Cliffhanger

This is a picture of "the cliffhanger" at White Water Park in Georgia. When we took Dallen to Georgia this past summer we saw the cliffhanger while we were in line to ride the hurricane. Dallen thought htis looked awesome however he did not want to ride it. When the people came down the slide they were laying on their backs with their arms crossed over their chests and they came shooting down to the end of the slide. Anyway I forgot to add this one with the other blogs and Dallen was wondering where it was.....so here it is I found it!

Fun STuff

After dinner we were walking back to the hotel and saw this cute little pig in a grass skirt. I thought about the grandbabies and knew they would like it. So here are a couple pictures. Isn't she cute!!
This lizard was on the wall of the hotel right beside our door. I knew the boys would be impressed even on the 17th floor you have lizards here!!

Pearl Harbor

Today we went ot Pearl Harbor. It is one of the most solomn places I have been. It was good to go and see that the men who were there during the war are not forgotten. And the one thing that we were reminded several times during the tour...ouor freedom is not free...it has cost and continues to cost some the ultimate price. We were taken across the harbor on a boat to the memorial of the USS Arizona. We learned that there were 900 men that died and are entombed in that ship still under the waters there in the harbor, all in all 1,177 were killed. And there were 330 that survived and have the option to be entombed with there ship mates at the time of there death. So far they have entombed 30 men with there shipmates.

One of the things we learned today is that they have the USSR Arizona which began the war and The Missouri docked behind the Arizona which is significant because the Missouri is the ship that sailed in and ended the war. So they have the beginniong and the end or as they say a set of book ends.

A submarine they had at port for people to walk on for the price of $100 each. Need less to say we just stood on land and took pictures!

This is a japanese suicide missle. It was manned with one man to navigate it and when launched that man knew he would die. Sure am glad for modern day improvements!! At least you have a chance at survival now.

This was so interesting and totally worth the time. It was a very solomn place but you could totally feel the respect the people had for the place and the people there. One story the USSR Arizona had oil on it cuz it was getting ready to leave port the next afternoon anyway the oil has been leaking out of the ship all this time and is estimated that it will continue to do so for the next 49 years, the people say it is the tears of the USSR Arizona and will stop when the last shipmate is entombed with them...and in 49 years they should all be there that would make some of them in their 80's today....jusst interesting.

Circle Island

On Wednesday we went on a tour of the island. Here are a few of the pictures that we took. This one is an island on the windward side it is called the Chinamans Hat. This is a real tree, it is a eucaliptus tree that truly has different colored bark, and I have more pictures if you want to see. I thought it was cool!

AS you can see I have a few heads in this one. We were on the bus but this was a 5 million dollar house!

Just a nice picture of the waves. Today they said they were expecting 25 foot waves!

This is a blow hole. As the waves come in, the ones going out get caught and the air gets under it (somehow) and then the next wave comiong in mixed with the wave going out causes that huge spray.

The Luau

I have so much to catch up on! You would think that being on vacation I would have plenty of time to blog........not! But I will try to catch up now. On Tuesday night we went to Germaines Luau, it is said to be the best luau on the island...and we really enjoyed it!! They cooked a pig in the "emu" or oven in the ground. They started it at 5 am and took it out at a "ceremony" when we all got there to eat at 6ish. There was pig, beef, chicken, mahimahi and all different salads my favorite was the pineapple coleslaw...yum! After dinner the dancing began....here are some pictures. This was the Hawaiin wedding song and dance. Really pretty.

This was actually the beginning where they did a special ceremony to welcome the king and queen of the luau.

This girl was one of the ones that welcomed us to the luau. She was so tiny and so cute. And I think she was the best dancer there. She definately knows the dances of her culture!!

A Day in Hawaii

This is a ship that is pretty far out. But it looked so pretty and it would here if you could see it! Randy found a girl friend .... I think I am ok with this. Don't think I will get jealous!

I did however like her grass skirt!
Here is a better picture and you can see better how pretty the ocean, sky ect.. are.

I love being here I love the sun the warmth and it has even rained a couple times but it is just like a lite drizzle, don't even know if it classifies as a lite drizzle, no one goes in or gets umbrellas everyone just continues whatever they are doing. It is just so nice here I recommend it if you can come!
We alternate between the beach and the pool at the hotel. I love the beach but I wanted to find shells for Tianna and there are none. It is mostly corral so I have a few pieces of corral from the ocean for her but no shells!

My Family

I am so lucky!! I have the greatest family ever! I tried to upload the family picture so you could see the whole family but it wouldn't something is wrong...but I got the one of all the grandchildren to work so it is below. I was listening to conference Sunday and one of the talks was cultivating an attitude of graditude and I have decided that that is what I am going to try to really focus on as my goal this year. And I want all who read my blog to know what a great family I have. How blessed am I to have Adaughter and son in law, two sons and daughter in laws who love each other enough that they have made it a priority in their lives to be sealed for time and eternity. How blessed am I to have a husband who loves me enough to want me forever!! I am so grateful for these wonderful people in my life and that they allow me to be involved in their lives. And I am especially grateful that they are teaching their children about their Heavenly Father and Jesus. That they take them to church and are teaching them the importance of the Temple. I want them all to know I love them ssssssssssssoooooooooo much!!