Frozen Kona: Viva 9th island!

Aloha!
Crazy to believe that we are in the final month of 2016! Sorry for the lack of blog entries lately we've had some pretty crazy news arrive in the past few months! Yep- we've having a baby! Whoohoo! We're really excited to at least for some part of baby's life to have him or her be able to enjoy living in Hawaii.

The past few months have been a blast and we finished the summer and fall off with a bang with a trip to Las Vegas to see Yellowcard in October! Oh Vegas! It had been to long since we were last in Vegas (April didn't count because we only had twelve hours as a layover) so it felt good to be back! We met some family there and had an awesome long weekend! One of our favorite things to do in Vegas is visit the Bellagio gardens. Bellagio is beautiful anyway but when you add in the beauty and scent of the flowers it seems magical. It was currently decorated for fall and it was memorizing walking through during the day and when it was illuminated at night as well! If you've never been, almost the entire garden is filled with fresh flower displays from floor to ceiling decorated depending what season it is! You tend to take it for granted after awhile forgetting that they are fresh flowers. We love Vegas because no matter how frequently you visit there always seems to be new hotels, shopping or attractions to check out.

One of the main reasons we made this trip to Vegas is because Mark and my favorite band for our entire relationship has been Yellowcard. Towards the end of the summer we found out that they are breaking up at the end of their final world tour. Honolulu at the time wasn't on their final tour so we decided we had to make the trip and what better excuse to go to Vegas! It just so happened the day after the Vegas show they announced a show in Honolulu, which is awesome! The show itself was so great- they played such a variety of songs; old, new, rarely played etc.

In September, we attended a UH- rainbow warrior game at Aloha stadium. This was only our second game, but just as fun as the first game we attended last season. After the game we went to a bowling alley to participate in a charity fundraiser for kids that Mark's work sponsored. It was a blast!

This past fall the TV show Hawaii 5-0 got renewed for another season. We went to the premiere the first year we lived here, which they do on the beach. But didn't go last year, and didn't plan to go this year until I found out that Darius Rucker was doing a free mini concert before the live screening of the first episode. Mark and I took a uber to Waikiki and got decent views of the stage. It was pretty awesome so see a live concert on the beach- plus it was free!