Romney's new job...Hello Queen Lili`uokalani Children's Center (Week 42: October 13-19)

This week i started a new job at Queen Lili`uokalani Children's Center. This job is working with Native Hawaiian children who are orphans or who have lost a parent. Queen Lili`uokalani left monies to help these Native Hawaiian orphans and families who will be raising them. The services we offer are financial aid, counseling, grief support groups, and community building based on Hawaiian culture. It seems like a good variety and I am going to be learning a lot of new things, especially about the Hawaiian culture which i am excited for. My former co-worker from Easter Seals has been working at QLCC for 2 years so we are reunited once again. Here is a picture of us from my first day. Aloha...

Romney says goodbye to Easter Seals Hawaii (Week 41: October 6-12)

A month after I graduated with my master's of social work degree in 2009, I had already interviewed and was hired for a job as a social worker at Easter Seals Hawaii. I was so fortunate, but as time went on I found myself wanting to do something a little different and with some opportunity for advancement. After 4 ½ years, I am ready to move on to another opportunity as I have a job offer at Queen Lili`uokalani Children's Center.

My co-workers took me out for a goodbye lunch at Old Spaghetti Factory.

Canstruction at Pearlridge mall (Week 40: September 29-October 5)

Each year businesses compete and construct sculptures out of can food that are displayed at the Pearlridge mall.  I always enjoy going to see the creative displays, there were some interesting ones this year.

Sunset at Ala Moana (Week 39: September 22-28)

We went to Ala Moana beach park this week to relax and watch the sunset. It was a beautiful night.

Butterfly Museum and Insectarium (Week 38: September 15-21)

This is the last post with pictures from our New Orleans trip. We went to the Butterfly Museum and Insectarium. It was neat to see all the different kinds of insects and butterflies.

Can you see which ones are the leaves and which ones are the insects?

Pink, orange, and yellow

I wouldn't want to come in contact with these, they are almost as big as my hand!!!

The last room was of a live butterfly atrium where you could go up close to the butterflies and they fly around you, it was so neat.

These last two pictures are the inside and outside of this particular butterfly. The inside is brown and the outside is blue. So pretty.