Finding JOY in the JOURNEY...: 4th of July BBQ

July 4, 2009

4th of July BBQ

We were blessed to have Jonny's family visiting for the 4th of July so we threw a BBQ in their honor. We also invited our neighbors, the Johansen's, and we all had a BLAST!

Here is my honey BBQ-ing his FAMOUS steaks!!!

Amber hates having her picture taken so I didn't get very many...and she is probably going to kill me for putting this one up but I think she is BEAUTIFUL!!! She is named after me (our middle names) and I just love her to death!

All of Jonny's kids are so GORGEOUS!!!!!

Tevin is such a great big brother

Someone wasn't sharing the drumsticks!!!

Caleb is so photogenic!!!

Savannah's best friends in Hawaii...Whitney and Makenna!

It was Savannah's and Amber's birthday so we got a huge cake and celebrated!

Me and my buddy...

No matter how old I get...sparklers still fascinate me!

These three were lighting off fireworks like they were 12 years old again:-)

These two could both be MODELS!!!

Awwwwwww.....

Katrina, Whitney and Makenna...our awesome neighbors!

Tevin picking on Amber...Im having FLASHBACKS!!!!!

Poor Amber I FEEL YOUR PAIN! LOL!!!

1 comment:

Janet said...: Oh, what fun, it looks like you had the best summer. Wish I could have been there with you! I love all the pictures. I guess it's the next best thing to being there!; 2:49 PM

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Once upon a time...

Mibi grew up in Laie and attended Kahuku High and Lee grew up in Haleiwa and Mililani and attended Mililani High. Mibi went to College at BYU-Hawaii and then served a mission in the Utah Ogden Mission before meeting the man of her dreams. After school, Lee jumped into the workforce looking for his career and eventually ended up working for Mibi's family flower shop at Turtle Bay while Mibi was serving her mission...and never thought that this job would lead him to his "Angel". We met in Septmeber of 2001 after I returned home from my mission. I came back to the flower shop to manage things for my Mom and Lee had left to pursue his education. Well a few months later, Lee's education path didn't take the direction he had hoped and instead life lead him back to Turtle Bay. The first thing he did was call Mom to get his job back and of course she said YES. So, I was Lee's boss and there was an instant friendship...it felt as if we had known each other our entire lives. We kept it strictly business for a few weeks and then one night I was gong to make a Wal-Mart run after work and called him to see if he wanted to come along. His phone was busy (the days before call waiting) and I almost gave up...but after a few more tries he picked up and from that night on we were inseperable. I think we told each other our life stories that night and we both knew then that our lives would never be the same! Over the next year, we formed a deep love and respect for each other which kept us connected through a few rough patches and across the ocean as Mibi moved back to Utah. Finally after a year of being best friends, we both realized that there is no one on earth we would rather be with than each other! We were a couple for about two years when Lee proposed to me and we tied the knot at the exact place we first met...the same hotel the flower shop was located when we worked there...TURTLE BAY. And to add to our JOY, we have a beautiful daughter Savannah (Lee's biological and Mibi's spiritual daughter ) who we just ADORE! She is so smart, funny, outgoing, a jabberbox like her Dad and just the cutest thing you have ever seen!!! We also are praying that we can give her a little brother or sister sometime in the next year or two!!! Until then we have a Doberman (Kayla) and a cat (Shadow) that we spoil rotten and of course all of our Nieces and Nephew's. It has been almost 8 years of wedded bliss and although we have had our ups and downs, each experience has made us grow more in love with each other and are still each others best friend!