Par-Tay Time

Surprisingly, I woke up without a hangover (this would bite me in the ass later), made coffee and we (Kerri and her main squeeze and Kim and her hunka hunk of burnin' love, my better half was in the field all weekend so I was flying solo) all got ready to soak up some sun and hit the beach.

After grabbing some beach chairs and reconfiguring them so we could get maximum sun exposure, which was short lived because the weekend weather was a wash (read it was over cast, yeah it’s not perfect everyday in Paradise).

Cloudy skies didn’t stop us. Kerri had a hair appointment, Matt talked shop with Jerry, and Kim and I opted to swim laps in the lagoon. During my swim, which I haven’t done in FOREVER, I thought to myself, “this feels great!” I was in the middle of my third lap when I stopped to tread water so I could fix my fogged up goggles. Thank the baby Jesus I was deep enough and no one was around me because my tots had fallen out of my suit and I was free boobin’ it!

No wonder why it felt so great =P Again, real classy Lynch.

Work out now complete and boobs secure, I made my way back to shore and propped myself up on a lounger and read some of my new mags.

Did I mention I am spending the weekend with infamous Team Farns? I’m a lieutenant’s wife and I am chillin’ on the beach with a lieutenant colonel and his wife. This is kind of a big deal folks.

For some reason, sitting by a beach/pool makes me hungry 24/7. Lucky for me my company also has the same problem and we took a break from cloud bathing to get our lunch on.

I had some more one on one time with Team Farns. They are such a fun and approachable couple and lunch was not awkward at all.

Refueled, we parted ways (they had a couple’s massage) and I met up with the Long’s and hung out with them for the rest of afternoon. Kerri and Matt finally joined us pool side and we all lounged in the lazy river, went down the water slides, and relaxed in the double decker infinity hot tub until it was time to go back up to the room to shower for the party.

With three full bathrooms, plenty of getting ready space and lots of mirrors, we all get ready hella fast.

Not many other people came to the gathering, but the crowd we did have was perfect. Real intimate.

The drinking ensued and since we were all three sheets to the wind, we got the bright idea that we would walk around the hotel and take pictures planking in various locations!

Did I mention we are all grown-ass women!?

After our adventure, we stumbled back to the room, devoured three bags of popcorn, six orders of French Fries and passed out.

Remember that hang over I didn’t have on Saturday, yeah, it found me hard on Sunday!

So we are ballers…

When it comes to throwing a party, you either go big or go home, and this weekend’s shindig was no exception to that rule.

In true baller fashion, the Chase’s rented out a three-bedroom, grand villa at Disney’s Aulani Resort and Spa for his after command par-tay.

After a hair and nail appointment and dropping off my fur baby at the kennel, I made my way over to Aulani, for a what would later become an epic weekend.

This hotel room was bigger than most people’s homes! It was just massive. The room sleeps 13, has a giant kitchen, a dining room table that would make King Arthur blush, three full baths (more about this later) and an oceanfront lani (balcony).

The men went to the movies to see, “Act of Valor,” while the ladies stayed in for a girl’s night. No girl’s night is complete without libations, so after empting two bottles of wine, Kerri, Kim and I headed down to Off the Hook for grub, and of course, cocktails.

Full and feelin’ it, we went back upstairs, changed into our PJs and had girl talk over looking the lagoons until the guys came back.

With their blood pumpin’ from the movie, we (girls in PJs mind you) made our way to another bar/lounge on premise, Olelo’s, for some more beverages.

Do you see the pattern emerging?

I was already at my limit when we got to this bar and wasn’t going to have another, but the Farns peer-pressured me into a Long Island. Can’t really say no to an LTC, so yeah that concoction did me in.

For some odd reason, despite the late hour and the amount of booze in my system, I was NOT tired. Everyone else was ready for light’s out except me and when Kerri broke the news to me that everyone was hitting in the hay, in true drunk girl fashion, I had a temper tantrum, lost my bones and collapsed on the floor.

Classy. Real classy Lynch.

Determined to stay up and watch Disney movies (I’m 26…), I climbed into my bed, turned on my iPad and put the TV on.

10 minutes later, I was out.

Disney Anniversary Staycation ~ Day 1 Spa-venture!

I don't know a better way to start off a weekend than with a spa day. Since I married a macho man that would never step foot in a spa, I spent the first morning of our Disney Anniversary Staycation with my girl Kerri. We usually spend our Fridays together because we are both off from work, but this would be our best Aloha Fun Friday yet!


I dropped off my baby (aka Oakley) at her house for the weekend as sort of a dry run before Christmas. Chris and I spending Christmas at Disneyland (I know my life is so rough/hard) and since Kerri has to work the holiday (Mickey is a vert demanding boss) she offered to watch him. She and her hubby Matt are dog lovers and have to of their own so I know Oakley will be in good company/hands for Christmas.


With the dogs secured, Kerri and I were off to indulge at Laniwai which tranlates into fresh water and there was a lot of water fun to be had!


We were met by our "guide" who take us on our "journey." Even though I had already been on a tour of the spa before, I still got goosebumps as they showed us around the 5,000 square foot paradise. We were lead into the changing area where we were given a locker, shoes and comfy robes.

Our attendant also mixed up some custom body scrubs for us. Mine was hybiscus and Kerri's I think was plumeria. Now that we were all rinsed and scrubbed, we headed outside to soak. First up was the green seaweed tub that would rid our bodies of yucky stuff and then we soaked in the soothing blue uclaptus tub.

Our one hour lomi lomi (two hand) hot stone massage was at 11, but we were told to arrive atleast an hour early to get full use of the immenities. Ya didn't have to tell us twice. Now that were soaked and our bodies starting to loosin up, we made our way into the relaxtion room. Another attendant brought us water, hot neck wraps and a hot eye mask. Before we put on our eye masks we were sprayed with a refreshing and floral mist.

Now completely in the zone, our "therapists" guided into our respective rooms. We were given a choice of music, I selected the sound of waves crashing, and options for smells and lotion/oil scents. I picked coconut lemon grass. This was hands down the best massage I have ever gotten! I couldn't tell you what she did because I was in the zone. I have never been that relaxed. I was so relaxed I missed my cue to get up and put my robe on! I really felt drunk! Kerri did too!

It took us awhile to get it together, but once were were not soo loopy, we checked out the rest of spa. We spent some time in the sauna and then into the steam room, but it was too hot, 112 degrees hot! Needing some fresh not steamy air, we went back outside and explored the reflexology path, hot tob, cold plunge (read it's 52 degrees!) and then we played in the five water showers. Each shower head had a different type of water stream. Kerri and I felt like we were 5 and at a water park, much to the shegrin of the other guests. Whoops.

It's now 1 p.m. and our tummy's were rubling. We needed food STAT! Kerri had a genious idea: Mickey ice cream  bars!

Ahh, it really hit the spot. However, we needed some real food so we left the hotel (read Kerri is a cast member and not a guest so she and I couldn't eat together at the hotel. I know lame.) and hit up Chili's before I needed to pick Chris (poor guy had to work until 3) up so he could enjoy his anniversary staycation too =)

Casey Comes to Town Day 4

I think this is the first day we actually slept pass 7! The first stop on my tour was the Dole plantation. We walked around the shop, they have some decent stuff inside and got a pineapple whip drink. Yummy and refreshing! We walked around and saw pineapples from around the world, fed the crazy koi fish and took some funny pics.

We skipped the pineapple maze and the pineapple express train ride because it wasn’t something we both wanted to spend time doing.

On to Haleiwa!

I was in need of caffeine so we stopped at my favorite coffee house before we started the drive. Here our some pictures of our North Shore adventure.

Hanuma Bay.

Shark's Cove.

Where the last competition in Soul Surfer was filmed.

Since we were in the area, we stopped at Turtle Bay so I could show her where they filmed Soul Surfer and Saving Sarah Marshall.

We had to cut our day short because we were going on an "Open Mouse" tour of Disney's Aulani Resort! Since Chris was away, I took Casey as my plus one and we got a sneak peak of the place before it opens on Aug. 19. This place is amazing and I cannot wait to spend our two year, anniversary staycation here in Sept! One of the highlights was we got to meet, Minnie, Mickey, Stictch, Donald and Goofy!

After a long day of driving and photo ops we stopped at Safeway to pick up some items for dinner. I made a chicken and tomato pasta dish with garlic bread and we watched Soul Surfer. Pretty good day if you ask me.