family in hawaii

the main reason we were in hawaii was to celebrate my parents both turning 60 this year.  i love my family.  we have so much fun together and it's a whole new level having a niece and nephew and my own baby, watching them interact is so much fun.  besides a nice dinner and small party (photos to come), we did some other things too.

we went to the beach (private beach one day/waikiki the other)

we drove up the pali 

we went to ala moana shopping center

 

we had a photographer take some family photos at these caves - i just took a couple for fun

super excited for plastic

i finally went and bought the diana camera w/my birthday money! we went 3rd Street Promenade over toward the beach on friday night and stopped by urban outfitters where i picked out the white & black version of the camera and also added the 35 mm backing so film can be cheaper when necessary. i can't wait to try it out - i'm going to grab some film tonight and take it to to the farmer's market tomorrow after work. for those of you that don't know, it's a plastic camera that can take medium format and now 35 mm. film. it has light leaks, can be a pinhole, can be way too saturated, and everything else that i'm excited for. j said, why do you want a camera that you can't control? my reasoning is that it's nice for once to just see what happens. it looks older. more seasoned. grainy in b&w's. love it. we ate dinner at a crepe place and if you haven't been to one, you need to track one down. ham, fancy cheese, spinach & tomatoes in a crepe? yum. lemon & sugar in a crepe? divine. one of my hands down favorite ways to make a crepe.