Stairway to Heaven

Ok, So us being daredevil young, childless college students decided to go attempt the well-known, illegal Stairway to Heaven hike.(yeah, we're hardcore)  It was the hardest thing I've ever done, but also the most amazing thing I've ever done.  It was so worth it!! Just when you though the stairs couldn't get higher, another mountain would pop up and you'd keep climbing higher and higher.  It was insane. In some parts on both sides all that was around us was the cliff drop offs.  Luckily there were a few landings to rest on. We had to do the hike at 4:30am so that we wouldn't get caught by the security guards. We were successful, and it was an amazing time.  We were pretty slow though.  I'm sure our friends Dan and Dawn will never want to hike with us again! haha, but it was great.  Guess we couldn't leave Hawaii and not be able to say that we did the hike.  Here's some pics to document that we we were there! Oh, by the way, the hike is 3,922 stairs! Now that's a workout, we could barely move the next day.

Graduation 2010! BYU-Hawaii

Graduation was so much fun! Elder Cook gave a great talk and the ceremony was short and sweet.  After that is was pretty much a party outside! We are blessed to have so many friends and family who were there to support us!! :) As soon as we stepped outside we were swamped with Lei's and goodies.  It was definitely something to remember!  After all the excitement we went to Hale'iwa and had a yummy lunch, then cruised around town.  That night we went to a movie with Mommy Debbie.  The whole day was a blast.  We loved being spoiled by our families that were out here.  Being graduated feels great. Even though we still have one term left of school, it still feels like a great accomplishment.  Never in our lives did we think that we would move 3,000 miles away from home and graduate from BYU-Hawai'i. We are so LUCKY! Living in Hawai'i was the best decision we ever made! We'll definitely miss living here.  Anyway, we're graduates WAHOO!!!!!!!!

Graduation Announcement pics :)

We wanted to send some pictures out with our graduation announcements. So we went over to temple beach and set up the camera's timer and just had some fun taking pictures. Lots of people passing by asked if we wanted them to take our pictures for us, but we declined. We were just having too much fun taking them on our own. So, here's a few of the pictures we took! We made a collage and sent it out with our announcement


This is one of our favorites!!

Christmas in Hawaiii with the Family1

My family came for Christmas, which was amazing. We were so lucky to be with family at Christmastime! What a better place to celebrate Christmas than in Hawaii anyway. The whole gang came out. My dad and Andrew had to leave early though because Andrew was to leave on his mission on December 30th. We had a lot of fun with them until they left though. It was nice having an excuse to be a tourist as we don't get to do that much being students with no car.
My cute parents at the Laie Theater waiting for Avatar to start. love you!
Emily and Sara's birthday is December 26th, and we went to the Polynesian Cultural Center. The picture below shows the cool hats I made for them for their big 16 b-day! they loved them, until they broke after five minutes. Oh well, it's the thought that counts.

daddy and his girls
We took so many random pics like this. This was at some high-end overpriced store in Waikiki. I don't know about you, but rich people's fashion SUCKS!!
The girls in our hotel in Waikiki
Christmas Cookie making!!