Josh & Andy Go Gliding

Posted on February 14, 2020 by sandersnm

For Josh and Andy’s birthday this year, Anna had the great idea of getting them a ride together in a glider. We were able to completely surprise them a couple weekends ago with a glider ride on the North Shore with Honolulu Soaring.

My favorite picture from the day!

So excited after their flight!

After gliding, we spent some time on the beach enjoying the view and the waves.

After our time on the North Shore, we were able to surprise them once more with a cake and friends at Paradise Ciders. Successful day!

BGCH friends!

Sunflowers

Posted on November 23, 2017 by sandersnm

We visited the sunflowers on the North Shore this past weekend. It turned into quite an adventure as it happened to be raining and was incredibly muddy. The flowers were beautiful, even in the rain and it was a pretty fun day! We spent some time in Haleiwa and ended the day hanging out in the rain in the hot tub soaking off all of the mud!

Jan & Bob Visit Hawaii!

Posted on April 7, 2017 by sandersnm

A couple weeks ago, my aunt Jan and uncle Bob came to visit. We did all sorts of fun things including hiking, snorkeling, kayaking and eating all sorts of food. So happy they were able to come spend some time with us. We had an amazing time!

Enjoying their first day on the lanai!

The first of three monk seal sightings.

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Enjoying the sunset and surfers.

Drinks at Duke’s

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The waves were incredible.

Right before the monk seal swam up to visit Jan!

Holokai after he got settled on the beach.

Intense waves on our Kaena Point hike:

Holokai

Posted on April 6, 2017 by sandersnm

We met Holokai at Kaena Point a couple weekends ago. He swam right up and made himself comfortable in the sun!

Sunset Surfing

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Waimea Bay

Posted on January 8, 2017 by sandersnm

I finally made it to Waimea Bay! My family visited the week after Christmas and we left early to make it up to the North Shore on time. The benefit of this was that most of the beaches were empty on our drive up.

Waimea Bay

Beautiful morning

Josh capturing a beautiful double rainbow

Kealia Trail

Posted on November 18, 2016 by sandersnm

A couple weekends ago, Josh and I went up to the North Shore to do a hike near Dillingham Airfield. It was a beautiful day and we were lucky enough to see a few gliders being towed, flying around and then landing. We stopped at the rest area, but you can continue on for a much longer hike (on the list for the future)!

Cactus!

Hawaiian Monk Seals

Posted on October 31, 2016 by sandersnm

Last weekend we went to Kaena Point with my mom and we were lucky enough to see three Hawaiian Monk Seals. Since there are only about 1300 left, this was quite a treat! There are estimated to be about 25 on Oahu so we felt pretty lucky to see three of them!

This first one…about 5 minutes in on our walk to Kaena Point.

This guy is only four months old. Just a baby!

Another one on our walk back!

Aunty’s Lil Green Hut

Posted on October 21, 2016 by sandersnm

Linda is here for a visit and we discovered a new place to eat yesterday on our way to Waimea Valley — Aunty’s Lil Green Hut. Whenever we stop at Giovanni’s in Kahuku we always get the same food (shrimp, corn, froyo). It was breakfast time so we branched out and had crepes! Everything was gluten-free so I could eat it! Can’t wait to visit this adorable place again.

Two crepes and Orange Dreams.

Cute atmosphere.

Breakfast Crepe

Nutella Crepe

Paige Visits Hawaii!

Posted on October 11, 2016 by sandersnm

This past week Paige came to visit! She was our first visitor since we moved back and we had a great time doing a ton of fun things on the island.

We spent her first whole day on the North Shore. Started with sky diving, enjoyed some shrimp and corn from the food trucks, saw some turtles, and had shave ice. After all of that, we were even able to muster enough energy to head into Waikiki for dinner.

There she is!

She made it!

This guy was huge.

So pretty..and delicious

Sunday, we went on one of our favorite hikes — Kuli’ou’ou Ridge. We’ve hiked this multiple times and this was the first time we ended up covered in mud.

Action shot.

Josh the monkey.

Found this guy on the trail.

Loved how the clouds were hanging over the mountain.

Paige and the stairs.

Made it to the top!

After our hike, we went to spitting caves to see what the waves were doing. They didn’t disappoint!

And now we’ll do a little jig.

Great waves!

During the week, Paige entertained herself with Pearl Harbor, visiting Kauai and some yoga. The next weekend we went on an ATV tour at Kualoa Ranch, which was a BLAST. This was our first time doing this and we can’t wait to do it again! The weather was beautiful and we had a great tour guide.