Singing in the Rain

My story for the day is this -
Kristen and I decided to walk down to get some dinner. It's only about a 15 minute walk. So we are walking and a nice misty rain begins. Of all days to be wearing a white tshirt right? So we start booking it to the store so we don't get the big down pour. We make it with slightly wet clothing. It only lasted maybe 3 minutes. So we get our food and start to head back home. I keep thinking... man it's so warm and humid now. This walk home is going to stink big time. When all of a sudden HUGE downpour. We run to the nearest tree we can find. Because you can do that here since there is no lightening. So yes the two of us crouched behind one tree trying not get soaking wet. Oh but we still did. It was great. I was just trying to keep the front of me dry with the white shirt and all. The rain here gives you no chance at all to run for cover, one minute it's sunshine and the next downpouring like theres no tomorrow. My suggestion... just don't ever plan on wearing white!!

Crab Hunt

Kristen and I had our very first experience of night fishing for crabs! We had so much fun. Our neighbors wanted to take us. We left the house about 9pm. We were told the water would only be ankle deep because you stay close to the rocks. Little did I know that the waves would be higher this night and up to my bum. The crabs we were looking for were the same color as the rock we were looking on. So we had flashlights and a garden glove. Once we spotted one we were to grab them but be careful not to be grabbed ourselves. I think I did more laughing then crab hunting.

Dave and Paul were spearing a little bit deeper in the water and speared a stick fish. Which Kristen calls a fish stick. We moved on to another beach about 45 minutes later. Here as soon as we reached the water we saw an eel in the water right up close to shore. Scared me so much that I could hardly get into the water this time around. We also saw a few blue bubble jelly fish. Since Kristen was just stung by one a few days ago and Mips just got stung that very night... I didn't go into the water much looking for crabs. Pretty much stayed on shore and relaxed on the beach in the moonlight. It was so bright! The eel scared me enough. I'll have to be more courageous next time. But for my first time night fishing I thought I did pretty good. I would just rather know if something is coming up from behind me or in front of me too for that matter. That big vast ocean is scary nary at night. But I so would go again. We had a really good time and they caught plenty of crab!

Goin on a crab hunt!

My Hump my hump... my lucky lady lumps... check it out!!

They don't call them bumps or dips here... too funny, who knew?

Hawaiian Legend

There is a Hawaiian legend that the ancestors come out at night and walk the beaches. They stack these rocks up at and are taken down during the day. You see them all the time driving along the coast.

Life's a beach!!

Bummed... but not really!!

So we were not able to go snorkeling on saturday. It was raining all the dang day. But we were able to get out and drive the town and take pictures! We will have to definitely rent a car more often so we can hit the city more easily. We had so much fun!! There are so many places to see and so many things to do!! Friday night we celebrated Kristens birthday and just drove to this small town called Haleiwa and had pizza. It was Yummy. Saturday we took a drive around the island. We stopped in Kaneohe about 45 minutes from where I live and we stopped at the mall. Right outside the mall there is a truck that makes these little doughnut things called Malasadas. We stop there everytime we go into the town. YUP... it's our favorite. Then from there we drove to Nuuanu Pali State Park. It's just an overlook area to look out over the city. It was so windy and a little drizzly out but still so pretty. From there we drove to Punchbowl National Cemetery. Actually we got lost trying to find it and drove around the city for almost an hour. We went thru chinatown about 15 times before we finally found it. It was really pretty once we found it though. After that we drove thru Waikiki and along the beach. Definitely a lot going on there it was so busy and crowded. Very touristry. I'm glad I live where I do. We drove thru a really rich area of homes. They were so beautiful we found a couple for sale and prices were about 3.5 million dollars. It was crazy!! it was fun checking out the city. There is so much to see here. I will definitely be posting more pictures soon!! Until next time...

Our day out and about!

Kristen's Birthday!!

Orange Cone day... you'll wish you had one too!!

Somewhere Over the Rainbow

Water logged!... oh and sand too...

Gotta love it. Going to the beach every day!! Today is the first time I think I'm starting to feel the affects of it all. Right now even as I'm typing this I feel myself being rocked back and forth. I'm ready to go again!! I know I may sound like a beach bum in all of my writings, but I do work. I started working at BYU's cafeteria. Yup I help to feed all those students. Actually I do most of the dishes and some serving. It's a job and it pays the bills and gets me places!! I like the fact that I am still able to go to the beach every single day of my life while I am here. Worked out perfectly!! Well this weekend my roommate and I have decided to rent a car and drive down to Waikiki. We are going to go snorkeling and hit some sites this weekend. I'm pretty excited!! I will post pictures as soon as I have them!!

POUNDED!!..... twice

So I'm thinking that I'm so good at body surfing right. Yesterday at the beach we are doing our norm of chillin in the water and trying to catch the big waves. We had brought our boogie boards down and were floating and not even paying attention. HUGE wave came up totally out of nowhere! TOO BIG to jump so yes, slammed right into us. I went down. When I say I went down I mean into the sand and swirled around and tossed with the current of the wave. Boogie board shot straight up into the air. BAM... I was a gonner! I finally get up and get situated again. One thing you have to understand when you come to hit the waves, buy the best dang swimsuit you possibly can. The wave seems to rip mine right off me every time I get slammed. Yeah, its great I tell ya. So back in I go to shoot for another and I see my roommate but right behind her is a big wave coming over her head..... I try to move as quickly as I can but before I knew it, it had me again. I was trying not to cry over my laughter. I couldn't believe twice in a row I was slammed into the beach! Don't get me wrong... it does hurt. But it's the best DAMN hurt in the world.

Birds of paradise

The flower behind me is one of my favorites!!

Hairspray...

Yesterday took a trip to the mall. It's about a 45 minute bus ride into the town of Kaneohe. It's a beautiful ride along the north shore coast. It was kind of nice feeling like I was in civilazation with the mall. We saw the movie Hairspray and I thought it was pretty funny!

Here's the funny story for the day. First off... it gets so hot here that usually when I get home from walking around town I change into my nightgown. So today was definitely one of those days. Second our washer and dryer are outside and in the front yard. My roommate and I had some time today to get some laundry done. So here we are walking down in our nightgowns going to put our laundry in. As we walked back to the door we realized we locked ourselves out!!! IT WAS HOT... I tell you!! Well we remembered we had our bathing suits and towels drying on the clothes line in the backyard. So we changed in the garage, thinking we will just go to the beach till someone gets home to let us in. Then we saw there was a ladder back by the shed. So my roommate being the brave one that she is climbed to the roof and thru our sliding glass door to unlock our front door. I'm sure all the neighbors were watching and got the best show of their lives today. 2 white girls in their bathing suits trying to break into their own apartment! We definitely hit the beach after that... just to cool off!!

My first bus ride to WalMart

Well yesterday I had my first bus ride down to WalMart. They have conveniently called the transit system here "TheBus". Imagine that. LOL. We took off about 7am in the morning and finally arrived 2 hours later. My roommate and I were lucky enough to sit right behind a woman that took a shower in her perfume before she graced us with her presence on "the bus". I thought I was literally going to throw up, it was so overwhelming. WalMart was our day-o-fun. Bought my first boogie board yesterday and a TV tray to eat on since we don't have a kitchen. Yes this was very exciting for me! The ride home was interesting to say the least. The bus gets very crowded during the day and we were able to get plenty of people watching in. It was great. Went to the beach last night and hit some bigger waves. The biggest I have seen yet. I have mastered body surfing and now moving on to the boogie board. Hoping to one day learn how to surf. Although... still a little afraid of those man eating sharks!! There is an island about a 1/2 mile or so off the shore of our beach where the tiger sharks breed. We were talking to friends last night and just found out that the sharks come up to shore after dark. Yea, I don't think I will be going moonlight swimming EVER!!