Hawaiian Adventure: In the New Year!

Busy busy busy is what I have been since the start of the new year. It has been a very good busy and am I loving life :) Here is a little bit of what I have been busy with since starting the new year!

NEW CAR!

Yes it is true we now have a car! We got it from a guy at church and we are so thankful for it! We have been very blessed since being here with having a car to borrow from someone at almost all times, but there is something very nice about having your own car! The only glitch was that the car is a manual and I am sooooo thankful that my Daddy taught me how to drive a stick! So thank you Dad! Laura and Laurie on the other hand didn't know how to drive a stick so I am are currently in the process of teaching both of them how to drive a stick. They are doing great :) Getting a car has been a very big blessing in the new year.

Our pretty car!

School

School has been going great in the new year! We have gotten back into the swing of things and the kids have been doing great! I am so thankful for the job that I have. My kiddos are hilarious and so much fun. The other day during the morning when Kim and I were about the switch classrooms to team teach one of the first graders asked "How do you get pregnant and how does the baby come out??" Oh the joys of teaching first grade! As I am trying not to laugh Kim is doing a very good job at giving an answer without going into too much detail, another first grader has a bit of a horrified look on his face and goes "Man! I am glad I'm not a girl!" Seriously doesn't get much better than teaching first grader :)

We got to go the Waikiki Aquarium on a field trip this month, which was so much fun! God's creativity and beauty is soooo amazing and evident in the fish that he created! Very cool! I love that at Trinity we get to go on so many field trips, I might actually have more fun on them than the kids.

Doing a little running around before going to the Aquarium

So beautiful!

I think I need a Hawiian Monk Seal as a pet!

Look at the colors!

Making petroglyphs for Hawaiian Studies!

Running!

Never thought I would be doing this but all of us girls and a bunch of our fellowship group have signed up to run the Great Aloha Run. I am actually really excited about it! It is an 8 mile race. We start out at the Aloha Tower and run to the Aloha Stadium! It has been really fun to have the whole fellowship group getting ready for it! I hated running and never did it before coming to Hawaii and now I am up to 6 miles without stopping :) It is pretty fun. I am very excited because Amy will be here during the race so she will be at the finish line to catch me as I collapse at the finish line ;)