It's Go Time!!!

 

Sever, Jan, and I have spent the last week putting in the sewer line for the house.  Thankfully it is now in and we are ready to build! So very exciting! 

The 3 rules of plumbing courtesy of Sever...

1. "Stuff" flows down hill

2. Pay day is Friday

3. Don't bite your finger nails!

 

Fashionable working attire for the week.

 

Thank you Under Armor, Mountain Hardware, North Face, and Helly Hansen.... but, I was still cold and wet!!!  It was also hard to work at my full potential while being so bundled up, right Sev?

 

Pipe in the house, yeah! 

 

And...hopefully we will NEVER have to see that again! Buried and ready to go! 

{Snowy} Ward Lake Hike

We had a nice afternoon hike today around Ward Lake.  Here are a few of our favorite pictures, all shot in manual mode (Holly is really taking this photography stuff seriously).

{Rock}ing and Rolling

 

 Holly and Sever shadows!

 

 Icy Boots

 

 

 No, I am not pregnant...it is just a puffy vest :)

 

 This is what we watched ALL day long, rock and more rock!  Yeah! 

 

 I couldn't get over the frost everywhere, so pretty! 

Walking in a Winter Wonderland...

 

It was a nice cold Sunday today, we decided to walk down on the cruise ship dock with Moser

 

 

 

Have I mentioned that Moser is a gun dog?! 

 

Sever giving Moser a pep talk about the sea ducks

And for all of you in the lower 48, that white "road" across the bay is the runway for the airport... 

see you soon?

Holly's Photo Blog

Holly has decided to take on Project 365.  The simple but huge task of posting one picture a day for 365 days!  You can follow her photo blog here: Sassy Shutter

And for those of you that were worried about her letting this blog go by the way side, fear not.  Holly will be updating ya'll along the way.  Here's to a freshly built home in 2011, health and happiness to you all!  Cheers!

Maui 2010: The Road to Hana

As I said in our Christmas post, our trip to Hana merits it's own post.  We decided to tour the road to Hana in a small van with 10 other tourists.  Shocking, I know.  We were a little set back by our decision because, well, we don't like being tourists.  Sever is from Ketchikan, one of the major cruise ship destinations each summer...tourists annoy him! 

Hana 101: an EXTREMELY windy road with beautiful waterfalls, a trip to Hana is more about the trip then about Hana.  Well, the road to Hana was just that, beautiful!  What the brochure didn't tell you was that when you booked your fairly expensive trip that you might be seated next to someone that gets car sick and in fact that person might be throwing up for the entire 10 hour trip... you get where I am coming from?  That's right, we were stuck on a tour bus with a very sick- Dramamine deficit lady... Sever and I don't get motion sickness and we even opted for the Dramamine prior to the trip.  Don't get me wrong we did have fun and Hana was beautiful, it was an adventure none the less. Rain was another thing that wasn't completely factored into our trip.  Not just sprinkling rain, rain forest rain, I mean downpour!  Every waterfall was completely blown out and the crystal clear aqua water was reminiscent of chocolate milk... utterly disappointing.  But hey, this gives us something to look forward to for next time.  We made a pact to drive ourselves next time and go when the weather is nice so we can swim in those seven sacred pools... see photo below! 

The Seven Sacred Pools on a good day!

 

And... on the day we went...

Mele Kalikimaka

Mele Kalikimaka from Maui!  Merry Christmas to all you back home.  We are having a wonderful honeymoon, we have been adventuring everyday.  So far the highlights of the trip have been...

Beautiful sunsets, this one is of Molikini Crater where we went snorkeling yesterday! So much fun!

Maui Brewing Company, we love our microbrews! 

Sea turtles, here is our best picture from the infamous underwater camera.  Sever lead us to Turtle Town on our second day! This is a big attraction, we kayaked from our hotel!

Kayaking in the open ocean! 

Sever boogie boarding at Makena Landing!  We had so much fun here, we boogie boarded through the sunset! 

 And... our trip to Hana, which deserves a blog post of its very own.  Look for that when we get home.

We have taken lots of pictures and videos and can't wait to share them with ya'll once we get back.  Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas from Hawaii!  Now, off to the beach...

Love, 

Holly and Sever