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Day at Second Harvest Food Bank

A couple of weeks ago Rob and I volunteered with our church at the Second Harvest Food Bank. I really liked what our Local Justice and Compassion ministry was about, so I joined the team to help plan events that provide members from our church the opportunity to go out into the community to volunteer their time and resources to those in need in Santa Cruz. My first project was organizing and campaigning for Vintage Faith volunteers to join us at the Second Harvest Food Bank. We ended up having 35 people from our church come! It was awesome. It was a fun day of sorting and packing food that Saturday. We packed over 20,000 bags for distribution to Santa Cruz families. We were all pretty excited! It was a great day — I’m meeting some pretty wonderful people at my church, who are so kind and giving. It really inspires me. Looking forward to the next event!

 

 

 

 

July 16, 2013 by
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Fog rolling in

I love these days, when the fogs rolls in late in the day, the house is clean, dogs are calm, things are quiet. I live for these moments. I can almost turn my brain off during moments like this. Almost.

July 10, 2013 by
30 in Kauai, Kauai

Birthday dinner in Kauai

On the last night in Kauai, we ate at the Beach House for my official birthday dinner – we heard it had the best view for watching the sunset on the south shore, and the freshest food in Poipu {thanks for the recommendation, Olive!}. We were not disappointed! This was definitely one of my favorite nights, sitting with my hubby and sister on that patio, talking about our favorites moments from the trip, smelling the ocean air, watching the surfers, drinking that INCREDIBLE Merlot, eating fresh ceviche and calamari, then the main courses, and more talk about the upcoming year. Maybe the best night of the trip. I felt so blessed to have spent my birthday dinner with these two. Love them so much. And, the Hawaiian carrot cake rocked my world. It was the perfect birthday dinner. Thank you, God, for creating Hawaii. I can’t wait to go back.

July 9, 2013 by
30 in Kauai, Kauai

Smith’s Tropical Paradise Luau

As soon as we got to Kauai, we started asking around for the best luau on the island. 100% of the locals said the Smith Tropical Paradise Luau was the best, so we booked it! The night we went, rainbows lined the sky. There was a slight mist but it stopped as soon as we got to the plantation. Peacocks welcomed us right at the entrance, and as soon as we walked through they took us for a motorized tour of the gardens. They raised the pig and called the horns for dinner. First was cocktail hour with mai tais and the open bar. Then we feasted! The food was AMAZING: pulled pork, and teriyaki beef, salad, Okinawan potatoes, garlic cake and pineapple cake -just to name some. The show after FLOORED us. Poor Rob was still a little drugged out from our Na Pali coast tour, and kept falling asleep during all the hula dancing. But Pam and I were bright-eyed and entertained the whole time. They brought a different dance in from each heritage that had come to Hawaii those years ago. It was magical. Highly recommend this luau to any of you going to Kauai!

July 8, 2013 by