Random Hawaii Pictures

 These are some pics I wanted to post, but didn't know what exactly to blog about. The blow up toy ones are from the end of the semester party that BYUH puts on, and the weird ones of Lily at the beach are just that.                                                 

                                                               Tickle, tickle!

                                               Dan, Jake and I racing on the bungee cord. WAY more dangerous

                                               than it seems...this was taken seconds before I hit my head really hard!

                                                               Katie suiting up.

                                              Jake on the velcro wall.

                                              That guy in red shorts is Lily's best friend.

              

                                               

                                               Indie and Lily: 3rd Cousins!

Maunawili Falls

In Kailua, there is a hike called Maunawili Falls. It's only about a 2.5 mile hike in, and at the end is a waterfall and fresh water pool with cliffs to jump off and go swimming.  The Nelsons were visiting and so we decided to go! Jake carried the our "lead baby" in the carrier, which wasn't an easy task, and Lily even did it with a broken collar bone, with a little help from Karly. (More on the broken collar bone to come...) It's a very muddy hike, and it's completely unavoidable to not get dirty. I know what you're thinking,...good thing there's a place to swim at the end and clean off. Little did I know that the mud and water possibly contain a bacteria called Leptospirosis! It comes from animals in the area peeing in the water. Its not a common occurrence  but it really freaked me out for like a week!  It was a  beautiful place though.

Thief!

Betsy decided to steal the car one day to go to the beach! Good thing Karly stopped her just in the nick of time!

Waimea Weekend

This last weekend we did a lot of "Waimea-ing". It's a beautiful bay on the north shore. The beach in this area is the best and just across the street is Waimea Valley where the falls are. my sister, Jessica, and her Husband, Eric, came for a visit for a little over a week, and we had a ton of fun! Here's a little re-cap of our adventures...

Waimea Beach

Waimea Beach is my favorite beach! We go there pretty often. The day we took these pictures, the water was a little rough and the waves were big! We got some cool shots though. Lily didn't mind, she just stayed ashore. She's a sand monster these days. She does venture in the water sometimes if she's feeling brave!                                            

                                               Beach Baby.

                                                                     Beach babes.

Waimea Falls

 Waimea Falls is in a valley that is very lush and beautiful! We enjoyed the mile walk up to the falls and since they were open for swimming that day, a few of us had a dip! They film parts of LOST here, for those of you that are fans. 

       

                                               

Completely normal

These are every day things you see in Hawaii....A Parrot ordering at the drive-thru at Jack-in-the-box,  "Sawyer" with his wife and baby walking by the zoo. He got all excited when he saw me and told me he loved me, and asked if he could take a picture with me! And, Lily wearing sunglasses while in a fish bowl.

Where the wild things are...

Oh, the Honolulu Zoo! We bought a year family pass for a whopping $25! It was really fun to take Lily because she can identify all the animals, and called the Tiger-- Shear Khan, the Meerkats--Timon, the Bear--Baloo...etc!

Other people got a kick of it too. It's a smaller zoo and not very crowded, so we had a nice and stress free time. 

There will be plenty of other trips there, I'm sure. Also, note the last picture... an Obama head? Looks kind of like it to me. :-) He was in the crocodile exhibit...seems fitting. 

Catching up!

Okay, we've been a teensy bit busy since we got here! Jake has started school and likes it, but feels it's a weird adjustment from going to work everyday instead. I like it because he gets Tuesday and Thursday off, and we can go play together. We have adjusted to the time difference, (3 hrs earlier than Pacific time) which was difficult with the kids, but it seems alright now. We had a little rough patch with some colds, sunburns, and pinkeye, but have recovered...hopefully! It feels good to be back here,(we are living just kittycorner from our old house). Hawaii makes us happy! It is a whole new ball game with children though! Things take a little more preparation than they used to be here. Lily loves the beach and playing in the sand and waves, and Betsy is starting to sit up on her own, so she gets a new view of things. I will try to post more regularly--mostly just for me so I can remember all this! These pics below are just odds and ends of our adventures here. (If you click on the pics you can see them bigger) There is a pic of our house down in the right-hand corner. Let us know if you're headed this way! We would love to see you! Ps...Don't forget to check out all the new posts below.