Hello everyone!
Well, we've made it to Hawaii and have gotten pretty well settled. We fianlly got e-mail set up and wanted to set up a website to share news and pictures with everyone to help us keep in touch. We spent our first week exploring beaches up and down our side of the island. We found some really beautiful and hard to get to ones that we love, with black and green sand. We also spent that week just getting settled in our one bedroom apartment that we're staying in for now (it small, but cozy) and getting to know the town. The next week we got back to the real world a little bit...Jeremy started looking for a job, I started looking for daycare for Devin, and we started looking at houses, but we still found time to play in the pool! I started orientation for my job on Thursday, March 15. That same day Jeremy and Devin headed to Honolulu to visit Jeremy's friend Dameon, his wife Nicole, two little girls Lexis and Keyah, Dameon's sister Tyia, and her two boys Darian and Zavier. They had fun playing on the white sand beaches there. They got back on Sunday, March 19. I oficially started my job on Monday, the 20th. I'm now back in the working world and we just found daycare for Devin, so now it's time for Jeremy to find a job...something I'm not sure he's looking forward to. Overall, we're doing great...just getting used to everything here. Our side of the island is not as touristy as the other. It's mostly local people, not a small town, but definitely not big. Things are just more laid-back and slower here, which is sometimes nice, but has taken some getting used to. Our side is also not what everyone usually thinks of when they think of Hawaii...it's not the big, open, white sand beaches. Our side is more black sand or rocky, but beautiful. It's much more rural here. There are lots of forest reserve areas and volcanoes. We really like it. So, that's a quick overview on what's going on with us. We look forward to hearing how all of you are doing. We'll try to keep you updated with news and pictures. We love and miss you all!!!
F.Y.I. Ohana means family in Hawaiian
Devin and mommy on the green sand beach
Darian, Zavier, Lexis, Keyah, and Devin
Devin with other kids in Honolulu
The beautiful views at our apartment complex
Devin and daddy in the pool at our apartment
Some of the typical scenery while driving
The steep, winding road to our favorite beach
And more of the road...you need 4X4!
Devin swimming...with a little help from daddy!
Whoops! Here it is again!
Devin posing for the camera!
The outside of our apartment building
Our "lanai"
Papakolea Green Sand Beach
More of the green sand beach
Devin being silly for the camera!
Akaka Falls
Devin in our apartment
Waipio Valley
Waipio Valley taken from the beach
Devin getting used to the sand!
Papakolea Green Sand Beach...again!
Devin...topless!
Devin and daddy
...and again
Devin drying off on the beach
Waipio Valley Lookout
Waipio Valley Black Sand Beach
Devin and daddy at Onomea Bay
Onomea Bay
Devin on Punaluu Black Sand Beach
Punaluu Black Sand Beach
Whoops...again!
Devin and mommy at Onomea Bay
Devin in her new big girl bed!