Sunday, October 18, 2009
Skimboarding.
So I have been telling David that I want a hobby. Something that I enjoy doing and want to do a lot. David loves surfing, I like surfing as well but not nearly as much as David. I want something that I will love how David loves surfing, and well I think I may have found it. Yesterday I tried skimboarding for the first time and it is soo fun. I had so much fun riding the skimboard over and over. I even had fun falling, even though my body doesn't agree with me today. Soooo I'm looking to buy my own board and get better at it. We will see if I have found my hobby.. I am pretty excited about it..
Saturday, September 26, 2009
Maui.
Words can't express how I feel about Hawaii. I know that the Lord guides you in the right direction when you seek his help. David and I have been so blessed to live in Hawaii. So many life changing opportunities have been given to us since we decided to move here in 2007. David has graduated at the top of his class Summa cum Laude, met so many wonderful people who care about us and are helping us everyday, I am majoring in social work and have met so many wonderful teachers who are willing to do anything for me. I love it here. I can't imagine the day when we will have to leave. I will surely be heart broken. But hopefully we won't leave for awhile so we won't talk about that. Hawaii is truly a beautiful place with beautiful people. You have your stubborn Hawaiians who hate howleys (which we have met) but other then that I love the people here. They are so inviting and loving. I was walking one at the beach and there was a big family gathering in someones back yard, as I was walking by I hear people yelling at me so I look and they are saying, "come eat" they had a lot of food and they wanted me to come eat some. So i did what any person would do I ate. If you know Polynesians you know they cook a lot of delicious food and eat a lot of food. I didn't know one person there but I was introduced to a red hot dog. The hot dogs are super red, and no I didn't ask why they are red and I still don't want to know. All I know is they are good and if I find out why they are red I won't eat them anymore.
So my title says Maui so I guess I should talk about Maui. I have just been thinking about Hawaii in general a lot and I love it. I love that this part of my life is spent here with David and we will make memories and best friends here.
Anyways, we went to Maui with our friends Mike and Katie. We had an amazing time. We woke up at 4:30am to head to the airport for our 25 min flight to Maui which felt like a 3 min flight to me. We landed and got our rental car. I have always wanted to own a Jeep in real life. Well after all four of us and our luggage I can now say I don't want a Jeep. Maybe a four door jeep because they have a lot of trunk space. So we were pretty close to the road to Hana, so we decided to drive it our first day there, which I still think was a good idea, even though we were tired and Mike fell asleep and a construction worker yelled at him to wake up!. We drove this long and I mean long curvy, scary road. The speed limit was 10 which a lot of people didn't follow (semi trucks). I thought we were going to die a few times. I literally closed my eyes and hoped the trucks wouldn't hit us. At one point David and to throw the Jeep in Reverse because a semi truck ran through the yield sign and was coming straight for us on a one way street. After us almost hitting the mountain and another car (over exaggerated) we lived. The water falls were beautiful. We were able to see a lot of them from the road. Which we were very happy about because we had our luggage in the jeep and one person had to at least sit with it so no one would steal our stuff. Another reason why I wouldn't want a jeep. Unless it had a hard top on. We were able to go to a few black sand beaches one called Honokalani located at Wainapanapa State Park. (I knew Mom would like the name) We were able to go in a lava tube which was really awesome. So after our long day on the road to Hana we decided to head to our living courters for the next 5 days. We had no idea how wonderful and amazing Kapalua resort would be. Our condo was gorgeous. It was two bedrooms and 2 bathrooms, a laundry room and beautiful kitchen. None of us wanted to come back to TVA again. We were right on the golf course and over looked the ocean. The best part was a spa had just opened up so for the month of September the facility was free to those staying in the resort. It will normally be $60.00 a day to use the facility, so believe me we took advantage of it. The resort workers loved having us there because we were young and it would draw more attention to the customers taking their tours and what not. Let me just tell you how wonderful this place was. I will give you and example of one of our days there. We woke up and went to the gym. I was able to watch my own personal TV the whole time I worked out. My Ipod plugged in to any machine and they provided us with head phone (thank goodness because I forgot mine) they had towels and lime water for us. After working out we then went and rinsed off in the showers. They provided us with shampoo, conditioner, razors, and shaving cream, mouth wash, hair brushes, q-tips. femanine products, deodorant, hairspray and more. After rinsing off in the shower we laid out at the pool. The pool had salt water. But the salt level was the same count as the human body level so you could hardly taste it. You could see clearly in the water. So we laid out and drank our lime water and they provided ather fruits as well. A man would bring us pineapple skewers and make sure we were all using their yummy smelling sun block. We then did a black sand scrub to our elbows and feet and sat in the steam room. After the steam room we walked through the 40 degree water fountain that led to the hot tub. We then took showers and did our hair and make up at the spa. This place was amazing. The boys enjoyed many rounds(?) of golf. Katie and I walked to the Ritz Carlton and enjoyed their pools as well. We drove to Lahaina to eat, shop, and just relax. This vacation was the coolest vacation ever. I did not want to come home at all. I love Maui and that it is not crowded like Oahu. We drove around the Island and went to different surf spots and what not. We all had an amazing time and I wish that I could document it how I truly felt. I have grown to love Hawaii. I love it more and more each day. I hate being far away from family but I know that this is where we need to be at this time.
I love that David looks like a bum in this picture!
I was really excited about the black sand.
Maui is so green and lush.
All of us in the Jeep.
My favorite black sand beach.
Mike and David enjoying the spa
Our room
The super cool Kitchen
The living room
The women's area to relax
The spa
So my title says Maui so I guess I should talk about Maui. I have just been thinking about Hawaii in general a lot and I love it. I love that this part of my life is spent here with David and we will make memories and best friends here.
Anyways, we went to Maui with our friends Mike and Katie. We had an amazing time. We woke up at 4:30am to head to the airport for our 25 min flight to Maui which felt like a 3 min flight to me. We landed and got our rental car. I have always wanted to own a Jeep in real life. Well after all four of us and our luggage I can now say I don't want a Jeep. Maybe a four door jeep because they have a lot of trunk space. So we were pretty close to the road to Hana, so we decided to drive it our first day there, which I still think was a good idea, even though we were tired and Mike fell asleep and a construction worker yelled at him to wake up!. We drove this long and I mean long curvy, scary road. The speed limit was 10 which a lot of people didn't follow (semi trucks). I thought we were going to die a few times. I literally closed my eyes and hoped the trucks wouldn't hit us. At one point David and to throw the Jeep in Reverse because a semi truck ran through the yield sign and was coming straight for us on a one way street. After us almost hitting the mountain and another car (over exaggerated) we lived. The water falls were beautiful. We were able to see a lot of them from the road. Which we were very happy about because we had our luggage in the jeep and one person had to at least sit with it so no one would steal our stuff. Another reason why I wouldn't want a jeep. Unless it had a hard top on. We were able to go to a few black sand beaches one called Honokalani located at Wainapanapa State Park. (I knew Mom would like the name) We were able to go in a lava tube which was really awesome. So after our long day on the road to Hana we decided to head to our living courters for the next 5 days. We had no idea how wonderful and amazing Kapalua resort would be. Our condo was gorgeous. It was two bedrooms and 2 bathrooms, a laundry room and beautiful kitchen. None of us wanted to come back to TVA again. We were right on the golf course and over looked the ocean. The best part was a spa had just opened up so for the month of September the facility was free to those staying in the resort. It will normally be $60.00 a day to use the facility, so believe me we took advantage of it. The resort workers loved having us there because we were young and it would draw more attention to the customers taking their tours and what not. Let me just tell you how wonderful this place was. I will give you and example of one of our days there. We woke up and went to the gym. I was able to watch my own personal TV the whole time I worked out. My Ipod plugged in to any machine and they provided us with head phone (thank goodness because I forgot mine) they had towels and lime water for us. After working out we then went and rinsed off in the showers. They provided us with shampoo, conditioner, razors, and shaving cream, mouth wash, hair brushes, q-tips. femanine products, deodorant, hairspray and more. After rinsing off in the shower we laid out at the pool. The pool had salt water. But the salt level was the same count as the human body level so you could hardly taste it. You could see clearly in the water. So we laid out and drank our lime water and they provided ather fruits as well. A man would bring us pineapple skewers and make sure we were all using their yummy smelling sun block. We then did a black sand scrub to our elbows and feet and sat in the steam room. After the steam room we walked through the 40 degree water fountain that led to the hot tub. We then took showers and did our hair and make up at the spa. This place was amazing. The boys enjoyed many rounds(?) of golf. Katie and I walked to the Ritz Carlton and enjoyed their pools as well. We drove to Lahaina to eat, shop, and just relax. This vacation was the coolest vacation ever. I did not want to come home at all. I love Maui and that it is not crowded like Oahu. We drove around the Island and went to different surf spots and what not. We all had an amazing time and I wish that I could document it how I truly felt. I have grown to love Hawaii. I love it more and more each day. I hate being far away from family but I know that this is where we need to be at this time.
I love that David looks like a bum in this picture!
I was really excited about the black sand.
Maui is so green and lush.
All of us in the Jeep.
In the Lava tube
My favorite black sand beach.
In the spa
Mike and David enjoying the spa
Our room
The super cool Kitchen
The living room
The Ritz
The women's area to relax
The spa
Monday, September 7, 2009
Happy Birthday Sista!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY KIMMIE!!
Hahahahahahaha!!!
Monday, August 10, 2009
Parasailing...Scuba to come.
On Saturday we went parasailing and scuba diving. It was awesome. David and I did this same package on our honeymoon but we chose Hawaii Kai this time instead of Waikiki and it was so much better. Harrison and I saw a shark while we were in the air! It was crazy! It was pretty big and it was swimming fast! They dunked us in the water which I think is the scariest part. The cool thing is I got to go two times!! With Harrison and David.. When I went with David they dunked us but we went pretty far under and they tried to pull us up but instead we were just drug in the water for a awhile!
It was funny.. We have some scuba diving pictures that are being sent to us so when I get those I will post them up. After scuba diving we were able to snorkel and swim or jump off the boat. It was all around an awesome day..Ohhh and the cool part is.... We were 1000 feet in the air! This summer has been so much fun. I'm glad Harrison was able to come stay with us. He has made our apartment very interesting, it will definitely be weird and quiet when he is gone..
It was funny.. We have some scuba diving pictures that are being sent to us so when I get those I will post them up. After scuba diving we were able to snorkel and swim or jump off the boat. It was all around an awesome day..Ohhh and the cool part is.... We were 1000 feet in the air! This summer has been so much fun. I'm glad Harrison was able to come stay with us. He has made our apartment very interesting, it will definitely be weird and quiet when he is gone..
Sunday, August 9, 2009
Random..
The other sunday our neighbor Elizabeth did Harrison's hair in cornrows. Harrison has been wanting us to do stuff to his hair for a while so he was pretty excited when his hair was finaly done. Elizabeth did a good job!!
We were also in town and found this store!! It even reminds me of Mom.. We had to get a picture!
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Outings...
Here are some pictures from a pot luck, coconut husking, and spearfishing.
We had a pot luck for a our couple missionaries in our ward. They are getting ready to go back home. We have been able to get to know them and they will be greatly missed. They are the nicest people. I'm glad we were able to meet them and grow from their testimonies as well. At the pot luck they split people in to teams and you had to husk a coconut, crack it open, and put the juice in a cup to see who could fill their cup up the fullest.
David and his friend Jared took Harrison spearfishing. He did better then I thought he would. No one caught anything, but I was surprised to see Harrison swim so far out in the water. He came back with in 30 mins because he was tired but the other two boys stayed for a few hours. Harrison laid out and soaked up the sun, and went on many coconut hunts. He didn't find any. We went to a beach on the front side of turtle bay. It is one of my favorite beaches. Very secluded and beautiful.
We had a pot luck for a our couple missionaries in our ward. They are getting ready to go back home. We have been able to get to know them and they will be greatly missed. They are the nicest people. I'm glad we were able to meet them and grow from their testimonies as well. At the pot luck they split people in to teams and you had to husk a coconut, crack it open, and put the juice in a cup to see who could fill their cup up the fullest.
David and his friend Jared took Harrison spearfishing. He did better then I thought he would. No one caught anything, but I was surprised to see Harrison swim so far out in the water. He came back with in 30 mins because he was tired but the other two boys stayed for a few hours. Harrison laid out and soaked up the sun, and went on many coconut hunts. He didn't find any. We went to a beach on the front side of turtle bay. It is one of my favorite beaches. Very secluded and beautiful.
Thursday, July 9, 2009
Hiking!!
Yesterday we woke up and decided to hike Diamond head. Diamond head is the most famous volcanic crater in the world. David wasn't to excited to hike it but he ended up really enjoying it. You hiked up a paved road, up lots of stairs, through a tunnel, more stairs, and more stairs.. Some of the stairs were pretty steep. We passed by some old world war 1 bunkers and ended the hike in an old bunker which you climb out of and see all of Honolulu. Which the view was really beautiful. There was a light house below us. The hike up was pretty ugly since everything was so dry and dead. We really liked this hike! Since we enjoyed it so much we decided to go on another hike, and explore around some.
We drove to Haunauma Bay and looked around. We will have to take Harrison back so he can snorkel. That place it just always sooooo packed. From above the water you see more bodies then the reef! (not really) but the water was crowded with people. We stayed there for a bit and then took harrison to see sandy's beach and another bay that David has scuba dived and really likes. After these few places we decided to hike Mokapu lighthouse.
Mokapu Lighthouse was a fun hike. The lighthouse was pretty dang small.. I was thinking it would be bigger but it was still cute! This hike was a paved road as well, but it was windy and all up hill! Good work out. And what kind of day would it be if I didn't get a picture of me jumping? Hahah... I jump a lot! We had a lot of fun and are glad we took the whole day to see beautiful Hawaii. We really do love this place so much! (We took a lot of pics, so the ones that I don't post here will be on facebook.)
We drove to Haunauma Bay and looked around. We will have to take Harrison back so he can snorkel. That place it just always sooooo packed. From above the water you see more bodies then the reef! (not really) but the water was crowded with people. We stayed there for a bit and then took harrison to see sandy's beach and another bay that David has scuba dived and really likes. After these few places we decided to hike Mokapu lighthouse.
Mokapu Lighthouse was a fun hike. The lighthouse was pretty dang small.. I was thinking it would be bigger but it was still cute! This hike was a paved road as well, but it was windy and all up hill! Good work out. And what kind of day would it be if I didn't get a picture of me jumping? Hahah... I jump a lot! We had a lot of fun and are glad we took the whole day to see beautiful Hawaii. We really do love this place so much! (We took a lot of pics, so the ones that I don't post here will be on facebook.)
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