Catching Up #3: Cynthia's 15th Birthday

 My baby sister is FIFTEEN! The last time we celebrated her birthday together was back in November 2007 (her 10th birthday). I can't believe how long it's been and how beautiful she is becoming. Cynthia is currently in the 10th grade and taking so many AP courses that it makes my brain hurt. My IB days are soooo behind me. She is extremely hardworking and so independent. Love you 姍姍! So proud to be your sister. Here's some cute pictures of her from December 2008 just for kicks. Look how little she was!

This year, she wanted to eat out at Kanpai, a teppanyaki restaurant, for her birthday. SO GOOD. 

I want to go back...

Annie乾媽 and the birthday girl

(wow, talk about weight gain...)

Best chocolate cake I've ever had from awfully chocolate. Moist, dense, chocolatey, but not too sweet.

Happy Birthday! Hope all your wishes come true.

Tour Is A Four Letter Word!

Robby and I both share a love for Jason Mraz (his music of course!), so on my birthday, Robby surprised me with tickets to Mraz' 2012 concert at the Waikiki Shell! Win-win situation for him; he gets to make me happy and he gets to come with to the concert. Smart guy. So exactly two months after my birthday, on July 1st, we celebrated the other half of my birthday. Amazing concert, great seats, and perfect Hawaii weather! Thanks babes, it was so much fun!

My Belated Birthday

Robby loves surprises. By that, I mean surprising me. So of course, where he was taking me to dinner was a surprise. Good choice sweetie! I've been dying to try The Melting Pot. (: Thank you for doing everything you can to make my birthday so special.

"When you're 26..."

"...you might as well be 30!" - my mother

Robby turned 26 this past weekend, and we celebrated with a really fun day to help him ease the pain of becoming one year closer to 30. Haha!

What we looked like before...

The After

The damage

After a frenzy of washing colors out of our mouths, ears, noses, hair, and clothes, we headed over to the theaters for the long-awaited Hunger Games. The movie was worth it!

Matinees (4:00pm) tickets are SO cheap!

Next stop was Blickenstaffs. Robby got a free pound of assorted candies/chocolates for his birthday! He was in heaven.

 Our last stop of the day was Communal on University Ave. We've both heard good things about it and since it was not an affordable restaurant we could eat at any day of the week, I decided to use his birthday as an excuse to try it. We were both impressed with the food!

 First time having polenta

His birthday present this year was a Nixon Rotolog. He had been not-so-subtly eyeing that watch out for months--and boy was he happy to receive it.

 Happy Birthday Love! Hope you had a happy day.