Manoa Falls Hike

A couple of my friends and I went and hike Manoa Falls one morning. If you come to Hawaii and you want to do a hike... this is the one for you!! It was so beautiful! The whole time you hike you are in a rain forest and it's just so pretty!!

Zach, Me, and Tara

Zach

Us under a tree arch thingy... it was cool!

We finally made it there. The falls aren't that big in the summer time, but it was still pretty cool! Don't worry the wetness you see was not so much sweat as it was rain, because, it wouldn't be a rain forest with out it!





And of course, I took every opportunity for some Fine Art. This was a bridge that was all rusted and I thought it was pretty awesome.

Manana Falls Hike

For Memorial Day, our branch went and hiked Manana Falls. It was a pretty tough hike and a little disappointing when we got there and the falls were a little trickle. Apparently the best time of year to do that hike is in the winter. It was a lot of fun though!! Here are some picts:

Teisha, Me, Micki, and Celeste

The branch (well, some of us anyway)

John decided to swing over the disgusting pool of water... it was funny


Tippe, Micki, ? and Teisha

During the hike, John weaved himself a basket hat it was pretty funny

Hanauma Bay

a month or so ago, Holly and I went to Hanauma Bay for the day. Hanauma Bay is a really great place for snorkeling so we took an underwater camera and here are some pictures from that:

Another one bites the dust

Well, as many of you know, I often times can be quite the klutz. I went running with Missy the other day and was just going along, doing well, when all of a sudden I tripped and biffed it good. It's taken almost 2 weeks to heal, but no worries, I'll be back up and running on Monday.

Surprise!!

So, I thought I would save a little bit of money and ship all my books over here via Media Mail... well, I finally got the package after 2 weeks and got a little surprise! Some of my things were missing and I got these delightful things instead:

Yes, that's right a wonderful waxy green candle with dried flowers all around it, a catalog and a Matthew Henry Bible, in Spanish. I got all this wonderful stuff in exchange for my favorite story book, The Paper Bag Princess, and my Spanish bible that I used on my mission. Boy, aren't I lucky?!

Mariner's Ridge

Missy and I went on a hike to Mariner's Ridge with the Bowers from Magna. It was a lot of fun to be able to see them again. The hike was beautiful and afterward we went and ate Banana Pancakes with Macadamia nut syrup... mmm

More to come

Sorry it has taken so long to post stuff!! I promise I'll try and get stuff on here. Here are a few of the things I've been doing the last 3 weeks. I have a lot more to post still, so keep checking and I hope to have them posted soon. I love you and miss you all!!

Shark's Cove

So we (Jimmy, Missy, Madeline and I) decided to go to the beach on Saturday, we went to our favorite, Waimea Bay, but it was super crowded, so we decided to go to Shark's cove. It's a really cool place that leaves a lot of little pools surrounded by rock when the tide is low. You find a lot of little kids playing in them and people snorkeling in it.. it usually didn't go past your waist in deepness. So we stopped there and decided to snorkel. We heard people talking about a shark and so Jimmy asked if I wanted to go snorkel over there and see if it was still there. So, of course I did! We snorkeled and I saw stick fish, coral, lots of other pretty colored fish, and these purple pokey sea enenamies that were everywhere. There were also some sea cucumbers. We snorkled over to the inlet that leads out to the big blue and there was the shark!

It was a reef shark, about 3 feet long. It was probably 5 feet from me when I saw it, and that was close enough for me. I stayed in the channel and tried not to get pushed back by the current. there were some really stupid guys who wanted to catch the shark so they were chasing it a little, so I backed up because I didn't want them to do something stupid and make it get mad. Then the shark must have swam past me back into the cove because all these people started swimming at me, which made me go backwards because of the current and it freaked me out because I didn't want to land on one of those pokey enenemies or get eaten by a shark! So as soon as I regained control of myself I swam over to a sandy part and stood up. There were some girls yelling "Where did it go?" and I heard Jimmy say, "it's right by you." so I stuck my head back in the water to see the shark right at my feet, less than a foot away!! It really freaked me out but it was AWESOME!! I always wanted to swim with a shark and now I can say that I have!!

Pearl Harbor

Melissa, Madeline and I all went to Pearl Harbor. It was really neat. We watched a video on the events of Pearl Harbor and then we went on a boat ride out to the USS Arizona.

They have a memorial wall with all the names of the men and women who died, and there was a Horrocks on there, so I took a picture of it.

Madeline was having a good time... and Melissa too

Madeline Ava

I just love little Madeline! She is so funny and is one of those babies that just can make you melt, wether she is laughing, crying, or pulling a funny face. Here are a few faces of little lou lou: