More Hawaii

Hamoa Beach.. awesome boogie boarding

This one is called the Venus Pool. It's a fresh water pool right at the edge of the ocean.
a lava cave

a black sand beach
swimming by a waterfall

and trekking through a bamboo forest to the waterfalls

This is day 2 in Maui. We did the "road to Hana." We saw a million waterfalls, awesome beaches, and cool pools. It was beautiful!!

A Little Bit O Hawai'i

we ate out at Leilani's

On the beach at sunset.. so pretty

a cool blow hole

the Ia'o Needle. It looked like Jurassic Park up there

watching the sunrise on the Haleakala crater.. up above the clouds!
Alright. I'm giving you the condensed version of our Hawaii pictures. We took something like 400 pictures.. so.. I'll just pick out the highlights. There will be more to come. This is from day 1 in Maui. So beautiful. Below is a really funny video of John adn the blow hole. Watch it if you haven't already.

Happy One Year Anniversary US!

Well.. it's hard to believe it's already been a year. John and I celebrated our 1-year anniversary last week by going to Hawaii (more pics of that later). It was so awesome and beautiful! We had a blast. It has been a wonderful 1st year.. and I look forward to many many more. I love you, John!!

Dad's Visit to Utah

My dad came to visit for a couple days. We had a blast! We went to a real soccer game, played dance dance revolution (hilarious), ate at the mayan, went to temple square, went to Bingham Copper Mine, played lots of games, and ate lots of food (including dad's amazing pizza). It was a really fun time and a good chance to hang out with family!! We love you dad and we're glad you came!!!

Laundry Room Flood

I made a big boo-boo. About a week ago, I pulled the washer and dryer out and cleaned behind them (you know, since I'm such an awesome cleaner and such). Anyway, the laundry room had been smelling funky, but cleaning behind them seemed to fix the problem. Yesterday, I went to do a load of laundry for the first time since cleaning behind them. Well, apparently, when I was cleaning, the draining hose from the washer had come loose. John was in the kitchen when he suddenly yelled, "Mary!!!! OH SHOOOOOOOOT!" Water was spilling out the laundry room door, all over the carpet and everywhere. John ran for the wet vac (thank goodness we own a wet vac- thank you Ray and Laura!!) For the next hour or so, we sucked up water with the wet vac and then soaked the rest of it up with towels. It took quite some time and the carpet is still drying with fans!! .. oops-a-daisy!

Grandpa Jenson's Funeral

John and his siblings in order from right to left
John's Grandpa Jenson passed away the week before last. We went down for the funeral in St. George. It was sad, but so good to see John's family and meet some of John's extended family members I hadn't met before. John's grandpa was a wonderful man and he was 97 years old! He will be greatly missed. We got to visit with John's family that night at their hotel which was really fun.

Fall Motorcycle Ride

We went for motorcycle ride up the canyon to see the leaves. It seemed like everyone else had the same idea cuz there were a ton of people up there. Although the leaves in Utah don't compare to the Maine foliage around this time of year, it was still pretty cool. (and COLD) We turned around earlier than planned cuz it was so cold.