Mele Kalikimaka

No snow on Christmas, oh well.... Its a wonderful rainy day in hilo, so i guess we have to imagine the rain as snow and we'll be ok. We just wanted to say we love and miss you all, wish we could be there.
zane and steph..

Luke 2:10-12
But da angel guy say, "No scared. I come fo tell you guys Good Stuff from God dat goin make you guys and all da peopo stay good inside. Dis day inside king David's town, one boy wen born dat going take you guys outa da kine stuff you stay doing. De da Christ Guy, da spesho Guy God wen send. He da Boss. Dis how you goin know him. You goin find one baby dat stay wrap up inside plenny cloths, lying down inside one ting fo hold da cows food."
-from "Da Jesus Book" The New testament Translated into Hawaii pidgin

A few late photo's:

Hapuna Beach

Steph Swimming and frolicking at the beach. Hapuna beach is actually known as one of the best beaches in the world, and i'd have to agree, crystal clear water, perfect swim area and really nice sand.

Mauna Kea

These are all pictures from the half way point on mauna Kea, the tallest mountain on the island, in a few of them you can see white fog, that fog is actually clouds. Lots of different plants, lots of wierd memorials, and definitely an interesting mars like terrain. Another interesting not is the same day we were here we saw the man from Michigan who was is still lost.

Waimea-Kona

The first three are from our new favorite eatery, Tako Taco: the last are from Kona during one of there few storms.

Random:

Military base,j cave, me and that guy, hilo plaza

I'll be home for christmas, if only in my dreams......

long time

Well its been unusually wet even for Hilo, but i guess back in MI its not doing so well either. The only new updates are that Aaron had his first interview on Monday and we think it went well, just hope it leads to a job. Stephanie's flight and training went "ok" She still needs two more Longs Drugs training courses until she will be certified for their pharmacy tech position so its kinda discouraging but she's making it. we've had on adventure since last post and that was we drove half way up Mauna Kea (the road was closed due to bad weather) we had fun just exploring some of the hills around the base though. its definitely a fun area even just half way up its was around 35ish degrees, so it kinda felt like home.
If you didn't hear yet Hawaii has been very proud of our football team going undefeated (first ever) so every one is exited for the sugar bowl pretty soon.
BIGGER CHRISTMAS POST COMING SOON!

stephanie left me.....

But first things first, Here are a few photos from our adventures


Thanksgiving morning we decided to go for a walk,


to were else but the abandoned neighborhood! this is about a 2 block section of the town that basically was abandoned a few years back. Needless to say i saw allot of great fixer uppers.


Ah yes, Hilo and there love for letting things sit around, here is a smashed car thats been there for a few weeks now. From further investigation it looks like no one was inside at the time of the crash.


Some of the nice alleys and foliage, the last picture is a banana plant.


Yesterday (monday) we found an area with allot of neat lava forms. The spikes in the first photo were actually sharp and pretty sturdy.


Before we left a lava tunnel Aaron and I built an Ebenezer. and made a special message for our friend Steve Loomis, coral graffiti is all over the place on the sides of the coastal highway.

Well as i said Stephanie left this morning, got on a plane and headed for Honolulu for her Longs Training session. She just called me to say she made it there safely, If i understood correctly there will be around a 4 hour training session and then around 5 she will be flying back to Hilo. It'l be a fun time i think, in any case its a free flight to a new island. Back home i get to go to work at 11, so needless to day i'm kinda jealous. keep us in your prayers expecialy that Aaron will be able to find a job. Thanks again for reading......