Finding JOY in the JOURNEY...: Camellia...

February 5, 2010

Camellia...

Our family has gone to Camellia Yakiniku Buffet for as long as I can remember and it just isnt a visit with Mom and Dad WITHOUT it. Leeand I gave up beef a few months back and I ve been pretty good at keeping away from it but you CANT go to Camelia without eating BEEF:-D

This is my FAVORITE dessert ever...its a Red Bean Porridge topped with soft serve ice cream and YUUMMMMMY!!!!!! I will stop eating WAY before Im full just so I can enjoy this:-)

I told my Dad that I was going to send my siblings a picture of the food and he said here take one of me! And made this pose! I love you Dad...you crack me up! I sent the pictures to them and got some obscene and threatening responses...oh well not MY fault you guys abandoned me and moved to the mainland...heehee;-)

We went ona Firday night and it was BUSY hence all the smoke in the air...

Even though I give them a hard time...I sure do love my parents. They are going to give me premature gray hairs...but I literally couldn't survive without their love and support. I love you Mom and Dad...thank you for all you do for us kids and I KNOW I have given you quite a few gray hairs too!

3 comments:

Janet said...: There's nothing like the love of parents and children!!; 4:35 AM
Emerson Experiment said...: HI Meebs! I love your Grateful Thursdays! I have yet to go to Camelia Buffet (its on my list of places to go). I will definitely try those dishes u have pictured. Gosh, your mom does not AGE!!! Lucky genes! Love ya! Fia; 7:25 AM
Kristen said...: Meebs!! Now I'm hungry ... :) PS: love your playlist!; 11:27 AM

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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!