livin' the HI life: the best things in life are free

Tuesday, April 8, 2008

the best things in life are free

unfortunately, free time to do free activities come in small amounts. if i'm not exhausted when i get home from work, i'll try to take ahonui for a bike ride until brandon comes home. one night after picking up brandon from pcc last week, we strapped ahonui into his stroller and went on a long walk around laie. i seemed to have forgotten how a simple stroll on a beautiful night can enable a husband, wife, and family to re-connect and establish that communication that has been lost to tv & the internet. why in the world do we pay this high cost of living in hawaii if we don't take the time to savor it?

speaking of savoring...(is that even a word? oh well)

i found an old recipe that my mom used to make a long time ago. i think it's a twist off of those bacon & egg pie recipes from new zealand, but i've tweaked it a little and i must say - it's the bomb.

7 comments:

lizzie said...: That pie looks delicious. So does that little boy in the back seat. What a cute kid.; April 8, 2008 at 5:10 PM
Anonymous said...: hey you should bring your nice pretty bike out here and go bike riding with me and ava! with my ghetto bike=) that kiche(or however spelt or if it's that) looks good. Don't tell me you just baked that for a regular breakfast. if you did..can you bake us a bunch so we can freeze it and then thaw it out when i feel like eating it? =); April 8, 2008 at 10:43 PM
Anonymous said...: The summer before David and I got married we used to walk around Laie at Midnight. We really enjoyed being able to walk and talk and enjoy the cool evening air. We said we would make it a tradition. Umm, that one didn't last. hehe

-Hazel

P.S.And the recipe is...wowzers, leave us hanging.; April 9, 2008 at 8:18 PM
Melanie said...: I really want a bike, but riding a bike in utah during sunset is not like in Hawaii. Sometimes I miss it!; April 16, 2008 at 4:35 AM
Kristen said...: Harmony! Oh, my goodness, your boy is absolutely adorable! Congrats! (I haven't seen you in forever, so that's a little belated, obviously!) I'm so glad I found your blog (from Melanie and Aho), and that pie looks SO DARN YUMMY... I know what I'm making for dinner tonight!; April 16, 2008 at 6:27 AM
Kimberly said...: Yeah, pass along the recipe!

Your little guy is adorable!; April 19, 2008 at 4:29 PM
Kimberly said...: Hey, when is your Travel channel show going to be on?; April 19, 2008 at 4:30 PM

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some stuff...

for those of you who may not know much about our family...this one's for you:

1. where are you from?

brandon grew up in kahuku, while i grew up just a few minutes away in laie.

2. so you must have known each other growing up, right?

not quite. although we grew up in adjoining towns, we had no idea that the other even existed! brandon graduated from kahuku high school in 1995, while i graduated from kamehameha in 1999. the only thing we had in common during those days was that my older brother, tane, was brandon's classmate. how funny is that?

3. when did you get married?

we were married & sealed for time and all eternity in the laie, hawaii temple on november 3, 2005.

4. where do you work?

brandon works at the polynesian cultural center and has worked there since june 2005. he is a musician for the canoe show, ali'i luau, and night show.

i work at brigham young university-hawaii as a financial aid supervisor and have been in that department since january 2005. i help students find money to fund their college education.

5. how many children do you have?

three, and they are definitely a handful! our children are the lights of our lives and we are trying to take things one day at a time. but we hope to give them a playmate or two in the future...ya never know!

6. who cares for them while you are at work?

my mother in law watches nahe & linohao in kahuku. and ahonui attends laie elementary school.

7. what do you do in your free time?

if i could wish for more of something, it would have to be that - free time! brandon enjoys getting in his gym-time and practicing his guitar. i love to cook and read...and weirdly enough, cleaning our place actually relaxes me.

8. favorites?

tv shows:

brandon is a non-stop learner. he likes watching the discovery, history, and national geographic channels...but if the UFC is on - forget the rest - he'll be watching the fight.

i am such a girl when it comes to tv. my all-time favorites are "friends" and "seinfeld", although thanks to netflix, i have recently found an addiction to the "gilmore girls". i also LOVE the food network. too bad i can't cook like those peeps...

movies:

ocean's eleven, mean girls, pursuit of happyness, the notebook, count of monte cristo...the usual chick flick classics...brandon's favorite movie is black hawk down. but i think anything with action and/or comedy is cool with him. hehehe.

music:

brandon loves hawaiian, r&b, soul, and jazz music. i'm into almost anything that soothes me, like sade, stevie wonder, miles davis, 'ol school slow jamz & 90's rap. don't hate.

9. plans of moving?

nope. i have never been happier here in laie, hawaii and i'm sure brandon feels the same. if we could stay here for the rest of our lives, i'd be a lucky duck. who wouldn't want to raise their children in the same place they grew up?

i may add or update this information on us from time to time depending on the demand. but if you have any other pressing questions that you would like to know - hollaback!