Fireman's Prayer

When I am called to duty, God,
Whenever flames may rage;
Give me strength to save some life,
Whatever be its age.

Help me embrace a little child
Before it is too late
Or save an older person
From the horror of that fate.

Enable me to be alert
And hear the weakest shout,
And quickly and efficiently
To put the fire out.

I want to fill my calling
And to give the best in me
To guard my every neighbor
And protect his property.

And if, according to my fate,
I am to lose my life,
Please bless with your protecting
My children and my wife.

- Author Unknown

Monday, December 29, 2008

Hawaii

Courtyard at the airport in Honolulu
On the airplane, my brother Nate

Roy and Me!

In the lobby at our Hotel in Honolulu


Our view, we were on the top floor (37th)










At the Cougar's football game:






Shawna lost a bet and had to wear a Huskies shirt at the Cougar's game


Roy, at the game
Me, at the game
We went to the Pearl Harbor Memorial
The USS Arizona.
Notice the oil, it is still bubbling up from the ship
Roy and me on the tour


A map of the memorial
The names of all who lost their lives

The Flag


Hard to tell, but this is a submarine
A baby gecko we found on our deck
One of the many beaches we went to


I love sailboats
Another gecko

Another beach

Monty and Nate boogie boarding, just before they ran into each other
Roy riding in as Monty and Nate going back out for another wave


Roy and I took a hike above the beach

The view was incredible





ME on the rocks



Oops, at least it was just a rental!
Actually we saw this abandoned car and thought it would make a funny picure.

One of the huge cruise ships we saw

The stage for the Luau

Roy enjoying the drinks
Nate also enjoying the drinks
Don't we make a cute couple?
In front of the Luau stage
The Earth Oven
Shoveling off the dirt...
Taking off the cloth...
Taking off the banana leaves...
Lifting the crate with the pig in it...
Dumping the pig into the serving tray...
Carrying it off to get ready to serve.
That was the best meat I've ever tasted!!!

The stage again with the torches lit.
A little blurry b/c I turned my flash off
The dancers
Many interpretive dances


Roy and I took off one day to check out scenery

A lava blowhole, it's cool watching the waves splash up into it

Beautiful ridgeline


This where they used to lower boats down into the water.
They have ladders that go all the way down to the water.

Beautiful scenery
On our hike to the Green Sand Beach

The Green Sand Beach
These pictures don't do it justice, the sand is actually green
Roy climbing the rocks
This is what we had to come down to get to the beach
and climb back up as well

My feet in the green sand
Roy in the water
More beautiful scenery on our hike back

The wind blows so hard here the trees are all leaning one way


A picture of some horses under a tree.
This picture is for my neice, she loves horses
B/c there is so much wind here they have those big wind generators

A really cool plantation house turned into a bed and breakfast
A picture of the volcano area we went to
A crater
The steam holes
Volcano rainforest
Me on the path to the lava tube Inside the lava tube, it's a bit dark
It was gorgeous scenery
After the volcano, we headed up to an observatory on one of the mountains.
We didn't make it all the way up b/c we didn't have four wheel drive.
So we just hiked up one of the lower hills.
It turned out to be an awesome place to watch the sunset!
The pictures speak for themselves.
A picture of Roy taking pictures
After sunset

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