Day two - morning in Kauai

So good morning! I hope everyone is well so far this week and having a great time doing whatever it is you’re doing! Working hard to read blogs on the beach so I can keep up with what everyone is doing!

As promised we went back last night to dinner at Keiko’s Paradise. It was phenomenal food as always… I got the fish tacos pictured below...

Here is a view of the restaurant… It was even cuter lit up at night and they had a live band-they were awesome too!!


More scenery...


In the morning we headed back to our favorite place called the Anuenue Cafe and noticed this shrine on the side of the road...


Super cool description...


Such a cool picture!!


Once we arrived at the Anuenue Cafe, I got the French toast… That Cube laying on top is actually coconut pudding. It was so fantastic on the French toast! Yum!!!


We had our tube ride Scheduled for today So we decided to head up there early and make a pit stop at the local legends spot called Menehune Fishpond!

You can read about the Menehune here.


Such a beautiful area!!!


Ahhhh...


I hope everyone is having a great week!!! Tomorrow will be more-promise!!!!

Day One-morning in Kauai

We are all here!!! Yes!!!  All three of us (My mom, her friend Sandy and myself) all arrived last night and got settled in.  They arrived around 4pm and my flights got in around 9pm. Shout out and thank you to my friend Mariela that drove to the airport to get them at 4 pm. I brought the rental car with me at 9pm.

We were all up early this morning and drinking coffee in our condo by 5 AM so we decided to go for a little walk to the beach down the street to watch the sunrise. It is called Poipu Beach.

This is the first thing we encountered at the beach… LOL! It’s a chicken and her babies. These chickens and roosters are everywhere on this island! Seriously everywhere! You can read why HERE.

Here’s a little closer of you… Someone left them an orange and M&M. Babies are adorable.


Once we got down to the sand we noticed these guys laying in the sand… Two giant turtles.  As soon as we got close to the one it swim away but the other one actually let us get selfie’s. We didn’t touch it or bother it, just took pictures with it.


See him swimming out...


The other just kept chilling...he (or she) was awesome!!! God does great work-they were beautiful!!


Isn’t it perfect?!?!!


A beautiful picture of the Poipu Beach



He saw this little guy drinking water from a cracked open coconut...

Little sunrise...


Someone getting pics of the waves crashing into the rocks...



Another sunrise...


Little selfie anyone?!?!? Here is the gang!!!


Here is the resort name we are staying at!!!


There are beautiful flowers and fauna everywhere you look here!!! This is a beautiful flower called “bird of paradise”


And this one is, by far, my favorite!!! It is a plumeria and it smells amazing!!! They are everywhere here and so beautiful!!!


Here is the place we went for breakfast !!! It’s called Anuenue Cafe and the food was awesome!!!


Here is the picture of what I had! Me and mom got something different and shared half with each other so we had banana pancakes with macadamia nuts crumbled on top and a delicious breakfast sandwich with avocado, egg, mozzarella, and bacon.

That concluded our morning and it was fantastic!!!

Day One-First afternoon in Kauai

After a nice relaxing morning walk on the beach and a great breakfast we decided to spend the day traveling to Hanalei on the other side of the island. We are staying at the south side of the island so Hanalei was going to be about an hour drive for us.  Hanalei is the area where Jurassic Park and Hunger Games were filmed.  My friend Mariela that lives here came along as our tour guide for the day! I forgot to get our picture together! 

Prepare for a picture filled post…

The first beautiful thing we encountered were these falls right off the side of the road called Opeaka’a Falls. There are so many areas here that you can just pull off to the side of the road and see the most breath taking views!

Just a little zoomed in version of the falls...


A little further down the road was an beautiful area to pull off and it was overlooking the Wailua River.

Then we continued on until we got to Hanalei!! Everything is beautiful and lush!!!

This was a beautiful church with mountains in the background.


Here it is...the stained glass was really beautiful!!!

This is the beach in Hanalei...also breathtaking!!!




We found this little guy on one of the bushes by our car in Hanalei!!  Sooo super cute and quick!!

This is another view of Hanalei beach from up above...so beautiful!


Another view...


We went to a late lunch at 3pm in a restaurant called Keiko’s Paradise and it was delicious! The atmosphere was like eating in the middle of paradise! We liked it so much we are going back for dinner. Only picture I got was of this adorable cat hanging out in the restaurant. It’s hard to explain but it’s kind of like an indoor outdoor restaurant.


Since we are going back tonight I will get pictures of the restaurant itself then.

Off to Kauai

Good morning!!!! It’s official....I am off to Kauai!!!!

House sitter and cat sitter are in full effect!!

Whoopie!!  Here is the selfie at the airport at 6am!

I spent my whole day so far on planes ...reclining and watching movies in upgraded First Class (the perks of 2 years of travel for work)!!

My first flight was Pittsburgh to Salt Lake City.  I watched two movies on it and had oatmeal for breakfast.

The Mr. Rogers movie was awesome!! I almost cried on the plane! I love him! If you love him, you need to see this film!!

And...as if I even need to say it, this was hilarious!!! I love everything that this woman is in!


Here’s breakfast!!! I am so spoiled now...it is going to suck to travel economy when this status runs out at the end of the year! Delta...if you are reading this...hit me up and extend my Diamond status please?!??!?

My second flight was from Salt Lake City to Seattle. I watched one movie on it and just had snacks.

Much like the lady above, any movie that has Amy in it is a hit for me! I love anything that makes me laugh!!!

I am currently chilling in the Delta Lounge and eating lunch...lunch consists of clam chowder, pesto ravioli,  spicy pork roll and chips.

Again, thanks to the years of perks that come with frequent travel, I did not yet have to spend a penny on food for travel day. Between the food in first class and the Delta Sky Lounge; I am one well-fed, blessed gal!!

This is my current view out the window at the Delta Sky Lounge as I wait for my last connection which is from Seattle to Lahue, Hawaii!!

Bring on the islands baby!!! Hopefully, my next post will be islands and water and not all food, movies and planes! LOL!!

Have a happy Saturday everyone!!!!!

It's Almost Friday...

Good morning everyone!!! I hope everyone is having a great ALMOST FRIDAY!!!!

Today I am joining Rebecca Jo, at Knit By God's Hand, for Thankful Thursday HERE. Please link up and join us today!!!

Today I am thankful that it is almost Friday!!!  Whoop! Whoop!

I think I have mentioned this before to you all but just in case I have not.

Every year my company hosts a Halloween Party for a charity. The charity is called Variety Children's Charity and they do so much great work!!! The party at my company's cafeteria allows over 300 kids and their families the opportunity to celebrate Halloween in a safe and constructive environment. Many of these children would not otherwise get to attend a Halloween party at all. It takes us a few months to get everything ready each year and then two days to decorate the cafeteria in advance of the party.

I have participated the past ten years but due to my travel for work; I missed last years party.  Here are a few examples of past years before that...

2016

2014

2013

Long story short, we are starting prep for this years party and it is in full swing! We are doing a Star Wars theme.

I am spending time today working on folding cube art to be set out around the food and drink tables for decorations.

They take forever to fold but this is what you get when you are done!

How cute is that?!?!??! It takes the longest time just to cut out and score what needs folded but they are super cute when they are folded!

That is all that is new for me! Tomorrow I will begin gathering and packing everything I am taking on my trip to Hawaii!!! Two days and counting until Kauai!!!! Whoop!!!

Thanks as always for hosting Rebecca Jo!  Have a great Thursday everyone!!!