Showers bring flowers

What a week it has been! 

This past weekend was my sisters bridal shower and bachelorette party. I flew in a few days before Ben for the festivities and to prepare Charlie and Ozzy ( our cats) for their upcoming travel back with us. 

It rained most of the time, so not much different from home. Everything went wonderfully! It was so nice to see family and friends that I haven't seen in years and to meet Chris' mother, sister in law and gran for the first time! 

Ben arrived in time to celebrate my birthday (early) with my family and for us to visit with some of his side of our family, while we were in town. 

We mailed the last bit of things we had left here that wouldnt fit into our car while we were on the road trip last winter. 

It was a whirlwind of a week. Fun and busy. We ALL head back home today. 

Here are a few pictures from this week! 

Katie with her fiancé Chris' family. 

Bridesmaids and the bride! My sister is on the far right, in blue! 

Taught my Nan how to take a selfie!

Ben arrived and we visited a local farm on our way down to see some family. 

We are excited to get home safely with the cats and continue settling in. 

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.