Good Times in Hawaii!

We were fortunate to have returned home for a visit a lot sooner than we expected since Justin's work brought him back.  The poor guy worked all week, but hung out as much as he could.  He even squeezed in two rounds of golf!  It was so much fun reconnecting with friends and families that we left with our hearts and tummies full!

Here's some snapshots we REMEMBERED to take or ones that others have shared with us:

 

The Sunada's Were Here!

We were so honored to have these busy newlyweds, Kyle & Sara, spend their week of vacation visiting us!  We were looking forward to sharing with them a glimpse of our life here and so excited to have company!  Side note:  It was hilarious to meet them at LAX and see Kyle wearing SHORTS in 40 something degree weather! 

We got to show them the Camarillo and Ventura area and places we frequent.

We decided it would be a good time to experience our first road trip to Las Vegas!  It took us 6 hours and the weather was perfect!  We did make a few stops on the way and thankfully no one got car sick.  We haven't been to Vegas in so long, it was interesting to see how much they developed and still are building more.

The famous Zzyzx Road

The world's largest thermometer in Baker,CA

We stayed in downtown at the Main Street and weird to see so many people that you knew were from Hawaii.  What was even more strange was that you would even see them at the restaurants that served local food!  Some people just love their local food I guess or need good steamed rice (like Kyle, just kidding!).  :)

The main reason Vegas was on the to-do list was that Kyle & Sara really wanted to see Celine Dion's concert.  We had all gotten tickets ahead of time and by the time the night arrived, even Justin & I were really looking forward to the concert.  Like everyone else, we took pictures early with her poster.

We later came back to stand in line, but to all of our disappointment, we learned the concert got cancelled!  It was the first night she cancelled that led her to cancel all remaining shows until June! You may have seen it in the news, but she has some virus that requires her to rest her vocal chords.  SO SAD!  We felt really bad for Kyle & Sara.  We drowned our sorrows by enjoying Serendipity's Frozen Hot Chocolate, so yummy!

This then led us to find tickets for a Cirque Du Soleil show, KA.  It was totally worth it and made up for most of the disappointment.  Amazing performers and stage production!!!

On the way back, we were engrossed in conversation that we missed a major interchange to take one of the highways home...but here in Cali there's always more highways you can take to get anywhere you want!  Thanks to our iPhones and GPS we found our way without even having to stop on the side of the road!  Haha!  It's probably because Kyle was there to help navigate, but honestly, I'm getting better at it.  Thinking about it now and how the conversations went down, Kyle was 10 steps ahead of me giving Justin good detailed instructions, while I was just trying to keep up on the map on my phone....but I'm getting better! :)

It was such a good time with these dear friends.  We probably learned so much more about each other than we anticipated from spending 24/7 with them, but it made for such fun conversations!

America's Teaching Zoo

Tyler's birthday party was at the nearby America's Teaching Zoo at Moorpark College.  He invited his classmates and we all had a personal animal show!