Chinaman's Hat!

Last weekend I went with Brooke, Sam, and Sam's friend Joseph to go to Chinaman's Hat! It's an island is shaped like a "Chinese man's hat"... we walked and swam to it from the beach and hiked to the top. It was great! The view from the top was absolutely beautiful. I loved it! Plus the breeze at the top was refreshing. We had a fun time.

Another photo shoot!

Brooke and I had another photo shoot on Sunday, and here are a few photos from it. It was a great day!

Photo shoot!

Today I took my very first photo shoot with my friend and roommate Brooke. She did awesome! It was so much fun! I think this is something I could enjoy doing in the future with friends and family. Here are a few of the photos.

Talk

Aloha! Today I gave a talk in church about fellowshipping in the church. I think it went pretty good! It was nice to give a talk again, since it's been a while. It was my first time to give one in Hawaii. My roommate Brooke and I went to mission prep after sacrament, which I haven't gone to in a long time. (I've only gone to it a few times) It was funny, the same guy that spoke after me in sacrament happened to be the teacher for mission prep! It was nice to hear from my bishop today, he spoke in sacrament, (we finished our talks pretty fast and so he got up and talked too) a little bit in mission prep, and then taught most of the Relief Society lesson too! He gives great lessons with good stories. Today it's a beautiful, warm sunny day, and my roomies and I are just relaxing on our couches. (we each have one that we like to sit at) Last night I watched Valkyrie with Brooke. It's a good movie! I like how it's a true story, it brings a lot more meaning to the movie. I think if it isn't too hot out in the sun, I'm going to go take some more photos, just for fun. We'll see!

Coming back

Here are some photos that I took after coming back to Hawaii after being home in AZ during the summer, I hope you enjoy them!

Photos

Here are some photos of my summer at home. I went to my sister Jenn's family's house in Colorado for the 4th of July and visited my sister Becca and her family in Vegas with my brother Brett. I visited my good friend Pooja in Scottsdale, which was kind of an adventure getting home... I had a hard time figuring out the way, but it was worth the trip! Then my awesome cousin Chris and I went to Tucson to visit my Grandma Luebke and to visit my grandpa's grave. I'm so thankful I was able to spend so much time with family while I was home.



My cute niece Andelin in Colorado



Here's some of my family on the 4th of July!




My good friend Pooja and I at her home in Scottsdale




My fun cousin Chris and Grandma Luebke and I at my grandpa's grave




Hiking with Becca, Ryan, Brett, Brinley, and Casen




Becca, Brett and I at the water show in Vegas





Here's my nephew Casen and I at the go-cart track

Weekend

This weekend has been great! Yesterday my roomie Brooke and I went into Kaneohe (closest town) and went to the mall! We ate steak and rice dinners, had Jamba Juice acai smoothies, and then watched the movie Time Traveler's Wife. We had so much fun! Then today, this morning my roommates and I had a cleaning check so we were cleaning the house for a while. Then, around lunchtime, I joined 3rd ward in their activity, which included lots of food (it was a BBQ) and we played a water version of kickball in the Little Circle (big area of grass with flags from around the world around it) on campus. The water felt great, and it was fun to slide on the slip-n-slide into home base. First base was a kiddie pool that you got to stand in. After the activity I came home and took a short nap, then headed off to Kokololio Beach to snorkel. It's the same beach that my family and I would go to when they came to visit. It's the beach that's behind the rental house we had. After coming back home I've finished some of my homework and relaxed, and soon will watch Valkyrie on my laptop. Overall I'd say it was a pretty awesome weekend! It sure was nice to relax after the week's classes and work.