Bali // Part2

The rest of our pictures from our time in Bali! Most of these were from the one day spent site seeing. It's so beautiful there! These waterfalls are called Gitgit Waterfalls. They are up in the mountains so it was a bit cooler weather and a nice long drive from where we were staying. But worth the drive!

These little offering baskets were everywhere all over Bali. I'm not exactly sure what they do/are for, I suppose a Hindu tradition? But we saw people putting them outside shops everyday. 

The lower gitgit falls.

 Up in the mountains! This isn't a good picture but they had rice terraces all over the mountains as we drove through. Very pretty!

 Wild monkeys...everywhere!

 I had never seen an obese monkey until this trip. Look at this guy!!

Pura Ulun Danu Bratan- temple on the lake. 

flying tigers representttt

look at these adorable tiny owls!!! 

massages.every.day.

scootin around!

19 weeks

pretty plumeria

Padang Padang Beach

Prettiest sunset I may have ever seen in my life. Loved Bali!

Bali // Part1

Ahhh, Bali. It was a dream guys. An absolute dream! It came at such a perfect time after Duke had been in the Philippines for about 4 weeks. This trip was all about relaxing. We did one day of site seeing and that was enough for me. The rest of the trip was split into beach time, pool time, eating time, massage time and walking through shops. 

We stayed in an area called Seminyak and would highly recommend it! Tons of Aussies there, lots of boutiques and shops, and some really awesome food. That was my favorite part. :)

 Bumpin at 18 weeks!

 Fresh pineapple on ze beach!

Lots of good waves for surfing. I would have loved to take lessons, but the pregnant thing kind of ruined that.

 Breakfast at our hotel! I ate so much watermelon on this trip! It's super expensive in Okinawa so I had to get my fill.

 The week we were there was a holiday, so there was lots of these bamboo things and events each night.

My beach read for the trip was "Where'd you go, Bernadette?" It was a great, quick, entertaining read. Perfect beach read!

 My favorite spot we found! We rented a motor bike (for $4 a day!!) and drove down to Uluwatu Beach. It's a surfer beach with lots of coral, but we wandered around and found our own little spot. It was nothing short of heaven. The waves and surfers were amazing to watch.

 One of the fun places we ate at was KuDeTa. It's pricey even by American standards, but the restaurant is awwwwesome, you can sit at a table or couchy tables or on the beach under an umbrella with pillows. It's right on the beach and the food is bomb.

Maybe the most awesome thing that happened on the trip is that we were bumped to first class on our flight from Hong Kong to Bali and then AGAIN on the way back. Which was super awesome bc it was a red eye. How in the world we got so lucky I'll never know. But Duke took this video on the second flight of how incredibly dorky we are. And it makes me laugh every time. One of the guys was laughing at us bc of our insane excitement. This stuff just doesn't happen!!

snug as a bug

Hong Kong airport! One day I will go outside that airport for more than 3 hours :)

Children's Day

The first week of May in Japan is known as Golden Week. It's a week where there is a few national holidays and lots of people are off work and I guess it's a big deal out here. Children's Day is the last holiday during the week and is the reason they hang all the carp flags. They symbolize the mother's/fathers/children and they are hung everywhere. This river we went to had a ton strung over it and around it. So I had to take my pictures!

Summer goal: to paint our own block on the seawall! 

pikachu!

Happy Mother's Day

My dad sent me this video and I've seen a few people share it on facebook. It's a great 2 minute tribute to moms everywhere! I'm so glad we have this holiday to do a little something special for the mom(s) in our life.

Today I was thinking about my mom and I thought- she's such a GOOD person. Out of every person I know on the same level as I know her, she's the best. My dad is a close second ;) In fact, I feel like she's pretty close to perfect. She hasn't worked outside the home since the day she became a mom (except piano lessons), but yet she is always SO busy doing stuff for everyone but herself. She puts all of her 5 children's (plus husband) wants and needs before her own. As a selfish kid, I thought that was just her job. How dare she do what she wants! But that's why I like growing up. You realize so much more. You see the big picture. I really hope I can be as good of a mom to my kids. She has so many skills and talents and taught me so much. She taught me to be honest when I would take things from the store as a kid-she'd bring me back to return it. She taught me to love the truth and goodness of the gospel of Jesus Christ through her great example of how important it is in her life. She taught me to sew and helped me sew a few dresses when I was in 5th grade! (even though i'm still not very good). She taught me to play the piano. And she taught me to put others before myself, which I'm also still working on :). I love my mom so much and can't wait to see her in October when my baby is born and her showing me how to be a mom.

Happy Mother's Day to all the mommas out there!