My Day Off at Poipu Beach

I worked 14 hours on Tuesday so I got the day off on Wednesday and I went to Puipo Beach. It was such a beautiful and relaxing day! I took a nap in the sun and went snorkeling. I hadn't ever done that before in the ocean so it was really neat seeing all of the brightly colored fish. I couldn't believe how close I was to them. I even touched a few! After snorkeling as I sat on the beach, I watched humpback whales jumping in the distance. It has always been my dream to go whale watching, so that was truly amazing! Then I finished the day watching the sunset. Honestly I'll work till 2am anytime so I can have another day off like that!

Watching the sunset

Aloha!

My life has taken a complete 180 for the next couple of months. Here's why...

I moved to Kauai

I am doing a horticulture/floral design internship rather than attending class

I am learning to dress for mosquitoes rather than snow

I live on a farm

I work in a WWII military barrack

My back yard is the jungle

I have a beautiful view of the ocean from the hill where I live

To make a floral arrangement I just go cut the flowers myself

I wake up to a "cockle-doodle-do" rather than an alarm clock

Rather than going to the grocery store I walk a few hundred feet and pick my grapefruit, oranges, tangerines, apple-bananas, avocados, macadamia nuts, and other fruits that I wasn't even aware of before I came here.

I work with and am surrounded by some of the most amazingly beautiful flowers. This is the first tropical arrangement I did by myself... How does it look?

This is the inside of the farm shop. To be honest, when I first got here I was absolutely mortified by the working environment! I don't know how such beautiful arrangements are created amidst such a mess, but some how it happens.

The past few days have been a wonderful adventure. I truly am living a beautiful place, and my new "family" Merv and Carol are the nicest people. I just can't wait till it gets warm this week so I can go to the beach!

Six Month Update

So it has been months and months since i have updated my blog. Here's a few pics of what's been going on in my life.

Visited Emo in Florida and went to Disney World!

Casen turned one!

I turned 22!

Sam turned 16!

Halloween!

Play time!

Snowshoeing and boarding!

Christmas!