• New Year, New House!

    The past couple of months have been pretty crazy, but we’re excited to give you some updates. When we moved into our first rental in June, we only signed a 6 month lease.  That’s pretty standard here and we were told we could go month-to-month after that.  Then we found…

  • California Roadtrip

    After a whirlwind week of deciding where we were going to live, packing, and moving, we decided to leave Hawaii for Christmas and threw in last minute trip planning to boot. So after finishing packing up our stuff, we turned in our house keys, headed straight to the airport and…

  • Thanksgiving, Scuba Santa and More

    In early November, Chuck’s parents visited.  It was so great to have them here and share the island with them. Right before they left we all went to the Kona Coffee festival parade.  It was one of the cooler parades and had a lot of Asian and local influences.  I…

  • You Sank My Battleship!

    It seemed like a good idea at the time. We’d just bought a Honda Pilot so we could haul things, and were looking for a kayak. Kirsten found one at a yard sale a couple weeks ago and $160 later, we were the proud owners of a sea kayak. This…