WE ARE ENGAGED!!!! Despite the confusion on the plane and the "box" in his pocket, it ended up happening!! Jes, my sis and I went zip lining, while in Hawaii, and that's where it happened. We drove over to Hilo (the scenic route) and saw so many beautiful and neat areas along the way! Absolutely breathtaking!!! If you look close, there was an incredible waterfall! There were helicopter tours getting super close to the waterfall and that must have been so amazing! We had heard of these Portuguese malasadas (donuts) at a place along the way and decided to stop by. The place is called Tex Drive In and its in Honokaa, still on the big island. We ordered lunch there, as well as malasadas to eat there; and some to go! The food was incredibly delicious and the malasadas were, too! Jes and I shared the teriyaki beef burger and loved it!! We all tried and shared the plain, chocolate, guava, mango--well, actually we got one of each flavor! Ha ha! They were all very good, but very rich and sugary. We continued on over to Hilo. My mom and sister and her husband and baby didn't care to zip line. They had done it before so they chose to go to museums and walk around Hilo. It's quite a small town, but it is really cute. Jesse had told me that morning that I should do my hair and makeup a little because he really wanted to take pictures. It was his first time zipping and he was super excited. Kirst and I had been zip lining with the whole family, a few years ago in Maui, before my dad passed. It was unbelievable! We rode in a 15 passenger van for about 20 minutes to a remote location, in the "rainforest". Once we got there, there were peacocks and other wild birds all around. They were so cool!! We all got together and the tour guides talked to us for a while and then geared us up! Here is me and my sis, Kirst. The first few zips were very short, and close to the ground. It was a nice warm up. Gradually, the zip lines got longer and longer. I'm surprisingly terrified of heights!!! It was super scary just jumping off the ledge and zipping quickly through the air over canyons, ponds, and Honolii river. Since we had an odd number, we switched off and took turns with another party that had an odd number. The course had 8 lines!! We were so happy when we found out it had 8 lines because it does take a while to loosen up and get used to it. After the fourth line, we took a snack/bathroom break and tried some exotic fruits. The fourth line I road with Jes and about half way through, you turn around and basically the trees open up and there is this beautiful waterfall that appears!! It was so amazing! This next picture is me looking at the waterfall. We repelled down from the zip tower and tried some exotic fruit with our friend peacock. This is me trying a rambutan. It is this cool, prickly, pink ball fruit. The prickly outside doesn't hurt. Once you bite into it, there's this round ball inside that tastes like a grape. If you know what an EOS chapball is, this fruit looks just like that!! Jesse always likes to step away from the group, at times, and venture off for a second to look at nature. It's something I love about him. He suggested that we all go for a walk to explore before we went back to continue. As we were walking up the slope, a tour guide ran after us and said we needed a chaperone. Not thinking of it twice, we all laughed and I figured it was for liability reasons. We reached the top of the slope and Jesse wanted to take a picture. At the time, I was thinking 'wow, this would be an awesome engagement spot!'; but, we had already established that wasn't going to happen. Well, turns out my family AND Jesse were amazing actors!! I started to look over to see why he wasn't facing the camera, and why the heck the picture was taking so long. My sister was holding the GoPro the whole time. When I started to turn and look at him she'd say, "No, no! Look here! Take the picture, we have to go back!" She sounded normal, so I didn't look until he was just about down on one knee!! At this point I was like "!!!!!!!!!!!! WHAT?!!!! HOW? WHAT?!!" I had so many questions, but they all seemed to be answered at once and nothing mattered. He had already asked if I would marry him. At this point all that came out was "NO WAY!!! Oh my gah!", because I was shocked and so surprised and didn't know what to do. Then my sister said, "Did she say no???" and the tour guide said, "SHE SAID NO?!!?" Then I replied with "no..I say YES!!!!! OF COURSE! YES." The ring is EXACTLY what I've always wanted. He spent some serious time trying to find the perfect diamond and I'm so beyond happy with it. He said his heart was beating so fast and the second he got down on his knee he completely forgot what he was going to say. All he ended up saying was "will you marry me?" It felt like he was on his knee forever!!! I honestly couldn't imagine a more perfect proposal. When we walked back to the break area, everyone was clapping and cheering for us. They were all watching us from afar and saw the whole thing. It turns out our "chaperone" just wanted to come along to record it and post it on their Facebook. On the fifth zip line, one of the tour guides suggested that we hold hands and do an "engaged zip", because it had never been done before. It was fun but actually kind of difficult. Made for cute pictures, though. After this fifth zip, we had three more and then went back to meet up with our family. The zip line tour we did was with Big Island Tours and Adventures, through the KapohoKine Adventure store, in downtown Hilo. We had such an amazing time!!!
In a future post I will put up extra pictures from the Hawaii trip. Thanks for reading! Until next time!! Ciao
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OH MY GOSH!!! It's been SO long and I've missed blogging! So I totally had something to post from like months ago so I will just post it now. Jes and I had an event to go to in Fallbrook, CA where we stayed in a timeshare with my family and babysat my adorable niece, Charlotte. She looks so young in this because she is now over 10 months old and walking! Anyway, the next day we wanted to go explore and we had seen an amazing abandoned house on the way. The road is Champagne Blvd, but on maps the little road the house is on is Boulder Knolls Rd. So, of course, we were going to go check it out no matter what--or so I thought. We drove up and there was a huge gate blocking us from driving in. There was also still a sign to sell the house, which obviously was old. We walked to the side of the gate, and headed up the dirt "driveway". Here are a few pictures of the beginning of our venture in. Despite the rock reading "BEWARE! HAUNTED HOUSE", it was actually quite eerie and empty. There was sadly a ton of destruction and graffiti inside and out. There was a second floor, but, sadly, there were several huge bee hives blocking us from going up there. Not only are bees terrifying to me, but I'm also allergic to them. Yikes! I thought of this giant wood palette-thing as a performance stage. I imagined living there as a teenager; making up dances and performing there with my sisters and friends! It was short lived once we turned around and saw the "guest house". Once Jesse stepped through the door way, he immediately told me to step back! There were a ton of huge, old bee hives. None were active, however. Biggest hives I've ever seen in my life!!! After we were done checking out the house and guest house, we headed towards the rest of the property. We also had to cross this crazy, terrifying bridge! I thought I was going to fall, for sure!! Jesse basically carried me across. There was a barn on the property that had tagging in it, but it also had life. There were plants growing inside the stalls. Now, it's jumpy pic time!! Thanks for reading! Until next time, Ciao
Aloha! Since my immediate family live in 3 different states, we all got together, this year, in Hawaii. We considered it our Christmas since my older sis, her husband and their daughter weren't going to be with us on actual Christmas. We stayed in a timeshare on the big island, in Kona. Here are a few pictures from on our way to Hawaii, and once we got there. We took two planes, to get to Kona. The first was to Honolulu, and the second to Kona. The total time was about six hours. Once we got there, we grabbed our rental car and headed to Costco! Since we basically had 2 condos for the week, we stocked up on everything! We had a full van after that!!! People, luggage, and food everywhere! Our timeshare is called Wyndham Mauna Loa Village. It was, of course, stunning. We got two condos. Jesse, my mom, my sis and I stayed in the two story one. It had a master room, another large room, two bathrooms and a washer and dryer on the first floor. The second floor had a huge living room, a nice sized kitchen and a semi-wrap around balcony with a table and four chairs. Our view was spectacular! I'm pretty sure it's impossible to have a bad view in Hawaii. Funny, embarrassing story.. When we were on the plane I had a weird feeling that Jesse was going to propose on this trip. We know each other extremely well, and I just had an inkling. So, when we were on the second flight over, which is about 45 minutes, I saw a small box in his pocket. He seemed to immediately shove it back in his pocket once he took it out. I had horrible anxiety the entire flight and the few hours off the plane. I am someone who is a planner and I like to know what's going on. I felt thrilled, but, more nervous than anything. Anyway, I didn't tell anyone how I was feeling. I felt so nauseous and my stomach was so upset! A few hours later, we were settled into the timeshare, and it was about 9 P.M. Jesse went to take everything out of his pockets and you know I was watching him like a hawk!! He reached in, grabbed something and pulled it out. It was his phone. I started breathing heavier and stepped closer. I'm positive I looked so bizarre, just standing there staring at him. After nearly emptying his pockets, I knew there was still a box-type object in his front left pocket. He pulls his hand out again and it was.....a wall outlet for his phone charger!!!!! How could I be so dumb!? It's the same size and shape of a ring box! Utterly embarrassed, I eventually told him and he laughed so hard! He thought it was so funny and wanted me to tell me younger sis. I told her and she laughed and said 'ya, he wanted to propose, but he just didn't get a ring in time'. He went on to tell me the next day how sorry he was for not having a ring in time, and not proposing in beautiful Hawaii! Of course, I was a little sad, but mostly relieved! Moving on. We had some fun beach days and my niece had fun eating the sand. Hey, at least she's cute while doing it. Seriously, the only place I ever go in the water is Hawaii. Call me a brat. The water is incredibly clear, blue and warm. It wasn't as warm as I'm used to because we normally go in the summer, however; it's still perfection. We had fun for hours playing in the water and goofing around with the GoPro. I'm actually terrified of the ocean, but I love clear water because then I can see what's beneath me. Something you need to try many times in your life, is snorkeling!!! I have horrible anxiety whenever I snorkel, but after, I am so happy I did it. Like I said, the ocean is horrifying to me! The depths of the ocean, the creatures in it, and everything in between. I freak out every single time! But the beauty of it, sure is somethin' else! WOW. Yes, that is Jesse doing a back flip off the boat! They had cool slides and spots to jump off the boat. So fun! That is Jes with the GoPro sliding down the slide! Hah! The next picture is of my sis and I sliding down the slides! These are all screen shots of videos. The fourth night we were there, we went to a luau. This is a MUST when going to any of the Hawaiian islands!!! I'm seriously obsessed. Stay tuned for the second half of our trip! Thanks for reading!! Ciao
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