We're getting a puppy!!!!

It's official!  We are getting a new member of our family this coming Friday!  We saw this adorable puppy on craigslist (top 2 photos) and we went out today to meet her and her whole litter.   She is a mini-Australia Shepard/border collie/kelpie mix (she will stay pretty small).  She is super playful and has a lot of energy.  It's going to be life changing for sure and we are ready for it.  We are going to name her "Ezra". 

Leaving Kauai

 

I found this centipede on the floor of the cabin- it was acting dead but when we released it, it was very much alive.  Looked in our guidebook to find out it is basically the one thing in Kauai you don't want to run into: they compared the bite to a gunshot wound.  For the rest of the trip I keep looking at the floors. 

Coming home...

What a trip!  We had a great time!  Now I'm playing catch up at work and Adam is shopping for puppies (I told him we could get one after we got back from Hawaii).....!

Napali Coast Boat Trip, Kauai

On our last day in Kauai we went for a sunset dinner cruise with "Captain Andy's" and it was amazing: great weather (finally), good food, amazing views and tons of whales.  And we didn't even get sea sick!  What a great way to end our honeymoon!

Hiking the Napali Coast, Kauai

View of the Napali Coast from the road

This was by far, one of the MOST beautiful hikes we've ever been on!  Very muddy and slippery, but we only hiked 2 miles in to the first beach.  From there, we hiked a little bit up the creek and hung out at a waterfall- Adam did some swimming.  We saw whales from the hike and the views were breathtaking.  It started raining as we were hiking out- but we felt pretty lucky to have nice weather on the way in. 

More of Kauai

There were 2 lime trees at the cabin, so we made a lot of limey drinks

and coconuts, but it was a little more effort to open these guys

The "yard" at the cabin

our cabin

"Glass Beach"

2nd attempt to drive up Wimea Canyon for some views

This was supposed to be the amazing view at the end....

Fruit stand up the road from our cabin- great coffee, food and smoothies!

Wishing I was still in Hawaii, where at least it was warm and rainy and not cold an rainy- as it is here in Olympia....  Here are some random pictures of different things we did in Kauai.