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

HAWAII!!!!!

For those who don't know, my mom is taking my brothers and their wives as well as Roy and I to Hawaii! It is our Christmas present! We leave Thanksgiving in the evening to go to Seattle where we will spend the night and get up early Friday morning to get on our flight to Hawaii! We fly into Kona, then Saturday morning we fly to Honolulu and go to the Cougar's game. We fly back to Kona Sunday and spend the week there. We return late Friday, Dec. 5, night. I will have lots of pictures to share when we get back!

Happy Thanksgiving!!!!!!

My little pirate

Gracie asked me to put a bandanna on her head and she got her eye patch out to be a pirate. She went around saying "Arr Mateys". She was also singing "Blessed be the Name of the Lord". How many pirates have you heard praising God? It was really cute!

Birch Bay

We were invited by Roy's family to Birch Bay yesterday afternoon. We stayed until shortly after dark. Then we went to the Van Cleve's as well as the Criss family and sang hymns. They talked me into playing the piano for them. It was a good time!

Gracie with Grandma:

Hanging out around the fire:

Veteran's Day Assembly

Monday afternoon Carson's school had an assembly to celebrate Veteran's Day. Carson invited Major (Jerry) to be honored. He was very proud!

The principal having Carson introduce Major.

Brown Bear

Carson had a school project. He brought home Brown Bear and had to document where we went. Here are some of the pictures we took with Brown Bear.

Carson and Brown Bear in the Fire Engine:

Carson and Brown Bear with my Bunker gear:
Having a slumber party with cousins:

We went over to my in-laws for dinner.

With a big family it sometimes takes a few takes to get a good picture.

(Mom VC, you may "steal" these)

I think Brown Bear had a good time! And Carson did a wonderful job on his project!