24 years of life!

It was my Birthday on June 3rd and I turned 24 years old! Looking back on the past 24 years of my life I feel like I have really lived to my fullest and have done so many incredible things. So cheers to the life I still have ahead of me. 

Gavin and I both had to work on my Birthday so we celebrated the day before! We drove up to Waimea Canyon to Sugi grove to find a waterfall with a 70ft cliff jump! Sugi grove might be one of my favorite places on Kauai. It's off a dirt road in Waimea canyon and can only be reached by 4-wheel drive. We blasted our country tunes the whole way up! 

We then hiked to this waterfall I'm not sure it has a name. We just are calling it Sugi falls! There was another group at the falls who were definitely some party people and pressed on with doing the most unusual things that I don't even want to write about it. It didn't seem to bother them at all that others were trying to enjoy the waterfall. They had a dog I heard them calling Basil who would run up the rocks and into the trees until one of them yelled Basil come back super loud. This happened over and over again. 

You can't swim in the pool at the bottom of the falls unless you jump off the mountain just because that's the only way to get down there. I was too chicken to jump that high but Gavin didn't even hesitate. He just jumped off the rock like it was nothing. I was freaking out while he was jumping because I thought he was going to hit a rock or something as he was falling. 

A guy from the other group was with Gavin at the bottom of Sugi falls. I heard him say "you only go to Sugi once a year" as he star fished off a rock into the water. He was loving life. The girls he was with sat on some rocks at the top the whole time taking a million pictures of each other. I heard one of them saying "OMG your butt looks so good in this one". They didn't seem to care about the falls or the beautiful trees around them. 

Once Gavin was done we headed back home so we could get ready for a dinner reservation at Rum Fire. The general manager of the hotel wanted to treat Gavin and me to a fine dining experience at the Sheraton. We got all dressed up beforehand! I wore a red dress Gavin bought me while were engaged. 

Our Rum Fire experience was wonderful. We had a booth with an ocean view where a wedding social was happening as the sun set on the horizon. I don't think I have ever been to a restaurant where the waiter describes the food on the menu and how it is prepared. I had to have Gavin translate it for me. We each got an appetizer. I got some fried Brussel sprouts and he got Poke Flatbread. I honestly could have gone for another serving of Brussel sprouts they were yummy! For our main dish, I got  Misoyaki Butterfish and the Hawaiian fresh fish of the day which was Ono. And Gavin got Filet Mignon. We were loving every bite. It was gone too fast. But the meal didn't stop there because after the hostess brought us a cheesecake and a flourless chocolate Tort with Lilikoi ice cream. It was all amazing. I don't like cheesecake so it worked out great that Gavin was so willing to eat the cheesecake for me. 

My actual birthday was the next morning and before both of us headed to work, we went on a run because that is my favorite thing to do. Then we made German pancakes and opened some gifts while I face timed my family for a little bit before I left. 

When I got back from work Gavin had the whole house decorated with balloons and streamers and he made a funfetti cake. I'm seriously obsessed with this cake. Gavin made it last year for my birthday and it was gobbled down so fast. I think it might be one of my favorite boxed cakes.

When Gavin got home later that night he sang Happy Birthday to me all by himself. I was laughing my head off because I have never had just one person sing to me. After we munched on the cake and watched a show. It was a wonderful birthday! Cheers to 24!