Hawaii 2014 - The Big Island Babymoon

Here are some wonderful pictures from our trip to the big island, Hawaii, in June. 

This is the resort we stayed at for the first night. It was the Hilton Waikoloa and it was absolutely gorgeous!

Just some best buds driving in the jeep with the top down :)

This ^ was our room that led out to the next picture

Brady and Breland announced they were expecting as well! 

So we both did the baby rock heart

I was 19 weeks along during this trip.

These pictures are from the seahorse farm in Kona. It was really cool but unfortunately sea horses aren't very photogenic and the pictures just looked like worms floating in water. 

During this excursion, we drove from Kona to Hilo taking the southern route. The trip took all day but that was because we stopped at all the best spots; South Point, Green Sand Beach, Black Sand Beach,  and Volcano Winery.

South Point, Hawaii

I love this man!

Took the jeep off-roading to get to green sand beach.

Black Sand Beach

Volcano!

Volcano Winery

Hilo, Hawaii

Here we are with our favorite locals: Chuck,Tracy, and Bill

The next day we took it easy with limited driving and spent the day at this locals beach.

Brady and Breland wanted to hike and golf one day but we decided to just take some chairs and hang out at A-Bay instead. It was gorgeous weather the whole week - we were so lucky!

This is the Kona Coffee Plantation, but to me, the view was better than the coffee :)

We spent our last day on a sunset catamaran cruise a la Chuck. It was a wonderful way to close out the trip and the sunset didn't let us down.

Kirk and Chuck

Till nex time, Hawaii! Aloha!

Baby's half cooked

I am 20 weeks today and feeling like a champ. It is true what they say- that the minute you feel better is the minute you forget how bad it actually was. I am so thankful to be feeling better!!! We are so excited to meet this little girl in 4.5 short months

Murder Mystery bash pics

A few weekends ago I had my 28th birthday party with some friends who helped me take it back to the Wild West. It was a murder mystery party that took months of planning and hours and hours of cutting things out of paper ;) The designated "murderer" was also a fire fighter and San Diego just happened to be in the midst of a giant firestorm in the North County. He almost didn't make it, which would have ruined the whole thing! My mom even came down from San Jose to partake in the festivities. 

Considering it was the first time I've thrown a party that required this much planning and intricacy, I think it went amazingly. Also considering I was suffering from severe pregnancy sickness, it really is a mystery how I was able to pull it together (tons of thanks to Kirk and my friend who helped with the cardboard decor - Kirk even built me saloon doors!) But now that the first time is over, the next party (whenever that may be) will be smoother and better timed. 

All my friends came dressed to the 9's - I swear, everyone showing up looked more amazing than the next person, and then I found myself in the presence of some serious wild west hotties.