Proof Reading

Yesterday I was writing a paper while the kids were still awake (BIG no no!) Max came in and wanted to know what I was writing about. I asked him if he wanted to read my paper. He said "sure!" A few minutes later Max had a suggestion. He thought I should change a word in a sentence from "pretty well, to reasonably well." I was thinking about his suggestion when he added "you don't have to take my advice, it's just a little "Max scholarly speech."

So if anyone needs to add a little "scholarly" vocabulary to anything...just call Max. I'm sure he is available!

Best Quote EVER!!!

Recently I found this quote that completely defines me.

"I am so clever that I don't understand a single word of what I am saying."
-Oscar Wilde

Pretty perfect eh?

Swimming with Green Sea Turtles

Here we are at a reef on the west coast of Oahu. We sat on a wall here with our friends from Texas (I forgot to get a picture of them) and watched the turtles swimming all around. They were beautiful.


We did a little talking to a really nice Hawaiian lady who was watching us watch for turtles. She told us of a place where there were alot of turtles. Some even come out of the water and sit on the beach.



We went to the little hidden cove. There weren't any turtles sitting on the beach, but once we got into the water...WOW! There were turtles all over the place (and some pretty cool fish too.) I just layed there and watched them swim all around. The water got a little murky so I couldn't see very far in front of me, so every few minutes I was startled to see just how close the turtles came up to me. One got so close to Quinn it almost hit him.


We were close enough to touch every turtle we saw, but it is against the law to touch them, so we didn't. It's even against the law to come too close to them, but it's hard to control how close they come to you. They're pretty amazing.



We didn't have a water-proof camera, so we tried to get some good pictures from above. You need to look close. If you click on the picture it will get bigger.

Polynesian Cultural Center

Today we spent the entire day at the Polynesian Cultural Center. What a fantastic place! We learned all about Hawaii, Tonga, Samoa, Tahiti, Fiji, New Zealand and one other, but I can't remember the name.


We learned how to throw spears!




Quinn and I both won these shell leis in the spear throwing contest!!



We saw two Samoans climb coconut trees. I think their nuts! (literally!) If you click on the picture you can see the two guys in the trees.



These are some of the people who were in our tour group. We really liked the lady in the middle. She was pretty funny.



We had a fantastic Luau dinner. The kaluah pork was the best. I also really liked the purple sweet potato salad, and the purple rolls. We met some really nice people from Texas at dinner. We liked them so much we hung out with them the next day!


After dinner, we went to the Horizons evening show. HOLY COW!!!!! The fire dance was amazing. This guy could hold the flames on his feet!



We started our day at the "PCC" at 12:00 pm and we left after the final show at 9:30. We were exhausted, but it was worth every minute. In fact we could have spent two more days there.

The Dole Plantation

Today we went to the Dole Planation. We rode on the plantation train then went on the garden tour. We really enjoyed ourselves. I think our favorite part was the "starving Koi" Poor little things probably thought the fish food Quinn was throwing them was all they would get to eat for a year!

Sunset Beach & Shark's Cove

Today we went to the beach. First we went to watch the surfers at Sunset Beach. Funny thing about beachs, I can't seem to stay out...even if I still have my clothes on. I was soaked! It was fun though.




After that we decided to change into our suits in the car, then we headed south about a quarter of a mile to Shark's Cove for a little snorkeling. As Rex would say... it was AWE-SOME!! We saw "Gil" from Finding Nemo and a few spotted puffer fish and about 100 others. It was fantastic.




After that we went to watch the sunset at Sunset Beach. While we were there we were approached by a very friendly black lab with a VERY slobbery tennis ball. I threw it for him once and he ran after it. Once he got the ball he took it to some other peopleon the beach. He did this over and over until he was out of sight. He came back once and tried to get Quinn to play, but the poor dog was out of luck. Who knows who's dog he was. It was pretty fun. He reminded me of the Lang's dog Reilly.

Wall of Flowers?

I just about died when I saw all of the floral prints at Wal-Mart. This was only one row...there were two others!