Back for Christmas!

COMING HOME!

Everyone in the family came to get me at the airport, even Jenna:) It was a long flight, not to mention that I barley made it on the flight from Maui to Pheonix! I was the last one on the flight and they were just about to leave. I felt so lucky that I made it on! I couldn't of been happier to see my cute brother and sisters as I got off the flight. It didn't even bug me that they had lost my luggage.

Sara and Madison Decorated my room!

After a 2 hour nap with my mom I got to go to temple square and the David Archuleta Concert!

Once again we got really lucky. We thought we had a guaranteed seat because we had tickets, but apparently they really overbooked the concert! Grandma had to pull some strings to get us in!

We made a hawaiian snowman:) Gosh it was hard to push the butt!

For Christmas Eve instead of the usual Dinner we had a special hawaiian Luau! It was fun! I made my favorite hawaiian treat! Acai Bowls. Its an acai fruit smoothie with granola, bananas and honey:)

Hahah lets just say this was A LOT a bit embarrassing! I don't perform things for other people! But some how I was convinced to do a little hula in front of the whole family! Luckily I had some little girls join me! Miss madison really had the dance down well.

Jake always gives me the best hugs! He always comes up to me and gives me a big hug and now he is so tall its crazy! The sweatshirt I got is one from Dan from BYU-H:)

All of us got these funny shirts from the Stupid Factory! Mom and I spent hours looking at them in Hawaii, little did I know I would be getting on for PJs

CHRISTMAS MORNING!

Christmas Day! My wonderful Great Grandma Barber gave me a pretty pearl necklace

Grandma and Grandpa thanked me way too much for the silly Hawaiian ornament I gave to them.

Dinner with the Fam before a big day in Yellowstone

We went to Yellowstone as a family! It was absolutly so incredible! There were so many amazing Gysers and hot pots

And of course our tour guys name was chris and our snow coaches name was Griz

We went Cross country Skiing and barley made it in time to see Old Faithful

Life in Paradise!

For my first post, I decided to put up some of my favorite pictures of things I did in Hawaii. I never want to forget the great experience I had.

This was one of my first times on a sail boat! It was so awesome! We saw dolphins, went snorkiling and just cruised around

I went Kayaking to Chinamons hat with Nate.

First time surfing! Man it is so much fun! As long as the waves weren't too big! One time I went surfing with Gideon, Skee, and Jeremy and I swear I was pretty close to drowning! I got stuck under a barrel wave for what felt like forever! Haha after that I stuck to the little waves:)

I took a Hula class and loved it! Aunty Shar is the best teacher! I learned so much! Not just about Hula, but about the Hawaiian spirit. I learned how to give without expecting anything in return.

My mom and grandma came to see me and we went to the temple open house! The landscape for this temple is gorgeous!

I did everything with these girls! I Love them! They took care me in Hawaii! I wouldn't of survived without them! Love my Alis

Haha couldn't miss out on seeing Harry Potter 7 in Hawaii! Hannah and I loved going to movies!

Thanksgiving Dinner at Gideons house! Yummy!

Jamba Juice never tasted so good as it did in Hawaii!

The Haunted Lagoon! haha The Chain Saw guy scared the crap out of me!

The Avocadoes at Nates and Steves were absolutly massive! They made the best Guac!

Waimea! I loved jumping of the rock and going in the toilet bowl!

Honolulu Cookie Company. All the cookies were made into little pinapples! So Cute!

Racketball Baby! Oh ya! hah

Pipeline Surf Competition! Sooo Awesome! The waves were huge!

Jumping off Cliffs with friends:)

We swam out into the ocean on surf boards and with fins and Literally swam with dolphins! It was one of the most incredible things I have ever done!

Sunday night Dinners were always looked forward to with the usual group!

Seeing the Prophet at the PCC night show! One of the most incredible experiences! President Monson has such a special sweet spirit about him wherever he goes! I will never forget how I felt that night.

Playing with my Favorite Girls:) Going to a Luau! Purple Rolls!

Pretty much all the hikes in Hawaii are illegal. They have these signs everywhere! I thought they were funny! Good thing none of us ever actually got shot!

My best friend came to visit me in Hawaii! It was amazing! I missed her a lot!

Hiking with my madre!

Cheescake Factory! Pretty sure I went here at least 5 times while in Hawaii! I worshiped this place! We would get a group together and go.

Saying goodbye was one of the hardest things! I was so lucky to be able to go out to hawaii! I learned so much from this experience, realized how big the world really is and I was able to refocus on what matters most in life. Hawaii truly is a special place.