Lola B's

He did it.

My guy followed thru with it and did it.

You see….surfing was the one thing Mason kept talking about before we headed here…

then for some reason….we got here….and he changed his mind.

I think the waves looked a lot bigger in person then they did on the tele…

and for sure they were bigger than florida.

Bryan left last Sunday…and didn’t even get to see his son surf.

Monday rolled around…and i called up the local surf shop and booked a lesson…

thinking the whole time that mason would back out at the last minute.

He didn’t though….

and when we showed up at his lesson on wednesday…brave mason and a newlywed

couple that were also taking lessons…paddled out into the surf…

only to be attacked by jellyfish.

Mason did not shed one tear….and if i knew i only had to pee on his sting to take away

the pain…i would have….but i was told after the fact….that peeing does the trick.

Now i know…..when stung…pull down your pants and pee on it.

After the “incident”…i really thought there was NO way mason would

climb back on a board for another lesson.

I was wrong.

We headed out this morning.

….and he is heading out again tomorrow morning.

Mason….the surfing boy who survived the attack of the jellyfish.

I will make sure to have a full bladder tomorrow….just in case.

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P.s. In case you are wondering who cute surf instructor is in first photo…his name is Mason also.

Pss. I have his cell in case any of you are single.

Pps. The Big Mason was getting really confused when i yelled out to my Mason…

DO.YOU.WANT.ME.RIGHT.NOW?

Ppss. That was really awkward…..just so you know.

Last week we went out on a catamaran trip up the Na Pali coast with the two kids..

leaving the fearless one at home. I won’t name any names at this point…

but i think you know who he is.

It was a good six hour trip…in which we cruised the part of Kauai that is inaccessible

by car. The only way to this part of the island is by boat, or one can kayak..or

hike it.

Since we left our hiking shoes at home…..and i was a little nervous about being lost at sea…

we decided to go the SAFEST route…and go with a real live captain of a boat who

would safely take us to some pretty amazing snorkeling coves…

while serving us some lunch and opening up the bar at sea.

uh huh…

you read that right….

an open bar in the middle of the ocean.

I didn’t sign up just because i knew there would be cocktails at 2pm…

i signed up to see the amazing fish and sea turtles floating around.

even though wine out on the open sea with bryan sounded pretty darn good also.

oh hell…..we all know i don’t like to swim….but my new term for this trip was…

kasey’s coming out tour.

coming out of my shell that is.

I’ve been swimming ….snorkeling…shopping at walmart.

eeeeerrrrck.

yes…you just heard the car brakes screech to a screaming halt.

what the…..

yes….you read that right.

walmart.

okay…i don’t really have a choice.

milk at walmart is $4 a gallon…….milk at the local market is $6 a gallon

mac nut hershey kisses are $3 a bag at walmart…….they are $7 at the local market.

shoot me now…just do it and put me out of my misery.

Really…i’m just saving a buck or two so that i can splurge on some more pulled pork at my

favorite place in town.

Anyhoo….sorry about the tangent…sometimes when i eat more then 2 bags of kisses..i get a little loopy.

The kids had a blast…there were a few other families on board as well….

and lots of spinner dolphins along the ride.

Then we were dropped off in a cove with our kayaks to paddle home.

alright….that’s not really us….

but we had a great time watching other people kayak the coast.

I just sat at the open bar watching them.

We saw oodles of sea turtles…..

…..of course we also saw some of this…

I’m pretty lucky to have kids that do not get sick at sea.

One of my friends had warned me to get some Dramamine into our bodies before we headed out…

but of course we forgot….but all ended okay.

I had a few glasses of wine to celebrate.

I even had one for you.

Then last Saturday we stood in line at the famous Hanalei farmers market.

I really wish i wore my teva’s …i would have fit right in.

no…really….it was amazing.

The people here are really down to earth….literally.

no pun intended.

Fin is holding an avocado.

I love avocados.

Lola is holding local honeycomb…..

it’s my new must have. We had it when we went out for a little date night….at a fabulous

tapas restaurant called Bar Acuda. If you ever head to Hanalei …

you.must.eat.there.

I had ordered the honeycomb with fresh goat cheese.

I decided at that point that we needed to leave chicago….and move here

and raise goats while bee keeping…..of course on a little plantation near the sea.

yup.

Bryan said….why don’t you just pierce your nose and make it official.

i said okay.

a deal is a deal.

all was well till i saw a man in a skirt.

or was it a skort….

or possibly a Mirt.

I dared bryan to go up to him and ask him where he could get one for himself.

…bryan didn’t think it was very funny….

needless to say…..there will be no Mirt.skirt.skort wearing around here.

the only one allowed to wear something like that is me.

I swear i saw one very similar at Anthro last month….and i love the way the muscles ripple….

errrr….

sorry…

i mean…i love the pleats in The Mirt.

After perusing around the farmers market…we headed to the only place where

this girl feels at home.

The beach.

meet the 2010 boogie board champion.

Lola grace buick.

She came in first place at the competition that was held.

Of course….it was an easy win for her…she’s a natural out there in the surf.

{she was also the only one in the competition…but who’s counting…right.}

Bryan and i celebrated her win with a cold one.

I don’t know about you….but i love a cold beer at the beach.

I also love a man that has a bottlecap opener handy under one of his flip flops.

I think those flip flops would go great with a pleated Mirt.