Vision: June 2009

Monday, June 8, 2009

Oh Hawaii Nei, We Miss You Already

Eve was adored by my brother and sister

Chanelle and Eve

One of my favorite things to do is nurse while looking at the ocean. Mark was a little sneaky by capturing this shot.

We had a barbeque at Ali'i beach park

Mark trying to nurse Esther at Kahana bay

Eve had so much fun at Kahana bay. Everytime we tried to take her out of the water she threw a tantrum.

I discovered that Mark turns into a kid at the beach. He really had fun playing with Eve.

This girl loves the water and the sand.

My little pearl as calm as can be while taking a bath with mama.

Every evening my pop's feeds the birds. This time he took Eve along and she was a little scared at first when they all started flying towards her but after awhile she loved it.

We just loved the North East side of the island and we could not get enough of it. This is Castle's next to Malekahana.

Ko'olina the first lagoon.

Kawela bay

There were honu's (sea turtles) galore. I always get excited when I see honu's.

Eve's foot prints at Kawela bay.

Joey and his beautiful wife Georgette had us over for dinner to eat some Hawaiian food, oh I was in heaven. Thank you so much again you two!

Ko'olina the fourth lagoon.

She is such a happy baby and we love her alot. Well to sum up the trip; besides Eve's horrible tantrums we had a lot of fun going to the beach and spending time with family. It's going to be a while before we go back to Hawaii. Mark and I learned valuable lessons on what to do and what not to do when traveling with keiki's.

P.s. I got the chance to do a photo shoot of one of my good friends (a.k.a my other sister) Chanelle Kanani. We had so much fun:) Check it out and let me know what you think. http://photographybyleilani.wordpress.com/2009/06/08/lanikohonua-where-heaven-meets-the-earth/#more-6

Juanita's Conversion Story

I feel that Heavenly Father has blessed me with the desire to play softball. The fact that the Lord was guiding me to play softball became more evident to me when I was offered a scholarship to play ball at BYU-Hawaii. The thought of attending BYU-Hawaii just seemed right and good at the time so I attended college there. My first year in college I was so excited to learn, play, and party. I discovered real soon that the students who attended the university had fun without drinking. I also discovered that the people were faithful and they had a strong sense of purpose and Identity. This compelled me to go on a spiritual search. I decided to take the lessons from the missionaries from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. As I took the lessons I was taught things that I heard before and things that were new to me. Such as the Book of Mormon and the prophet Joseph Smith. These were things that were a challenge for me to believe. So I took these challenges up to the Lord and I asked him if the Book of Mormon is the word of God and if Joseph Smith was a true prophet of God. I'm so delighted to share with you that I do know that the Book of Mormon is true and that the Prophet Joseph Smith was a true prophet of God. I know that it's true because of the power of the Holy Spirit, because of these truths and much more I decided to be baptized and serve the Lord. Getting baptized was the best decision I ever made. It's because of this choice that I enjoy the blessing of life today. The church is true and I find myself indebt to the Lord forever.