Summer Fun!!

PARADISE?? Yes, please...So, Marky and I went to Hawaii and it was AMAZING!! Here are some of the pictures from our trip.

This picture was taken at Pali Lookout. It's a breath taking view of part of the island.

We went to the PCC and got tat's. We are sooo hard core, huh?

This is Waimea Rock. That's Mark jumping from the top, and yes, I did jump off of it too. It took me 30 minutes of sitting there and a 10 year old girl to convince me that I could jump off and I would be ok, which is weird cause I have been skydiving :)

Just beautiful beaches and warm clear blue water.

We hiked to a bunch of water falls and swam in them. Here is one of them.

The flight home from Hawaii was the most eventful flight either one of us have ever had. It was a red eye flight and we got to the airport at like 6 or so, which was early because our car was due back at that time. Our flight was at like 9 or something and so we waited FOREVER. The flight was delayed until 11 pm. We were starving by the time we got on the plane and super thirsty because we were in the sun all day at the beach. During the flight, I starting feeling really sick and light headed. Next thing that I know, I have passed out. I wake up to the flight attendants rushing to me and a doctor asking me questions and an oxygen mask on my face. I layed on Mark's lap for a while and then felt better so I sat up. All of a sudden, I am barfing into a bag and it was on my shirt, ewwww. I look over at Mark and he almost passes out and has to get oxygen on his face. WOW!! That's all I have to say, WOW.

If anyone has crazy flight stories, I would love to hear them :) because I feel for ya.

On July 4th, we went and saw the balloons lift off and then went to the parade. It was early but very fun!! Good thing it's summer in this picture cause my legs look like I have white socks covering them. hahaha

For Mark's work, Mark, McKenna, and myself went and helped build a playground for kids with the AllStar soccer team. This was what me and McKenna helped paint. Mark build a part of the playground.

Yup, you guessed it. This is us with Kyle Beckerman!!!

My old roommate from Hawaii came to Utah to visit and we went to the Alpine Slide, Alpine Coaster and the zipline. HOLY FUN!!! Kinda expensive but really fun. Everyone should go and do the Alpine Coaster cause it rocked.

This is us and our peeps at the Goo Goo Doll's concert

Peeps again getting ready to float the Provo river. The water was sooooooooo cold but it is a fun adventure.

We went to a REAL soccer game. Those are always great!

DC anyone?

After Cancun, we had a second reception with people that Mark and his family new. It was fun to see people that Mark grew up with and people that new him when he was a little one. Here is a picture from the reception. So, VA is freaking hot and my family and I were the only ones sweaty like crazy. If you can tell, which I am sure that you can, from this picture, I have flat, nasty hair and a very shiny face. Mark's is totally dry and HOTT!!!

While we visited, we were able to go and see all of the historical sites. It was sooo fun to see the White House, Washington Monument, Lincoln Memorial and many others. I loved being able to finally see all of the things that you learn about in class! I was even able to go see where Mark "worked" during high school - the golf course.

This statue is AWESOME! It's so much larger than you expect. You can see the little peeps standing in front of it.

This picture is kinda blurry but you get the point. This was one of my favorite things that we did while I was there. We went to the Holocaust Museum and we were able to spend a good bunch of hours wandering and reading about the Holocaust. It is incredible to me to see how Hitler convinced so many people that he was doing good but realizing how many terrible things he really did. The picture above shows the shoes to people who were killed. It was a huge room all full of shoes. It was a real eye opener.

The things that I learned about VA while I was there:

1. It is very pretty and green.

2. It is soooo hot that I almost died. I was sitting in the shade and I had sweat dripping of my chin, elbows, and running down my shins. Yeah, I almost died. People were asking me if I was ok :)

3. hmmm....I really do love Utah!! Sorry to all those Virginian lovers. I still love you!