Saturday is a Special Day!

I'm just going to say I love Saturdays. During the summer they were well spent at Seven Peaks with friends and family making great use of our Pass of all Passes. Now the summer is over they are spent relaxing, watching football, and enjoying our time together with no work. That in itself is amazing! Oh and for Kevin Saturdays are also spent coaching football and being at the Utah games. Go Utes!!

Movie Marathon at the Dollar theater one night

Pretty RAD

I had a goal for 2013 to run a 5K...I had this goal for various reasons, one to try running since it's never been a strength or even desire of mine. Another to find a hobby since I have, well, none. I wanted to have something to work towards, something that when I finished I could feel a sense of accomplishment. For some a 5K isn't a big deal. It's like 3.1 miles and some people have been able to run all their lives without any problems. Well, let me tell you something, I am not one of those people, I hadn't even ran a whole mile until recently. My friends always made fun of me for the way I ran in school, which didn't help that I was already self conscious about it anyway. I don't know why, maybe I ran like a dancer which was probably true. I could never breathe correctly while I ran. I was/am slow, very slow. Running always hurt my hips, and I mean hurt like hell, couldn't walk for days no matter how much I stretched before/after or anything. I had a lot of things going against me with this goal, mostly previous voices in my head that wouldn't shut up. Hips that make me feel like an 90 year old woman when I get out of bed in the morning. Luckily, with the help of massage therapy, foam rollers, constant stretching while sitting at a desk all day, research, C25K program, finding my own pace and breathing technique I am proud to say I ran (most of) a 5K. No, I didn't run the whole thing which is mostly my fault with a few excuses thrown in but I ran 95% of it while everyone else walked it. 

I really do feel a sense of accomplishment because I did this on my own. I had the idea, trained and ran by myself. Getting closer to race day running was the last thing I wanted to do, but I'm so proud of myself for going through it with. While the Color Me Rad isn't a race I will ever do by myself again, I'm glad I did a relaxed one for my first time. It was pretty fun to get paint and corn starch thrown at me so it is a race I'll do again, just with a friend if I have one. Well, enough rambling about my sad life, here's a few pictures of my mess! 

Can I tell you that this run was beautiful! It was on top of the old Airport in STG and overlooked the city and it was absolutely gorgeous weather! So I think when I visit now I'll be hitting up a few runs that I missed out on while growing up in that amazing town.

These two nephews of mine wouldn't even give me a high five since my hands had paint on them.

 Thanks for stopping by! Or stalking :) 

Kaua'i {Days 4,5 & 6}

~Day 4~

Thursday we took a guided tour up the Wailua River. This tour was 4 miles of kayaking then we walked/hiked for 2 miles to a beautiful waterfall that you could swim in. First time kayaking and besides my shoulders being way sore afterwards it was a lot of fun! Kayaking back ended up in a splash war where Morgan and I for some reason had issues splashing people with our paddles. But good news! Nobody tipped over in our group :) After we were done we headed back to the condo to clean up and hang out for a while then drove up to Hanalei to eat at Bubba's Burgers. Hanalei is up on the North side of the island and is super nice! It's definitely more of the rich and nicer area of the island. After we ate we walked around for a while in some of the surf shops they have their and bought a few souvenir t-shirts.

~Day 5~

Kevin, Rusty, Jeanae and I woke up around 5:30AM to drive to Hanapepe and Port Allen where we had the adventure of a lifetime! We all jumped out of a plane and sky dived!! Oh my heck, it was unreal! When we got there we had to sign a waiver which included a few pages that basically said "You may die." I honestly didn't read one word of that waiver because it scared me so much. We pretty much signed our lives away. Next Kevin and I got suited up and took our flight, which was about 20 minutes around part of the island until we got to 10,000 feet up in the air. I was the first to jump and up until that point I was shaking so bad, I couldn't believe that I was about to jump out of a plane. So right before they opened the door of the plane I told Kevin I loved him and said a quick prayer. Then out we jumped!! It was 30 seconds of freefall then about 5 minutes with the parachute open. Again it was UNREAL! It was absolutely amazing to do something like that, something I had wanted to for a while and it was on our bucket lists so why not do that in Hawaii right? We'd go again in a heart beat to be completely honest, I can't even explain the adrenaline rush you get after or the surreal feeling. It really feels like more a dream then a memory, that probably sounds weird, but it's true. 

After we got back to the condo then Kevin, Rusty, Morgan and I went to Chicken in a Barrel for lunch. My brother and sister in law recommended this to us so we had to try it. It's BBQ chicken that's cooked in a barrel. I ordered the Sampler #2 which included Kalua Pork, Ribs, Chicken, & shredded beef. It was so so good!! After we picked up our food we drove up to Kalihwai Beach, laid out our towels so we could  lay down and let our food settle...which ultimately ended up with us sleeping on the beach for an hour. After that we played for a bit then headed back to the condo. 

We were staying on the east side of the island in Kapa'a where couldn't really see the sunset, so for dinner we drove out to Poipu again and ate dinner and watched the sunset. The food was delicious with a gorgeous view and great company!

 Jeanae captioned this picture that said something of the sorts of him getting as close as my OB/GYN

After our dives!

~Day 6~ 

Sadly this was mine and Kevin's last day on the island. We went on a boat tour of the Napali Coast with Debbie, Charlie, Morgan, Jeanae and Matt. Rusty was sick at the condo and Jeff & Kayla couldn't come since they had Colt with them. The Napali Coast is the part of the island where you can't drive to, you can hike, fly, kayak or boat to it though. On the way we saw dolphins!! (2nd favorite part of the trip) The dolphins were half asleep so they swam around but wouldn't jump or anything. Kinda of sad but still awesome nonetheless! On our way back to the port then the boat stops at a snorkeling location so everyone can either snorkel or scuba dive. We went snorkeling but there sadly wasn't much to see. There was a school of fish that hung around by everybody but never saw anything too exciting. Kevin saw a sea turtle, Jeanae thought she saw part of an octopus tenticle and Morgan thought she saw an eel. Not sure where I was during all of that, but oh well it was still awesome to be able to swim with the fish and everything.

After we got back then Kevin went to the beach with Kayla and Jeff for a few hours and I made the mistake of showering so I didn't go to the beach with them. I should have because everyone else at the condo ended up taking naps and just relaxing. Not going to the beach was a huge regret on my part. When they got back and cleaned up then we ate at a Steak & Seafood place down the street called Wahoo that was really good.

Watching the sunrise from the condo. 

Next day (Sunday) Kev and I woke up at  4:30 to get to the airport and check in for our 6:30AM flight. We landed in Vegas and 4:30PM and got up to SLC by 2:30 and worked the next day. Not a fun Monday..

Well to say we had a blast in Kaua'i with Kevin's family would be putting it lightly! It was amazing and we definitely want to go again, SOON! I already have a list going of things I want to do that we weren't able to do or see. I really wish we could have stayed a few more days and weeks, maybe even months would've been okay with me. If you ever come see us then we have a ton more pictures that we could share and a video of us jumping out of a plane! 

Mahalo Kaua'i and A hui hou!
(Thank you and goodbye, until we meet again)