
My Mom, Austin and I
Sibling love.
Cousins (minus Kyle)! Austin, Janelle, Olivia, me, Owen, Bailey and Krista.
My dinner…taco, enchilada and rice and beans. SO GOOD!
Strawberry, piña colada.
Owen opening his birthday card from me. It was a puzzle :).
Olivia and Owen playing with the puzzle.
Family friends for too many years to count. Elizabeth, me and Kristen.
Austin, me, Kristen and Elizabeth
College friends! Tommy, me, Emily, Dodie and Doug.
Babies! Emily and Tommy are having a girl and Dodie and Doug are having twin boys!
Emel and I
Emel, Patrick and I

La Tour Cafe

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This week, Josh and I were in the mood for Panera…but since they don’t exist in Hawaii we searched for something similar. We ended up at La Tour Cafe and it was fantastic! I had the Eggplant Parmesan Tartine and Josh had the Crispy Chicken Sandwich. We were completely stuffed after awhile…and so happy to have found a new quick and easy place to eat!

Eggplant Parmesan Tartine Crispy Chicken Sandwich

Burger Night!

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Josh and I had a pretty busy day filled with hiking, shopping, etc. I rarely eat red meat or crave it, but for some reason I really wanted a good hamburger for dinner. So we decided to try out The Counter. which is a burger place where you can build your own burgers. It was awesome!! I had a simple burger with lettuce, tomatoes, onions and pickles but Josh went all out and had a bison burger with jalapeño jack cheese, dried cranberries, sprouts, lettuce and tomatoes. They were both amazing and we were both SUPER full!

My burger
Josh’s bison burger