Aloha Hawaii Nei

Tonight we leave Hawaii. 

Its been nearly four years of love, growth and joy for us.

Thank you for all the fun memories, beautiful sunsets and adventure. 

It's not goodbye, just see you later. 

We have so many wonderful friends and loved ones, we will be back to visit.

But, for now the open road is calling us. 

First stop, Washington state! 

Aloha party!

This weekend our dear friends threw us a going away party! There was a ton of food and ALOT of love!

We did it right, Aloha style with local food, leis, limbo and even a photo booth with Hawaiian themed props! 

We had so much fun, celebrating with all our friends. 

It's bittersweet saying aloha to those near and dear, not to mention island life, but we are super excited about of adventures to come! 

My friend Amy did an awesome job capturing moments from the night. Here are a few! 

Thank you to everyone who came out to celebrate our joy!

Xoxo

Julie & Ben

A week in the life.

This was our last full week in Hawaii. We only have a few days left before we set off on our road trip!

This week was full of, work, goodbyes, one last times and party planning. 

Happy Days

Yesterday was a perfect day.

I spent the day with my friend Ivy. 

We saw at least six amazing vivid full rainbows, ate some yummy food and fulfilled a wish of both of ours, painting on the beach. 

While we were out having our adventures Ivy' husband Benjamin spent the day with B shadowing him in the ER. 

We all met up later and shared our stories over dinner. 

We are so thankful for our wonderful friends and our time on this beautiful island. 

Good times!

Week in the life

Time is flying by. 

We have been balancing our time between down time (to relax our busy minds), errands (lots to do when your moving) and spending time with those near and dear. 

We are down to less than three weeks. 

It's hard to believe we'll be on the road this time next month. 

Here are a few photos from this week. 

Farewell dinner with the Yeager family to send off Josh to flight school. 

Glow putt putt with some of our favorite boys.

Making fun Tiki men for our send off party in a few weeks.

Took our awesome friends Ben and Ivy on a around the island tour to some of our favorite spots.

The Benz. When together we refer to my Ben as "B" and Ivy's Ben as Benji. It's fun! In front of Dog the bounty hunters house.

Ivy on the sea cliff.

Chatting under a tree with my lovely friend in paradise. 

Climb monkey!

Pipeline, North Shore

Pretty much sums up and awesome day of friends and silliness. 

 

Hello September!

Today marks one month left in beautiful Hawaii Nei before we head out on our adventure around America.

This week Ben and I have spent some time in Haleakala National Park.

We stamped our National Park passport book and bought our first patch. 

We decided to begin collecting patches from all the places/parks we visit. My goal is to turn them into wall art and display them creatively. 

Our first patch. 

Inside the crater. 

At the summit.

Silver sword plant only grows above 6,900 ft.

Hawaiian nene bird. 

10,023 ft / August 2013

Sunrise

Sunset