Rusty got a Snuggie from his OG Kerry!! So cute!!

We are headed to Makapu'u!

Aloha!

Mike is here!! YEY!!

We ate a yummy Hawaiian lunch at Zippy's at Ala Moana. Mike ordered a traditional loco moco - it looked amazing! Def try the grilled cornbread if you go - yummy yummy.

Tony gets into Honolulu airport tonight at 9pm.

Tony has landed safely in Las Vegas. His flight was delayed last night from 10:05pm to 3:50am! But he is there and very happy to be gambling. 

I just received a photo from Tony's Uncle Robbie, of Tony at their Capital Grille dinner. JEALOUS!

Hopefully more pics to come!!

Tony's 27th birthday was yesterday, but unfortunately I had to work - so we celebrated all week long! 

On Wednesday night I took Tony to a surprise dinner at The Top of Waikiki, which is Hawaii's only revolving restaurant, located at the top of the Waikiki Business Plaza. He had been wanting to go there since we moved to Hawaii, so he was happy with my choice. The 360º view of Waikiki is pretty neat, but probably even better before the sun sets. We went at night, so the pictures don't give the view justice. We debated for the first 15 minutes about which way were revolving (I was right). After checking out the view for a while, we finally checked out the menu. Both of us were starving, so we started with the Day Boat Scallop appetizer. 

For dinner, Tony ordered the Roasted Garlic Grilled Ribeye with Soy-Balsamic Glaze. He liked the Ribeye, but wasn't impressed with the potatoes or the bacon that it was served with. I ordered the Cioppino with Linguine (seared day boat scallops, Mexican white shrimp, fresh island fish, calamari, NZ mussels, crab with a roasted pepper & tomato seafood broth & garlic crostini). The entire dish was ok, not much taste to it all. The garlic crostinis were SO hard - I let them soak in the broth, but they never got softer. Thought I was going to break my teeth on them.

Tony trying to figure out which way we were revolving....

The menu...

The view

I worked on Thursday and Friday nights, but on Saturday afternoon I had another surprise plan for Tony's birthday. Russell and I took him to the Wet n' Wild water park in Kapolei, because they had the Flowrider, which is basically an artificial wave that you can bodyboard and surf. He was totally psyched to finally try this thing out! And I thought Tony was going to jump on and master it!! Check out his "ride."

All of us in the "Spa"

Bubbles!! Underwater camera is so cool!

Gorgeous rainbow on our ride home! 

We were all exhausted after being at the water park until it closed at 4pm, so we went home and napped. When we woke up we made dinner reservations at Benihana. If you've been reading the blog you know we love our tepanyaki restaurants, so this was exciting, since we had never been to a Benihana before. Russell and his dad joined us for dinner. The food was really good, and there was a LOT of it! Mmmm!

They sang a Japanese Happy Birthday song to Tony!

I had to work on Sunday afternoon, so when I woke up I made Tony a birthday breakfast, as well as a birthday cake :)

Tony's birthday present arrived earlier in the week. He is excited to try out his new pool cue on Wednesday night. We had it engraved with part of a quote from Grandad

Tony said he had a great birthday weekend. We hope everyone had a Happy Easter! With the end of Lent, last night, we enjoyed some late night Taco Bell. Mmm it was yummy!

He is now looking forward to his trip to Las Vegas with his Dad, Uncle Robbie and cousin Adam. When he returns, Mike will be arriving for a week long vacation at Casa de Lindsay & Tony. We can't wait!

xoxo & aloha! 

Happy Birthday Tony!!

No exciting news to report, but wanted to post some photos from Tony's softball game last week. He was very surprised... and excited when he heard a female voice call out "Hey 24."

Tony at bat

Russell mid swing - I even got the ball in the picture.

"Good Game"

Team Photo

I am taking Tony to a surprise dinner on Wednesday night, and we have surprise plans for Saturday as well. So more pictures to come! 

XOXO & Aloha!  

I have been scolded by Michelle for no new blog posts in "10 whole days." 

Where should I pick up from... On Saturday, March 13, we took Rusty to Pacific Paws at the Koko Marina, for a much needed grooming. Pacific Paws also has doggie day care, as well as boarding - which we need to start looking into, so we are prepared for a visit home at some point :). They were VERY friendly, and knowledgeable. Told us the name of a new oral medication for flea prevention, that supposedly works, unlike Advantix and the other topicals we have tried. 

While Rusty was getting groomed up, we met up with Tony's friend Jimmy, who took us around the Koko Head/Hawaii Kai area. We had a nice breakfast, on the water. Hawaii Kai is gorgeous! 

Rusty only took about 2 hours, and when we picked him up he was very excited to see us. He looked SO HANDSOME!! They did a great job! 

Tony and I were on opposite schedules most of last week, with him working during the day and me at night. We watched a lot of March Madness basketball, and saw our brackets slowly falling apart, one by one! Very sad to see the Terps out :(

On Friday night, we ate dinner at PF Changs, thanks to the Davidson Family (our Hanukkah present). After that we headed to Dave & Buster's for some fun and games! 

Tony was excited to get out and surf the big south shore swell over the weekend. He went out on a friend's boat in Hawaii Kai, and surfed the "biggest wave" he has "ever surfed." After I finished work on Saturday night, Tony met me at work and we had a yummy Hula Grill dinner - the Ahi is soooo good! Tony enjoyed the Coconut Shrimp.

We had a tough pool match up on Sunday, for our pool league. Tony's game will soon improve when his birthday present (coughpoolcuecough) arrives in the next few weeks. More details and pics to come when that arrives! 

Today, I am off work, and have the car - so I am off to run errands at my favorite place, Target. I may even try to surprise Tony at his softball game tonight! 

We have tickets to Thursday night's Honolulu Twestival, at Oceans 808, which we will be attending as long as I don't get called into work for my On Call shift. Here is a quick explanation of Twestival:

On Thursday 25 March 2010, people in hundreds of cities around the world will come together offline to rally around the important cause of Education by hosting local events to have fun and create awareness.  Twestival™ (or Twitter Festival) uses social media for social good.  All of the local events are organized 100% by volunteers and 100% of all ticket sales and donations go direct to projects.

There will be pupus, prizes and lots of live music! I am excited to check it out!

This weekend is also the Honolulu Family Festival, aka a carnival. I promise more pictures and stories to come!! Tony's birthday is less than 2 weeks away!!

Aloha!!