warding off vampires & running from dinosaurs...in hawaii

my parents went to hawaii ages ago for their anniversary (one of the big ones, like 20th maybe?),

and they've always raved about giovanni's shrimp truck.

they swore if we ever went as a family we'd eat there a bunch, and we did.

the first night we went, they were close to shutting down for the day, and all they had left

was the garlic shrimp plate.  dad and i were the only ones who thought that sounded like it would hit

the spot, so the two of us had us some delicious garlic shrrrrrimp.

we both smelled like garlic for days.

neither richard or my mom would look at us - i didn't even get a kiss goodnight.

interestingly enough, this was also the night that a LARGE centipede made its way into my

side of the hide-a-bed from hell...apparently however good garlic is at keeping vampires at bay,

it attracts the largest bugs on the island :(

my family is a little nuts about television and movies, so we jumped at the

chance to go horseback riding on the kualoa ranch which is home to an incredible

valley where many a movie/tv show has been filmed,
including but not limited to Jurassic Park, LOST, and Chelsa's favorite Mighty Joe Young.

here we are making fun of a foreigner who did this exact pose only moments before us.

i love me a petting zoo, but didn't really want to touch the animals much.

cutest goat sleeping in a tree you've ever seen?

just pointing to my good friend jack/matthew fox, who has also been riding at the ranch...

probably because pretty much all of LOST was filmed in the valley we rode through.

never mind the fact that his horse isn't moving, my man is a cowboy!

how would you like ten apples?