Back from Hawai'i - Aloha e kakou

...and all my brother brought back were these pictures...plus a few more things. As much as I like to complain about him, he's not too bad of an uncle. As a brother, well, that's another story;) Malama pono kakou. A hui hou.

Reprieve from Cooking - L&L Hawaiian Barbecue

I am soooo excited/giddy/stoked that the new location of L&L finally opened it doors right next door to where we live. Well, not really next door but very very close. Close enough for my eldest and I to sneak off to while hubby and the other kids were taking a nap. The anticipation of waiting over a year for the construction to be finished and then stalking it every other day to see whether they've opened is finally over. Hello Chicken Katsu, Lemon Chicken, Spam Musubi, Kahlua Pork, and Loco Moco. (Hello spare tire, that will eventually look like a regular tire around my waist, after eating here). I think that we finished our food in less than five minutes flat. No, we didn't order everything on the menu;) Our plate lunch was onolicious and well worth the wait. I guess maybe next time we should bring DH and the rest of the kids=)

In case you have a craving for some local Hawaiian food and there are no L&L's around you, AlohaWorld has plenny of recipes to try. Enjoy and don't forget to save some for us;)

La'i Leis and Hula Dog

Here are some pics of the finished la'i leis. They took 5 days to make- jk- they took a couple of days to cut the leaves and weave them into wrists, ankles, and head pieces. I probably should have taken pics of the actual process but we were too busy to think of it.

The ho'ike (hula recital) turned out really beautiful event and it was heart warming to see all the hard work of our kumu hula, children, and everyone else displayed on stage. Now, we can catch up on sleep:).