Spring Break

We started out Adam's Spring Break by celebrating Easter. We went to sacrament meeting at the family ward we used to be in. The speakers gave great talks on the Savior and the atonement, and it was nice to see some of our friends again. That evening, we had dinner with our friends Matt, Sunshine, Steve, Elizabeth, Jen, and Li. It was all soooo good.



Adam took the next couple of days off of work, and we explored the island with everybody who we had Easter Dinner with. On Monday, we went snorkeling on the north-west peninsula at Electric Beach. There was one spot where you were surrounded by schools of a bunch of species of fish. Adam and I got to follow a sea turtle around for a little bit, and Adam got "inked" by some baby squids.


After that, we explored a cave we saw off the highway and a couple of beaches on the way. I saw an eel laying on one of the beaches. It was still alive, so Adam threw it back into the water.



The next day, we went hiking to Manoa Falls with Jen and Li. Halfway through the hike, it started getting really wet and muddy. We got kind of dirty, but the trail was so pretty. The falls weren't terribly impressive, but it was a nice hike.

March 2009

Adam finished his hula class this week; he got an A! Jenni got her cast off on Thursday. Her wrist is still healing, but it is doing well enough that she only has to wear a brace.

Our ward won the Iosepa Cup, which is the award for the BYU-H ward that earns the most points for participation and placing in sports. FYI - the cup was named after a traditional Hawaiian sailboat, the Iosepa, that resides at the Polynesian Cultural Center and is sailed only occasionally. We helped by playing dodgeball together, and Jenni played volleyball. The prize is that we get our ward name added to the plaque and our whole ward gets a banquet with the president of the university.

The BYU-Hawaii basketball team was in the Division II regional championship, so we decided to support them. It was a pretty exciting game; we were ahead the entire time until the last 30 seconds. Unfortunately, they let up the last 7 minutes and lost it by 1 point. It was fun anyway.



For those who haven't heard, Adam got accepted to BYU-Idaho. We were expecting to go back to Rexburg in July, but he got accepted for the Winter/Spring track, so we get to stay in Hawaii until the end of the year!!! So, that means everybody has until then to come visit us here.






(Random picture of Mochi that Adam wanted to add)