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This week we were lucky enough to have Ryan, Chris' brother come visit. 

We have been counting down the days. 

 We picked him up and all I can say is he was very jet-lagged. 

We did so many  things while he was here.. one of them being the famous diamond head hike.

This was before we picked him up.. Waikiki behind me. 

Chris has a panoramic option on his phone.. I didn't get out of the way 

So Diamond Head..

We have had so many friends go and say it was amazing. So we took Ryan and went. It was amazing. By far the best view I have seen here.. and I live in Hawaii. That's saying something.

getting ready for the trail

The Hike

Our model, Ryan. 

I captured this picture right before Ryan saw the "Keep Out" sign

 silly boys

the stairs

the longest staircase I have ever walked. seriously

more stairs.

the spiral staircase

The View

 again with the "keep off" signs

So that was the hike. We loved it. We laughed a lot. The boys gave me a head start because I am slow. 

I really am slow though. 

Then we hiked all the way back down and ate our lunches by the car. Ryan saw a hill and said "Hey I bet if I was behind it you wouldn't see me". 

So he ran

Still not exactly sure what the point was but he gave us a good laugh, like usual.

Since my dad was a fireman/fire chief most my life, I think it's normal to look at Fire Stations..

everywhere. 

Some are cooler than others, in particular, the one at the top of the hill in Waikiki. I tried to get some pictures, they didn't turn out very well. But, here they are. 

Anyway, that was our hike to Diamond Head.

silly boy

last night chris and i were lying in bed trying to fall asleep.

then he started humming twinkle twinkle little star. 

oh how i love my silly boy. 

retainer

remember that embarrassing retainer the orthodontist gave you? remember how he told you to wear it every night? well.. i kinda havent been doing that. like, for the past few years.

so he put, not one but two PERMANENT retainers in. one on top and one on bottom. 

he said they are suppose to last forever. well..mine didnt. 

it was put in behind the my four front teeth and now only half of it still exists. 

thanks to chris playing dentist with a pair of pliers. 

pascal

i think i have talked about the little geckos here. they are so so cute and also everywhere!

but we love them because they eat the roaches. 

chris and i have only seen two or three roaches in our place so far. i think its because we have lots of geckos. 

we found a couple a few days ago and just had to take pictures. 

i love their little feet. i tell chris these are my "babies" for now. since the real babies aren't coming any time soon. 

the point

sunday is great. usually we go on walks or play games and have pot lucks. 

but this sunday was the best. we went to "the point". 

a place to see a beauitul view.

 look at this sweet rock

beautiful huh? and then there is us. not so beautiful, just weird.

oh how i love my man and the ocean. 

bellows

the other day chris got an email from the school saying they are going to turn the power off from 8am to 7pm. 

as you can imagine how thrilled we were for this.. we decided to get out the house. so we gathered our snacks, towels and friends. we headed towards the east side of the island to a place named "belllows". ive heard many great things about this beach, beautiful white sand and clear blue ocean. (i know youre thinking.. isnt that all of hawaii?) haha not all the time. this place is special. 

so about an hour later we arrived to this amazing piece of land. 

we had so much fun out in the sun. thanks rogers and riebens! we love you.