Time in Maui....

Trav and I had the opportunity to spend a week in Maui... it was great! Here are a few pics from our trip.

We found this on the ground and wondered what kind of nut tree this is, or if it is even a nut tree at all...


Our first real day in Maui we went to Costco to buy some food for the week... we went a little overboard with the drinks.

We took loads of pictures to try and get a good on of us in front of this awesome church... never quite got a good one. ;)



We decided to go up to the top of the mountain... this is a view from only a bit up the mountain. There were lots of switch backs. We both got sick (I was feeling pretty dizzy and weak)... I'm guessing it was from the crazy roads and the altitude changes.


This is me playing with the camera features... Trav was cleaning out his socks and shoes after we hiked through the brush for a time.



Lots of pretty views!

This looked like some very old graveyard from the movies.




A picture of my mosquito bites... I counted at least 64 on one leg and at least 37 on the other.











An attempt at using more camera functions... it's hard to get a panoramic view when the water changes.


Common phrase of the week: "It itches!!!!"



Maui Blow Hole:



























We LOVED the trees... they're amazing!

I'm getting married!?!?

So, I'm not sure that it has hit me completely yet, but I am getting married in 5 1/2 weeks... not that I'm counting. ;)

It's amazing how everything in my life works far from how I expect it to and yet it still works out... even better than I thought it might. Life isn't easy, in fact sometimes it is down right difficult. But, peace can be had throughout it all... which is something I've been learning a lot about over the past few years. Last weekend I was able to go through the temple. I LOVE the temple! I love my fiance! I am so grateful for the gospel and for the atonement of Jesus Christ! I love serving others! I love all the blessings I have had throughout my life! I am grateful for the people in my life that have helped me to become who I am today! I am VERY blessed!

Random pics to post...

So, I've been taking a few pictures here and there, but usually manage to forget my camera wherever I go. Just thought I'd post a few of the ones I've taken this year so far. Most of these are from Daniel's birthday, but some are from other occasions as well.

What can I say!? They're good!

Click on pictures to watch...

Andrew Garcia:

Here's a couple others to watch:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--hMhGgpoYU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2Cwoo2R4Xg&feature=related


Katie Stevens:


My other favorites at the moment are:
Crystal Bowersox
John Park
Lilly Scott
and Michael Lynche

The Bigger Picture... once again!

I know I already posted this, but I wanted it on top again. Progress is slow at times, but I don't think it matters very much how fast we move... I think it just matters in what direction we are moving. :)


"He wanted to make Saints, gods, things like himself... But if you are a poor creature--poisoned by a wretched upbringing in some house full of vulgar jealousies and senseless quarrels... nagged day in and day out by an inferiority complex that makes you snap at your best friends--do not dispair. He knows all about it. You are one of the poor whom he blessed. He knows what a wretched machine you are trying to drive. Keep on. Do what you can. One day (perhaps in another world, but perhaps far sooner than that) he will fling it on the scrap-heap and give you a new one. And then you may asonish us all--not least yourself; for you have learned your driving in a hard school... "Make no mistake," he says, "If you let me, I will make you perfect. The moment you put yourself in My hands, that is what you are in for. Nothing less, or other, than that. You have free will, and if you choose you can push me away. But if you do not push me away, understand that I am going to see this job through. Whatever suffering it may cost you in your earthly life...whatever it costs Me, I will never rest, nor let you rest until you are literally perfect--until my Father can say without reservation that He is well pleased with you, as He said He was well pleased with me. This I can do and will do. But I will not do anything less.
"And yet--this is the other and equally important side of it--this Helper who will, in the long run, be satisfied with nothing less than absolute perfection, will also be delighted with the first feeble, stumbling effort you make tomorrow to do the simplest duty."
C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity, 181-82

Ideas for kids...

Here are a few awesome things I learned about this month:

Click on pictures to find out more... :)