Goat Island, Delicious Burgers, & Waimea

Yesterday, we took the bus up to sharks cove to get a DELICIOUS ACAI BOWL from Kava Roots. and then walked about 2 miles to Waimea Valley. We were going to go the Waimea Falls and when we got down there, a sign said "no swimming today". I think its because it rained soooo much on Friday and sat morning that the water was really muddy. who knows? it was worth the walk though to see the beautiful valley. Afterward we walked back out to the main road and across the street to Waimea Bay Beach Park. We spent about an hour or two there and then caught the bus over to Historic Haleiwa town for dinner and walked around town stopping in the surf shops. it was a great day!

kc calls this picture "peeping tom" because he took it from behind a bush without me knowing! haha

K.C. made us some delicious burgers the other night!

Burger- mix lean ground beef, terayaki sauce(a thick glaze style sauce preferred), onion powder, salt and pepper to taste.

grill sliced pineapple along with the burger (prefer a fresh pineapple, but canned slices are good too)

when burgers are almost done, place a pineapple slice on it, and a slice of Swiss Cheese.

place burger on bun, and put more terayaki sauce in the hole of the pineapple slice.

lettuce, tomato, onion.. ect...

you wont be disappointed!

"Goat Island", is an island about 150 Yards off the shore of malekahana state recreation area. The surfing just off the southern side of the island is great. its also a great place to snorkel and layout on the beach with no one else there! check it out...


before going to goats, we stopped at this little asain shop for some treats!

Snorkling and Pounders

Yesterday was a GREAT day! Kc had school till 11am and then we gathered our beach things and rode our bikes to Pounders beach (a great place to body surf). Just to the right of pounders is a reef area that we hear you can see turtles at all the time. so we slipped on our flippers, snorkel and mask and took a dip. We saw many beautiful fish and I saw, for the first time in the water, a SEA TURTLE!!! we swam along side it for a good 5 minutes! i wish the picture above was mine, but i don't have a camera that can go under water, so i found a picture that looks alot like the turtle we saw!

I still haven't had a doctors appointment here for the baby. i am waiting on insurance... i feel great though so i am not worried. Hopefully i will be able to find a doctor and get an appointment within the next few weeks.

once again, we are so happy to be here!!!!! however, we are very excited to be coming in town in a week a half for ALEX and KATHERINE's Wedding!

Oh the life.....

We have had many adventures here so far and we LOVE IT!!! everyday we wake up and say.. "what a nice day out!" WE havent taken very many pictures but here are a few....

Last week we were adventuring on our newly arrived bikes, and ended up at Malakahana State Recreation area, its a GREAT place! Located just a half mile down the road. We thought this little area was cool where you can have a bbq. The park is huge with several picnic areas showers to rinse off from the beach and plenty of grass hills to roll down!

Yesterday, we took a trip to Malakahana again and found a great beach. it was really secluded and there was a great calm area for swimming. We took our snorkel gear and had a look around... mostly found hermit crabs and awesome shells with slugs in them.

I am sure all of u love to see my mostly naked pregnant body.... sorry about that. we really wanted a picture and i didn't have my cover up around... don't judge.

About a week ago, we took a trip up to Haliewa and Sunset beach. it was a jolly good time... i love these pictures i took of KC without him seeing.

6 Months Belly

Hawaii Adventures

Laie Temple, just down the street from my house! we are sad its under construction until the end of the year.

the day before school started, they gave new students and tgeir families a free tour of the Polynesian Cultral center! it was so amazing!

we went to turtle bay resort yesterday so i could apply at the spa ans we stayed ans played on the beach for a bit. they have two birds inside the lobby.... they're beautiful.

kc at laie point. we were checking out places to cliff jump.

Matsumoto's shaved ice on the north shore.
kahuku fruit stand

NEW YEAR, NEW HOME

ALOHA!

We Arrived in Honolulu JAN 1st about noon. This is such a beautiful place to live. we gave KC's cousin, Megan Ryan, a ride from the airport. She is attending B.Y.U. as well and she is fun to have around! our first day, we took megan to her dorm, then went to our studio and met our neighbors and landlord. we have the nicest neighbors you could ask for! the people here really open up their arms to you! we have not met an unkind person yet! we also went shopping at the town grocery store, Food Land. We met up with a friend from Mesa, Fat cat, who has been here for a few months. he showed us around a bit and we went to dinner at Kahuku Grill. it was delicious! and very inexpensive. our second day, we picked up megan for a trip to walmart. it is about 45 minutes away. the drive was amazing. we passed all the North Shore Towns and amazing beaches. the terrain changed so much on the way, on the north shore and in laie its all green with huge mountains. then we came to the dole pineapple fields where there are no trees. then, there were pine tree looking things. its pretty funny. on the north shore we ate at spaghatinni's for lunch for cheap slices of pizza. it was delicious! after walmart, we offered a ride to a guy named dustin who is attending byu as well. it was his second day too and didnt know a soul so he was happy to join instead of taking the bus. on the way back, we stopped at the dole pineapple plantation for a dole whip! sooo good! when we got back fat cat took us all the go body surfing at pounders beach.

today was our first day at our new ward and it was great! we have a very nice ward! we went on a sunday after noon walk from huki luau beach to temple beach and then we walked to the Laie TEmple.

This is such an amazing place to be! we love it and will keep everyone posted.

Aloha