Winter Formal

In celebration of the end of first semester and finals week, tonight is the LHS Winter Formal Dance. Click here for photos of the groups Drew and Emily were a part of. Jake opted-out on the dance but got in on the photo-shoot. 

Stilting Class

Click here for a few photos of Emily and her Joy Now friends at their weekly stilting class. The album also includes footage from our annual post-Christmas smashing of the gingerbread houses, an occasion created by Jake to ring in the new year. 

Final Days in Hawaii

Click here for a photo album of our final days in Hawaii, spent at Two-Step and Makalawena Beach, swimming with dolphins, enjoying the waves, and trying not to think about our vacation coming to an end. 

Dolphins

Click here for photos taken underwater while snorkeling and diving in Hawaii, and here for more video (4 minutes) of the friendly pod of spinner dolphins we hung out with at Two-Step earlier this week. 

Snorkeling with a Pod of Dolphins and a Whale Shark

Click here for a brief video clip from our time underwater at Two-Step on Monday, when we got to snorkel with a pod of 14 dolphins and the whale shark pictured above. And here is another manta video from a dive Pat and Drew made at Alua Beach. 

Green Sand Beach

Click here for photos from Kekahakai State Park, where we swam and snorkeled yesterday, and Green Sand Beach, where we hiked today. 

This morning's weather forecast was a bit uncertain and there was a high wind advisory, so we drove down to South Point and hiked to Green Sand Beach - what's left of an ancient volcanic cinder cone. The sand has a green sheen thanks to olivine crystals left behind from past eruptions. 

The 2.5 mile walk in was crazy windy but incredibly scenic, and the day itself proved to be sunny and warm, albeit with lots of downed trees on the drive south.

Mantas at Mahukona Video

Click here to watch a video (11 minutes) from Pat and Drew's dive at Manukona Beach during which they got to swim with a couple of manta rays. 

Also, here are a few photos of the New Year's Eve fireworks along Ali'i Drive and our New Year's Day at Alua Beach.  In the photo below, we are headed down to the Captain Cook Monument for some snorkeling.