These last few weeks have been an absolute roller-coaster ride. WHEEE!! My apologies, I haven't posted in a while.
To catch up and overall summarize, life is still lovely here on the sunny island of Hawaii. M. has gone back to school for his second semester of Pharmacy School and is hard at work learning away. I'm catching up on my tan and busy, busy at work. We still try to take advantage of us living here and visit and explore new places every day.
For example, today we witnessed a lady driving and eating her lunch with chopsticks simultaneously and magnificent humpback whales in the Hilo bay breaching and putting on a show. The thought "we live here" continually goes through our mind each day.
*See the whale in mid air in the middle of the picture below. They did this for 3 hours..
To catch up and overall summarize, life is still lovely here on the sunny island of Hawaii. M. has gone back to school for his second semester of Pharmacy School and is hard at work learning away. I'm catching up on my tan and busy, busy at work. We still try to take advantage of us living here and visit and explore new places every day.
For example, today we witnessed a lady driving and eating her lunch with chopsticks simultaneously and magnificent humpback whales in the Hilo bay breaching and putting on a show. The thought "we live here" continually goes through our mind each day.
*See the whale in mid air in the middle of the picture below. They did this for 3 hours..
Recently I made the trip to Utah to support my brother. Boy, was it good to see my family, friends, and in-laws again. It was a bittersweet visit but completely worth it. While I was there i even got to snuggle with my favorite pooch Gracie. She's getting so old. :)
It's crazy to me how cold I was when I stepped off the plane in Utah. My body has completely acclimated to the warm climate in Hilo where 55-60 degrees is "chilly". Shout out to my parents for keeping the fire on during my visit and supplying me with 8 giant blankets (no joke - it looked like the Princess and the Pea).
It's crazy to me how cold I was when I stepped off the plane in Utah. My body has completely acclimated to the warm climate in Hilo where 55-60 degrees is "chilly". Shout out to my parents for keeping the fire on during my visit and supplying me with 8 giant blankets (no joke - it looked like the Princess and the Pea).
For M.'s last weekend of freedom before he went back to school we journeyed to the other side of the island and enjoyed our favorite Hapuna Beach. There we found 10 ft. plus waves which broke perfectly for boogie-boarding. Gratefully we did indeed bring our boogie-boards and fins and promptly hit the waves.
These were some of the most massive and powerful waves we've experienced to date; even going so far as to flipping me backward four times before surfacing. I've gratefully learned not to panic in these situations and just wait till it's passed. At one point the lifeguards told all who didn't have experience and fins to get out of the water immediately due to the surf. Extreme surf is apparently the #5 reason for back injuries.
*Go to my Facebook page to see some of the videos of M. catching the waves*
It was an absolutely blast and ended his Winter break perfectly (in his words).
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Here is a slideshow of some pictures I've taken the last couple of weeks. These are our most favorite places that we will surely take you if you visit.
These were some of the most massive and powerful waves we've experienced to date; even going so far as to flipping me backward four times before surfacing. I've gratefully learned not to panic in these situations and just wait till it's passed. At one point the lifeguards told all who didn't have experience and fins to get out of the water immediately due to the surf. Extreme surf is apparently the #5 reason for back injuries.
*Go to my Facebook page to see some of the videos of M. catching the waves*
It was an absolutely blast and ended his Winter break perfectly (in his words).
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Here is a slideshow of some pictures I've taken the last couple of weeks. These are our most favorite places that we will surely take you if you visit.
We spend our mornings running/walking along the coast, days working hard,, and nights playing with friends/sleeping/studying. We are very grateful for our life and the people in it. Every day kinda feels surreal that we are here . . .but that's a good thing. We don't want to take this experience for granted.
We miss you Utah . . .but we've Gone Surfing.
We miss you Utah . . .but we've Gone Surfing.