Hawaii - Day Five

Sorry there are so many pictures - this was my favorite day! We did my most favorite thing on this day!

What day wouldn't be complete with CK sticking his fingers up Andrew's nose?

It was Sunday, and Dave took us to Waimea Canyon Park, and it was such a beautiful place. We didn't get to go to Church but hey, we enjoyed God's creation.

A Hawaiian Christmas tree.

A canon-ball tree, they really aren't coconuts!

These are the coolest trees that look like giant fans!

Andrew and a really big leaf. The tip of the stem is on the ground! Granted, he isn't very tall, but those leaves are taller than him!

Those leaves are heart-shaped and it means that Andrew and I are in love.

Lovely lilies.

A frog.

These are sensitive/shy bushes. When you touch them...

They close up as a defense mechanism!

Sweet leaf.

Cool tree.

Lovely flowers growing out of a lava rock.
Beautiful yellow flowers.
Me in front of Waimea Falls - so stunning!



Andrew and Dave just hanging loose. No one else brought their swim suit. Fools.

But I brought mine! I love to swim! And the opportunity to swim in fresh water was too much to pass up. The water was cold (rainwater right from the top of the mountain) and fresh and it tasted to clear and good. I know you aren't supposed to drink water when you swim, but I always do. Therefore, the ocean is disgusting.

Me swimming in front of the Falls.

More swimming. I am serious, just swimming around this little pond was my absolute favorite thing that we did in Hawaii.


Andrew and I - how cute.

The water was really cold, but I've swam in colder (think mountain lakes in the Tetons).




Ready to jump in! Later I dove, but Andrew missed it. I am currently learning to dive.


Al and I walking back from the Falls.

Then we went to Waimea Bay to see the huge waves.

The lifeguards gave several warnings that you shouldn't swim unless you were an experienced ocean swimmer. We stayed on the beach.

Surfers. These waves were big. But the week before we came, the waves were 40-50 feet and they held the Eddie Aikau Surf Competition, which they only hold when the waves are 40-50 feet high. Eddie Aikau was a legendary surfer. Once he was out with some Polynesians and they got lost, and he offered to swim for help on his board, and he was never seen again. Now they have a surf competition in his memory.


Really beautiful and colorful sand.

Another tender picture of us in front of the ocean.

We ended the night playing the Wii. Sheree gave CK a broken Wii remote so he felt like he was actually playing. It was so funny!

Hawaii - Day Four

This was a fun day. We had spent the night with Sheree and CK and then went parasailing with Dave. Too bad Sheree couldn't come with cuz of CK (and there was no room on the boat for non-fliers).

CK is so darn cute, he almost gives Lucy a run for her money.

Alison and I on a dock with yellow fishes swimming around us. THE VISION! So I had this dream that Alison and I were on a dock in Hawaii and there were scary yellow fishes. The dock was really narrow and it sagged and we had to cross it. When we got to the beach a monkey came and stole something from Alison's purse. While we were trying to get it back, the monkey threw a dust pan at my head. And then we went to the Polynesian Culture Center and they fed us roast beef (lame). That was my dream. Don't judge my dreams. Everyone has weird dreams, mine are just uber weird.

Anyway, in the morning I told Andrew. He said, "Why don't you invite Alison?" So I texted her and she asked if I was serious and I was like, "Totally!" and she was like, "Wow ya for sure." And that is the story of how Alison came to Hawaii with us.

Sail boats.

The beach next to Waikiki (it is over past the bend). This was the worst beach we went to. It was rocky and planty and it didn't help that the day was cold.

Tender.

Andrew decided that he was so ridiculously good looking that he should become a male model.

Work it, babe. Oh I love it.

I just feel so much energy coming from you, babe. Work it!

And then Al showed him how it was done.

A fish like Gill from Finding Nemo.

Dave and Alura going parasailing.

Alison (on the left) and Sheree's aunt Lanaire from Maui (it was her birthday) parasailing.

Andrew and I parasailing. The whole time, I was terrified of the ocean. The flying part was awesome! But the ocean is scary. It was big and gray and sharks and jellyfish live there.

Doing Andrew's favorite Asian pose (we actually saw the Japanese people on the boat with us doing it for a picture, which was hilarious to us).

Me grimacing after then splashed us in the water. I was certain that a shark would jump out of the water and rip our legs off.

Sheree and CK on the beach. Besides it being a crappy beach, it was a cold day, which makes being on the beach in Hawaii almost totally useless.

But since CK likes to play in the water, Andrew and I went out with him. CK wanted to continue the fun game of 'knocking' Andrew over. I held CK and he 'dunked' Andrew.

Cute kid. I can hardly stand it.

And then he was plumb tuckered out.

Then we went to Sheree's ward Christmas party which was a luau. I won that pineapple because I knew that the 'base end' connects the frond of the coconut tree to the trunk. I also tried haupia which is delicious.

It was a good day, and a fun one, too.