Sea Life Park [ √ ]

I really love underwater life and I was very excited when Alicia invited me to join her and her kiddos in a day at Sea Life Park!  It was a gorgeous day and we saw so many fun things! 

This pic does not do the size of this Sting Ray justice!  It was huge!

Here is a short video of how beautifully and gracefully a sting ray swims.

Hammer Heads from above

Hello sharky!

Remember, fish are friends... and so are humans!

Nap time! It's crazy because I thought sharks had to constantly swim, I guess not!

I've never seen the under view of a sea anemone!

Alicia's sweet kids, Chloe and Brayden, enjoying the shark tank.

I LOVE SEA TURTLES!!!

They're so cute! :)

LOL Chloe and I pretending to be the tiki man

Oh yeah, short break to enjoy the good stuff... Dole Whip.  

Mmm....

A seal just taking a little swim

Gorgeous surrounding view of the park!  Gotta love this side of the island! 

Feeding the birds

I'm pretty pleased with this picture.  I was holding Chloe so she could reach the birds and I still was able to snap some great pics! :D

This little guy was HUNGRY!

Hahaha, I think Brayden is excited for his shark!

Chloe and her cute pink dolphin waiting for the Dolphin Show to start!

Balancing a ball

This is a Whal-phin.  A whale + dolphin hybrid.  The father was a faux killer whale and the mother was a rescued dolphin.  She looked like a REALLY big, dark dolphin, but with a short whale nose.  I would of never thought of this, but she was super cute.  Usually hybrid animals are sterile, but this Whal-phin had a baby a couple years ago!

The Dolphin show was AMAZING!  

These pictures don't do it justice, so here's a short video of the dolphin show

Vibrant Hibiscus 

It really was a beautiful day!

Another Sting Ray, this one is a lot smaller than the first one

Sea Lions playing and sunbathing

Food? 

At the touch tank!  Too bad the turtles were just for looking, otherwise, I would of given him lots love.

This is a Sea Cucumber!  One of my favorite sea creatures.  It felt very velvety, which surprised me.  I expected it to feel smooth and slippery.  Sea cucumbers are my favorite because they are so odd.  When they are being threatened by a predator, they will detach their intestines, vomit them out, this distracts the predator into eating the intestines while the sea cucumber gets away and going into hibernation to regrow their insides.  Wild huh?!?

Very pretty Sea Star.  Looks just like Peach from Finding Nemo! lol

The Sea Lion Show!  It was a Miss America Contest! lol Here are videos for: 

Contestant Number One - Miss Baja

Contestant Number Two - Miss California

Miss California won by metered applause :)

We waited all day for this guy to finish his nap so we could say hello!  A Tropical Penguin.

We really had a great day!  

I was glad to hear from one of the people from the Park that the Dolphins were rescues.  The aviary (which we didn't go into) was a rescue and for birds on the endangered species list.  All the other animals were breed in captivity.  I'm a big proponent for animals living in their natural habitat and not confined.  But, I am also a big proponent for animal rehabilitation and sanctuaries.  Glad to know Sea Life Park participates in that.  

I love teeth! :D

I know that me saying, "I love teeth!" doesn't surprise anyone, lol.  But as much as that is common knowledge, I never get any teeth related presents!  But this year for my birthday, I got the same teeth related gift from two different people.  I was BEYOND excited! lol  I've photographically documented the awesomeness that is this gift :D

Not your Grandfather's ice tray! Hahahaha

So I started with the teeth.  I used milk to get those pearly whites.  Next time I should probably use Whole Milk instead of Skim Milk.  Skim Milk wasn't as creamy white as I wanted, but it still worked!

Thank you Jo for the syringe so that I could get the milk in there easily and neatly!

After filling all the teeth with milk, I placed the trays in the freezer for a couple hours.

This is a little homemade raspberry lemonade

I added water to it to get the right shade of pink 

(though in the picture it looks kinda orange, it's not in real life though).

I took the teeth out of the freezer and poured the pink raspberry lemonade over it and put it back in the freezer for a whole day.

Here are the results!

Not to shabby if you ask me!!!

Yeah!

They melted really quickly, but they looked really gross in the cup of water, just what I was going for! LOL 

Many many thanks to Jovania and Alicia for the WONDERFUL gift!  I hope this blog did it justice :D

I'm still here!

Wow, it's been six months since I've last posted a blog!  That's crazy!  Well, I'll make up for it because I have couple to post :)  We'll do it in chronological order...

So this past March I turned 29.  My last year in my twenties.  Where has the time gone?  Am I really allowed to be this old? Not that 29 is old, but aren't I still a kid???  Time flies when you're having fun, I guess!

Anyhoo, I was kind of pouting this year.  I didn't want to celebrate turning 29.  Like I said before, it's not old.  It's turning 29 and being childless that I was pouting about.  I told Rob that if we're not pregnant by my birthday, I didn't even want to acknowledge I was having a birthday.  He, being the wonderful husband he is, obliged.  A few days later, Rob acknowledged my not wanting to celebrate, but said maybe we could throw a really big shindig... He knows me so well.  HAHAHA What better way to distract me from pouting by planning a party.  I love love LOVE hosting things, making a menus, cooking, planning, decorating, etc.  So this was perfect.  :)

So, for my 26th birthday, I put on a 1920s Murder Mystery Dinner with my girls.  It was such a blast!  I talked to Rob and he thought doing it again, but with couples would be a GREAT idea!  I was really glad to have him all aboard this idea!  We picked a GREAT group of friends and it really was an AMAZING night!  Here are the pics to prove it...

That's my studly hubby!  Mr. Ernie G. Ambler

HAHAHA!  Rob totally looks the gangster part!  He doesn't care he's been arrested.  Someone's in his pocket and he won't be in the joint long!

"Hmm... a murder you say?  I can solve it!"

Glitz and Glam all the way! Ms. Molly M. Awbster!

Uh oh, She was caught ;)

Who needs a Tommy Gun when you have a Golf Club!  

Watch out for Eddie "Socks" R. Gyle!

LOL Pure talent!

He may look innocent, but this lawyer was dirty for sure!!!  

Mr. S. Treighton Harrow.

Sad face :( lol

Oohh! I told you he was dirty!

Ms. Silky M. Adam

Classy even with a 'stache! ;)

Awww lol Mr. Billy "The Kid" Thrower

Gangsta!

Rob loves this pic cuz he thinks Dan looks like Ron Burgundy HAHAHAA

The ever so sultry Anna Maria Carlotta "Torchy" Sassine!

My favorite pic of me that night :)

It's party time!

What a lovely couple!

Dangerous!

These boys love each other lol

And I'm thinkin' they're a bunch of weirdos! 

I wish I'd gotten more pictures of the other decorations and the table and the tasty food, but oh well.  I have the great memories and that's what counts!  I'm so grateful that I have such wonderful friends here in Hawaii to come party with me :D

Here's to 29!