Rockclimbing

Last weekend we went rockclimbing at Makapuu Point. It might just be one of the most beautiful places I've climbed, although Lighthouse Park in Vancouver is a close tie.

Hike up the Olomanas

A couple of weeks ago Bryon and I hiked up to the Olomana Peaks, which are near our new house. I thought I was going to die a few times, but Bryon bribed me to the top with promises of ice-cream when we returned home. I finally made it, and it was definitely worth the hike. The 360 degree views were amazing!





































Our new place is near the middle of this picture below.

Cinnamon Buns on the BBQ!

The other day Bryon came home from the store with a package of Pillsbury Cinnamon Buns that he wanted for breakfast. Unfortunately, he'd forgotten that we don't have an oven at our new house! But, we couldn't just throw them away, so we cooked them on the BBQ. That was definitely a first for us, but look how fabulous they turned out!

Bryon's Kayaking Adventures

Bryon practicing rolls in his white water kayak, while I sit and read at Kailua Beach.

Moving Day

We moved from our house in Kaneohe Bay to a basement suite in Kailua. We had a great time moving with our friends Eunice and Taylor.



















Here is the front of the new house where our suite is.



















And here is the entrance to our suite.

















Taylor is exhausted. The girls obviously must not have worked too hard.

Valentine's Day

Christy and I spent our first Valentine's Day in Hawaii on our deck with a little.


































Christy got up with me in the morning to make me breakfast. It was quite delicious as you can tell with the goofy looking grin that I have in this picture.


















I surprised Christy when I got home from work with a sweet cruiser bike. We have a lot fun biking around town together.

Danielle's Visit

The lovely Danielle Drouillard came to visit us for a week on her way to Australia. We loved having her here to hang out with us, and be our last house-guest in our old house.

We braved the beach, despite the cloudy weather.





















Danielle and I gave Bryon a hair buzz after he decided to give up growing it out.






















Danielle and I got to see the last day of the Pipeline Pro Surfing Competition. Gnarly.

We spent a day relaxing at Waikiki Beach.

It's been a while...

Well, it's been a while since we've been on our blog. It's so hard to believe that it's already March! That means we've been married for over five months, Bryon has lived in Hawaii for almost a year, I haven't had a job for 7 months (crazy!), and the weather is starting to warm up again!
Life has been busy, and my computer died which limited blogging time. But, we're back with more pictures and some news to catch you up on a few of the things that have happened in the last month.

Kae, Yuri and Kengo Come to Visit

A couple of days after all the girls left, three friends from Japan came to visit. Unfortunately, I didn't get many pictures but here are a couple.

It was Kengo's birthday while they were here, so we had a little party for him at our house.

JoJo & Sarah and Lindsay & Candace Come to Visit

JoJo and Sarah arrived from Bend, Oregon on January 19th to visit for a few days. One day later, Lindsay and Candace arrived from Canada to visit us as well. We definitely had a very full house and of course, lots of fun!

First time surfing for JoJo and Sarah...















We didn't have enough room in our car for everybody, so Bryon borrowed a 15-passenger van from work to use for the weekend. Nice ride!















Lindsay and Candace eating breakfast on our deck...















Out for lunch in Haleiwa...















Sarah and JoJo both got tatoos while they were here...



















And Bryon and I got haircuts from Sarah...

Christy's Birthday

Bryon and friends surprised me with a party on my birthday!

Surprise!!



















BBQ dinner















Some 'Dance Dance Revolution'







































Birthday cake from Cold Stone















And we ended off the evening with some wild games of Spoons.

Thanks for a great party!

Camping

We spent this past weekend camping with a group of friends from church at Malaekahana State Park. It was definitely much much better than our previous experience camping here in Hawaii! Camp fires, falling asleep to the sound of waves, volleyball, ultimate frisbee, swimming, body boarding, watching kite-surfers and surfers, good talks...

"Party at Ko'olau"

The church that we go to recently moved. They had outgrown their church building in Honolulu, and decided to buy a whole golf course over on the Windward side, near our home in Kaneohe. They use the building for church, and lease out the golf course as well as the catering business and restaurant.
To celebrate the move, they had a big party on Saturday, open to anyone in the community.


They hauled in 12 tons of snow for the kids to have snow ball fights with. Bryon was pretty excited!



















And, Bryon got to try out some demo clubs, as well as get some tips from golf pros.

Big Waves on the North Shore

We went up to the North Shore to see some surfers on the big waves at Pipeline. Apparently, Kelly Slater was out there.

UH vs. UBC

Bryon won tickets on the radio to go see the University of Hawaii play UBC in men's volleyball. We were two of the few UBC fans in the crowd, but we won 3-0!

Huge stadium, but not too many fans.