Gavin and I made a fitness goal for this summer to help keep us accountable and to stay in shape! For 12 weeks we are going to run 25 miles every week and do weights 4 times a week. If we can do it for a whole 12 weeks then we are each going to buy ourselves something! We both have been so dedicated and have been doing everything we can to reach this goal. We both have Apple watches so we can share our workouts with each other. It's been fun seeing each other's workouts come through. Sometimes we procrastinate our runs till Saturday night and that never feels good to have to make for lost time. But we get it done. I have done a few weight workouts with the girls at the park and we had the best rainbow one evening.
I went on a hike with my friends Mary and Ellie up in Waimea Canyon. Ellie brought her dog Rusty on the hike and he was a good little hiker at first running up and down the trail. He couldn't get enough of the mountains and we couldn't keep up with him. By the end of the hike, Rusty was panting and hardly moving. We had to keep yelling his name to keep him going. As soon as he got in the car he sat down and I didn't see him move the whole car ride back.
Katrina texted me one day and said that she was coming to Kauai and was going to stay at the Sheraton with her boyfriend Michael. I told her that is the very hotel that Gavin and I work at! We wrote a little card and had it delivered to their room with some goodies they could munch on during the week. It was so fun chatting and catching up with Katrina. We reminisced on childhood memories and had the best time exploring the island. One day I took her up Waimea Canyon where we hiked the beautiful Kalepa Ridge. Gavin, Michael, and I all wore Chacos and Kat was wearing some other sandals. And wow she was sliding all over that mountain. Every time I looked back she was on all fours trying to stop herself from sliding down further or getting up from a previous fall. Chacos for the win! You can always trust a Chaco on a hike. This hike looked a lot like the one I did with the girls the week before.
Gavin and I both had the 4th of July off so we spent the whole day celebrating America! That morning we went on a run to celebrate our beautiful island home. After we watched some National Treasure while we made pasta salad and lemon bars. Nothing rings America more than Nicholas Cage protecting the Declaration of Independence. That afternoon we went to a multi-stake BBQ on the beach where we ate some burgers and stood in line for an ice cream truck that took way too much of our time. We took a nap on the beach in our hammock before setting up for another beach party with all our married friends. We got a grill from the General Manager of the hotel we work at but haven't touched it at all since we got it. No better day to try out for the first time than on the 4th! Gavin grilled some chicken for us all while we enjoyed the warm night from the beach.
Gavin and I played an intense game of Giant Jenga that afternoon. My palms were getting really sweaty by the end. One of our friends said she had no idea a game of Jenga could be played that long. I had no idea either. We were both impressed with our skills.
We ended the night by doing sparklers and watching the fireworks at the Stadium in Lihue. Katrina and I haven't been with each other for the fourth of July in who knows how long but that didn't stop us from singing Fire Work Pow and doing the Bella Dancerella dance. I'm sure we are the only people who feel the spirit of the 4th of July by singing that song. Crazy that 15 years ago or so we made up that silly song that is now a staple in the Bocanegra family on the 4th.
The next day we met Katrina and Michael up on the North Shore for snorkeling. Katrina had a big topple from the ocean as she was getting out. Gavin and I saw it from the water and we were laughing so hard. We saw her flop several times before she crawled to the shore with bloody knees and sand on every inch of her body. Michael was sad that he missed the show. It was a good one. To cheer us all up we went to Lapparts to get some ice-cream!
We have been talking about getting a new couch for a while. I absolutely love our pink couch but it's super uncomfortable. It's a wooden frame which makes for a sturdy couch but it's not the best to sit on. I'm not sure why we bought it in the first place. I think we panicked when we saw our empty apartment so we just bought the first couch we saw. We usually end up with a kink in the neck after a movie from sitting on it. We loved how convenient it is for visitors. And the couch is pink which just brings me so much joy every time I see or sit on it. We were on Amazon for Prime Day and saw an amazing deal on a couch so we sealed the deal! It came a few days later from Canada! Gavin and I set it up right away.
We also decided to head to Oahu for one of our weekends just so that we could see some of the new movies that have come out in Theaters. Kauai doesn't have a theater so we were looking forward to day at the megaplex. Sarah and Anna joined us on our movie day. First, we went to Raising Canes before heading into Mission Impossible. We loved watching Tom Cruise run and run. We couldn't stop talking about it after. Before our afternoon show, we shopped around the outlets where Gavin got some new shorts and Birkenstocks! We grabbed a hot meal from Cheese Cake Factory to eat in the theater while we watched the Sound of Freedom. We didn't come out smiling as big after this one. To perk ourselves up again we grabbed Crumble cookies and popcorn before heading into Barbie. I threw on my Barbie shirt just for the movie. I loved the music, outfits, and Barbie's Dreamhouse!
