Aiea Heights bbq

Last month we teamed up with a group of friends and headed out to Aiea Heights for a bbq. Sometimes it's just fun to pretend like we're not on Oahu and hang out on a chilly campground. This place was beautiful!

Tristan and Abigail blowing their bubbles:

So we've learned that our little boy kind of enjoys being a loner. Don't get me wrong, he's very social and interacts well with other kids, but like his dad, enjoys deep thought and the occasional alone time to ponder life. While mom was gabbing away with friends (or pretending to be on the phone)...:

...we lost track of Tristan for a minute, and Dad spotted him far off in the woods (the picture below doesn't show how far he actually was). He was just hanging out, eating his roll, becoming one with nature. When his dad went to see what he was up to, Tristan led him to a spot just behind where he sat (he knew where he was going)- to the edge of a little cliff, and started picking things up and throwing them off it. Good thing he's so cautious.

Picking things to throw off the cliff. He and Dad bonded a little over their embracing of loneliness and Dad brought him back to the party.

We made homemade sliders with chopped up onions and mushrooms mixed in with the hamburger using hawaiian sweet bread rolls for buns. Was unreal.

Here's the gang:

Finally, we stoked up the fire enough for smores and hung out until it started getting dark.

Good times.