One Hawaiian Pumpkin Patch

Yes! There are pumpkin patches in Hawaii! And here I was, naively thinking that locals only pick up their pumpkins from air-conditioned grocery stores. We met up at Aloun Farms with Sharlie, Josh, and Koen a couple of weeks before Halloween and had so much fun despite the blazing heat. The farm went on farther than my eyes could see. I seriously had no idea such a huge pumpkin patch existed on this island. We explored a large portion of it, but was still nowhere close to conquering the whole thing. We left happy though with grilled Ewa sweet corn and pumpkin gelato in our tummies and three tiny pumpkins for our apartment.

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!

"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.

Group Date!

 Our attempt to go tubing at Soldier Hollow turned into an afternoon of frolicking on a frozen lake due to unfavorable snow conditions. Wish they would've told us when we called to make reservations before we drove all the way up there. The lake was fun though!