Beware of Pirates

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Dad went to the eye doctor and got a new caterac free lens for his left eye and this is how he came home...looking like a rrrrrrrrrrr pirate. He gets the patch off tomorrow and says he whould be able to see clear and if he needs to get the right eye then he can retire his glasses... cool hey!!!

Back to the cold

Well we made it back last night at 1:00 in the morning. Our flight was late and then it took 1/2 hour to get our luggage off the plane so we missed the 8:15 ferry. But we had a great week in Hawaii. The beaches are amazing and we checked out quite a few. On Friday one of our books talked about a hidden beach so being the adventurous guy that I am decided to try and find it much to my wife's disgrin. It was a mile and a half walk from the end of the highway. It was a pretty long walk and Kristin was not to happy and told me that the beach better be good or else... boys you know the feeling. Well sure enough we finally made it and well the beach was not that good it was rocky and we couldn't really swim... so I got some dirty looks and we ended up just turning around and walking back. Hidden beach was hidden for a reason...
Anyways here are some pictures for you to enjoy...


Famous Giovani's shrimp in Halaiwa covered in garlic and butter... mmmmmmmm good.

We went to the Dole plantation and had dole whip... also good... that was shortly after the shrimp

Kristin and I at the International market place in Waikiki provided Kristin with her favorite past time... shopping... we would return 3 more times.... ugh!!!


This is a romantic moment on sunset beach captured by the camera... notice the heart... see who breaks my heart below...

Aloha Mano

First we went to the air strip to look for the fusilodge and the drug plane from lost and we found it in a fenced off place behind the airstrip. Kristin and her bad self climbed throught the gate and took a bunch of pictures of the props... That was fun....




So today we had a few adventures...

Then we went back to our suite to bask in the sun and go swimming on the beautiful beach just across the road. We got there an quickly became hot so we went swimming for a while and then back onto the beach to sun tan. Then Chris spotted a turtle so we quickly grabbed our under water cameras and ran into the ocean to swim with the turtles and get some underwater pictures of the turtle. We couldn't find it so Chris and I continued to look for the turtle for about a minute and then I saw it again so I jumped in the water and swam after it. I came up out of the water and Kristin says..."I saw a fin in the water..." So I looked to see another turtle and she says..."No a shark fin..." so I slowly came to the beach thnking she was paranoid as usual. Well after further review we saw it again and sure enough there was a shark not 10 feet from me. We quickly ran and told some others that were swimming down the beach and the cameras came out and this is what we captured...
ps...Mano is hawaiian for SHARK

Relaxing in Hawaii

Well we are half way through our visit to Hawaii. We stayed a couple of nights in Waikiki at the Hyatt Regency where we ate well and often did some shopping and recovered from jet lag. Then we set out for the North shore where our rental for the week is. Its really nice here it is a basement sweet with a kitchen, living room and two rooms right across the road from sunset beach which is absolutely beautiful. We got some awsome sunset pictures from that beach.
Hitting the beach is a popular thing to do and the surf has come down so I think I will go surfling on friday.

Today Chris and I went for a nice 4 our hike/geocache up in the mountains on Kaunala trail. It was so pretty and had some amazing views along the way. The girls not quite as adventureous did what they did best and went shpping in Honalulu. Tomorrow we go snorkling and to the Luau in paradise cove.

We also scoped out the beach that LOST is filmed on. We walked along the beach on monday for about 45 minutes and saw a bunch of people on the beach and a guy came and stopped us from going any further because they were filming. So the next day we found a secret way to get to the beach the other way and found the set when they were not filming... it was pretty cool to see the set. Also we ran into Sawyer (Josh Halloway) at Starbucks and the girls freeked out all star struck and stuff and got a picture with him. Well all in all we are having a great time in Hawaii. Hope Nanaimo is good and warm... he he he...
Jamie & Kristin ...out in Hawaii

Heres us at Waikiki going to dukes for an amazing all you can eat breakfrest buffet which we tried again the next morning

This is the banzai Pipeline which is one of the biggest waves in the world. They were not as big as they get in winter but still too big for us to surf.

This is part of the lost set... Sawyers tent.

Of course here's the girls with Sawyer (Josh Halloway) boy were they pathetic... "oh I can't believe it was really him.." ugh

And of course here is one of the days we spent laying in the sun... swimming.. laying in the sun... repeat

I have been Induced

Well this past Sunday I had my Induction service. Some people ask me what was going on and I told them i was being "induced". Anyways it was a great service, with good worship, and a great message from Wayne Stewart who is now the youth pastor at Shawnigan Lake Alliance church. He spoke on 2 Timothy 4 on principles of an Effective leader. Following the service we had a good chance to visit with everybody with cake and some wonderful words from my family. Thank you Mom, Elizabeth and Leah for your words of encouragement. I owe a lot of where I am to all my family... you have all been a critical part to who I am today. Here are some pictures that Kristin took during the service... enjoy!!!

Well i couldnt get the pictures to upload for some reason... arghhh