Schools Out!

So it is time to dispel some rumors,(yes I know many of you don't believe me) but despite all the fun we have been having, I have also been attending school. I will admit, class is not always the easiest to attend when there are so many other fun activities to be doing but somehow I managed to pass. Yeah We still have so much to do and I have a feeling without class to interfere we just might be able to accomplish it all. Time has flown and I can't believe we will be coming home in just two weeks:(

On a positive note, my mom and grandma have decided to come and spend the last week here with us. Can't wait to see you guys. Prepare yourselves for a fun-filled week and plenty of sun.

Surfs Up!

We finally decided to try the whole surfing thing. Some good friends were willing to take us beginners out and try to teach us how it is done. There were only two extra board so we had to go in shifts and while I was waiting I learned how to boogy board too. There are not many shots of us out there because there was no one to run the camera but I swear we did it. It was a little harder than it looked and we got worked a few times. Swallowed some salt water, bruised our ribs and even got a little board rash( kind of like road rash, but from a surf board). Our teachers were very patient and even offered to take us again. Who knows, maybe we will be pros by the time we come home:)

Laie Temple

Wow! This temple is beautiful. Words don't really do it justice so here are some pictures. Check it out.

Pedal Boat

We had been looking into renting some kayaks and going on a little cruise in the ocean. Well on Thursday we finally went into Haleiwa to rent some. When we got there we decided we all wanted to be in the same floatation devise and chose to rent the pedal boat instead. We went down the river which took us about an hour and gave us quite a workout. Would we do it again? Maybe not:) I think we will try the kayaks next time.

Memorial Day

On Monday I did not have class and we decided it would be a great day to head into town. While waiting for the bus we got a call from some friends of ours seeing what we were doing. As luck would have it they were headed into town too so we did not even have to ride the bus. YEAH!!! They went surfing while we went shopping and we met up later for dinner. We had the best seafood ever at Dukes. This place was right on the beach and we got a table with a perfect view of it all. It was a great day. We did not have to ride the bus, there was no school, we went shopping and we had good food and good company. It doesn't get much better than that.

Our Own Episode of LOST

In case you did not know, the television show LOST is filmed on the island and some friends took us to one of the beaches where it had been filmed and we recorded our own episode. We had torches that lit our way through the jungle and when we got to the shore many of the guys practiced their fire blowing skills. We spent the night listening to the guys play the guitar and finding little creatures in the sand. It was quite entertaining. As good as it was, I don't think you will be seeing our episode on TV anytime soon.

The Dole Plantation

The Dole Plantation is about an hour bus ride from our house. We had some extra time last Friday and decided to check it out. We walked around the gardens and learned a lot about pineapples for instance: pineapples grow out of the ground, not on a trees.(Just in case you were wondering) and got to see some of the smallest pineapples ever. We also got to watch how to properly slice a pineapple and then got to taste it. Many of the attractions were an extra charge and we did not feel they were really worth it but we took advantage of the free stuff:)