barbara's visit

josh's mom, barbara, came out for a visit this past week. we had a lot of fun and little miss loved having her nana around. she flew in on friday and the fun just never stopped.

saturday we had the kokua festival and since we had already bought little miss a ticket and couldnt get another extra one, we just rented a hotel room in waikiki that would be near the concert venue and then barbara would be able to roam and play in waikiki and we wouldnt have to worry about driving home that night.


sunday we walked around waikiki and had breakfast then it was home to get alexi and then off to my soccer game. i dont know if barbara was just good luck or what, but she sure got to watch me get pushed to the ground and tripped quite a few times, needless to say it was an exciting game :) and apparently very tiring :)




monday was fun! i was up and getting ready for class when i got a call from josh- he threw out his back again surfing! so barbara got to make a trip with him to tripler and then to a chiropractor. while i dropped little miss off at tonyas and went to class....luckily tonya had already voluntered to take sara to the dog beach with her and when i got home from school barbara and i joined them. it was a beautiful day for the beach. alexi was super excited to get to go with us too! we ended up seeing a few submarines coming in and out of the harbor and a navy ship heading out. pretty cool



tuesday we decided to go on the star of honolulu's whale watching cruise. even thought it was late in the season we figured why not. well it worked to our advantage, we actually got to see 2 whales. a mother and its calf were having a ball showing off for the boat, they both breached quite a few times and you could see them playing in and out of the waves. sara started to get a little bored and it was kind of hard for her to see, but she always manages to keep herself occupied (more about that later). for dinner we decided we would take barbara to our favorite spot, haliewa joe's. and of course she loved it as much as we did, the best part was watching little miss try to eat edamame. she kept popping them out of the shell, but they were flying all over the place :)



wednesday morning i had to work(more on that to come later too) but after i got off we decided we would head to the makapu lighthouse trail and take barbara on a hike. we made it to the top, but it look a while between little miss and barbara taking lots of breaks. it was really windy that day but it was nice to have the breeze because other wise it would have been super hot. but it was a nice hike and a great day.



thursday we decided to head to kouloa ranch and go on the movie tour. it was pretty cool. we loaded a bus for an hour tour and headed off to see the many different movies and shows that have been flimed there. we got to see the bunkers from pearl harbor, hurley's golf course and where he ran the bus down the hill in lost, some massive godzilla prints, areas that were in jurassic park, 50 first dates and lots of other movies. it was really cool and well worth the 20 bucks.


friday was barbara's day and we thought little miss had gymnastics, but as it turned out it was the 5th friday and they didnt offically have class. so josh took barbara to do some last little bit of shopping and we spent the day relaxing around the house and enjoying the nice breezes outside. she and little miss tried to put together some crafts but it took a little longer than expected, until we got out the glue gun :)

we had a great week and little miss is really going to miss her nana, but at least we will be heading to georgia in a few more weeks, and she will get to be completely spolied by nana again, and everyone else too :)