Weekend Recap: Hula Show, Angela's Birthday, and a Golfcart Ride

Our last couple of weeks on Kwaj are flying by, and last weekend was no exception! I seriously can't believe that we only have two weeks left on Kwaj! EEKKK! We have so much going on, but we are doing our best to soak up all we can of Kwaj before we make our way back to Texas!

Our weekend started on Saturday night with the much anticipated Hula Show. We had been practicing since FEBRUARY, people!! The show was supposed to be in late April, but it got postponed, and the level of anticipation and performance anxiety has been building up ever since! We practiced every night last week, and by the time Saturday rolled around I was a nervous wreck! Johnathon flew home from Roi early so that I could get myself ready, and I may have taken advantage of the extra help by helping myself to a vodka soda! The dancers got to the MP room an hour or so before hand so we could get our lava lava's (hula skirts) tied, and take pictures before show time! Here are the ladies and I before the show!

Amy, Cher, Me, Chamee, Angela, Jenny, and Jane! All my favorite ladies and I before the Hula Show!

We had some time to kill before the show, and our nerves started getting the best of us, so we made sure that we were well "hydrated" before the show began!!

Excuse the plastic bag...the water bottle was leaking, and we were trying to stay tidy...and classy...

We also tried on different headdress pieces...Angela fought a losing battle with her flower crown...

Darn twigs!!!!

And I got this cute pic of Cher with her daughter Meredith who was also in the show...

After all our pre-show shenanigans, I am happy to report that the actual show went really well! There were no major screwups, and we all had a lot of fun! Johnathon took some video, although Hadley was being a little non-compliant so he only got bits and pieces of the dances! I will try to get those uploaded ASAP! I stayed after for the big potluck dinner, and J took Hadley home since the show ended way past her bedtime. Huge shout out to the hubs for coming home early from work and taking care of Hadley so that I could get ready and focus on the show! Taking a 15month old to a dance recital that was past her bedtime and lasted for over an hour is no easy thing to do, but Johnathon did it, and rocked it! Thanks love!

The next day was Sunday, and we celebrated Angela's birthday with a cookout at the beach! I took approximately zero pictures because Johnathon and I were chasing Hadley EVERYWHERE. That girl has officially reached toddler hood, and the days of being held or sitting in one spot for longer than two minutes are long gone. She was walked all over the beach, greeted people, and even started begging for food until we got her her very own plate of cheese cubes. Then she was a happy camper! It was kind of ridiculous, although I too get cranky when there is cheese to be had, and I don't have a plate of it immediately in front of me so...no judgement there.

Monday was more cleaning, and organizing for Johnathon and I, and Hadley did a lot of this...

Then we finished up the evening by going on a little golf cart adventure. It's been awhile since we rented a golf cart and just drove around the island, so we decided to make a little night of it. We drove the golf cart to the finest restaurants Kwaj has to offer (Subway and Anthony's Pizza), and got ourselves some dinner before heading out in the golf cart!

Don't let Hadster's face fool you, she inhaled her pizza!!

After our dinner of champions we loaded into the cart and drove out to the golf course, where we checked out the Country Club and the putting green!

The putting green and Country Club

Looking out at the first hole

Hadley was desperately trying to figure out how to pick up all three balls at one time...

...no such luck

After the golf course, we headed out to North Point at the other end of the island to watch the sunset...

The best selfie we could get!

God gave us another gorgeous sunset

 

We even saw a little baby black tip shark chasing fish around the lagoon

We were about to pack it up and head home, but Hadley was loving the sunset and breeze and was giving us all kinds of great photo-ops, so we took advantage!

She saw a dog walking by...

and she LOVED IT!

 

Every good model needs a break

It was another fun weekend out here in paradise, and I'm glad that even though we are leaving soon, we are still doing our best to make the most of our time out here!