Hawaiian Vacation

Each summer my parents vacation on Oahu, Hawaii at their time share. This summer our whole family was invited to go (except Kyle, he had Marine duties he could not get away from). I was excited to finally soak up some warm sunshine since our summer in June and July has been a complete joke. I was also looking forward to spending an entire week with Greg without work interfering.

The fam (minus Ty) climbed Diamond Head

I was so sweaty once we got to the top. Luckily it rained on us on  the way back down

Dad, Ty, and Greg spent a lot of time on the boogie boards

I love this pic

So much beautiful scenery to enjoy

Outside our room window

Woke up one morning to find this

Sunset while on our dinner cruise

So amazing how many colors come out of a sunset

Dinner cruise with Diamond Head and Waikiki in the background

The Adams Kids

Went to opening night of Captain America (if you know my father you understand why this was so important).

Last night on the island

Hawaii is one of my favorite places, and I've been so blessed to go several times over the years. Glad Greg enjoys sunshine, beach, and waves like me!

Baby Shower

Well we are finally slowing down a bit in our summer plans. The last couple of weeks have been a whirlwind, but I have my last Master's class of the term tomorrow and can begin thinking about my summer "to do list." Blogging happens to be on my to do list.

The day before we flew out to Hawaii (in a blog to come) I through a baby shower for my brother Tyler and his girlfriend Katrina. They are expecting their baby girl Macie Rae at the end of August. The night before the shower, my sister Brittney flew in from Virginia and we stayed up VERY late that night baking and decorating for the shower.

We had a "Jack and Jill" style shower so that Tyler and his buddies could attend as well.

Tyler picked out their outfits so they would be color coordinated. Guess that's what having two old sisters will do for you!

The banner I made using my Cricut. 

The fam, minus Kyle

This one turned out blurry, but I had to post it. Britt and I were up very late the night before baking cupcakes!

It POURED all morning so Ty put on rain gear to go and put balloons up at the end of the driveway.

Our finished cupcakes :)

The shower was a success and Tyler and Katrina received several much needed items and a ton of diapers! Now we are all counting down the days until we get to meet Macie Rae. My mom and I will be in the delivery room with Tyler and Katrina. I offered to take pictures for them. I think it could go one of two ways: it's an incredible experience and I get super excited to have a baby of my own, OR I get completely grossed out and fearful of the pain and decide having a baby can definitely wait!

Procrastination

"You may delay, but time will not" Benjamin Franklin

I realize I haven't been blogging recently. In the midst of two summer graduate courses, moving, planning a baby shower, and packing for a Hawaiian vacation, I haven't really had much time.

Tomorrow at 5pm I have a 5-7 page literature review to post online for one of my classes. I need to cite at least 6 different sources, and research articles are lengthy sources to read. I am down to 24 hours left until my deadline and I have nothing written. However, I do have all 6 sources... I just haven't read through them... I'm sort of hoping by the titles of the articles that they are relevant to my research.

We have a bbq to attend tomorrow at 1pm in Vancouver, picking my sister up at PDX at 4pm, baking cupcakes and creating a diaper cake for a baby shower in the evening, baby shower festivities most of the day Sunday, and we fly out Monday morning for Hawaii. I know I need to finish the lit review tonight no matter what. And since all I can think about right now is hanging out at Waimanalo Beach on Monday afternoon...

I think tonight I may be pulling my first all nighter since I studied for finals/midterms in my undergrad!