For weeks now John has been telling me that Mountain Dew is making a new logo and abbreviating the “Mountain” part, thus it being “Mtn Dew”. I haven’t believed him because I hadn’t seen anything like it. He told me he would find one and bring it to me, so I could see.  Although yesterday while wandering around the store to buy some chocolate macadamia nuts, I stopped in my tracks.

Now I have the proof, before John was able to come up with it.

the view of clouds from the plane

Yes, we have made it here to Hawaii – what a lovely place it is. We’ve seen so many waterfalls and everywhere you go it’s so lush and green. There has been off and on rain as characteristic of Kauai, and I love it. They are tropical showers that are so light and refreshing.

the most photogenic waterfall

my cute little sand castle

We also have traveled across the northshore trying to get excellent pictures of the waterfalls we saw cascading down the mountain. As you may have seen on my mother’s blog, this is what we saw most of the day:

speaks for itself

Lei making!! As our prize for passing our test we got to make leis. Beautiful purple, white and lavender orchids. Some pretty pink and yellow carnations. All put to together to make our wonderful leis.

When we went out to dinner everyone was commenting on how nice they looked and how pleasant they smelled.

Today I’m not sure what we plan on doing although it shall be fun. We do so much during the days it seems like it’s been four days and it’s a relief to realize that it’s only been two!

John has said that he is interested in playing an instrument. Actually one way he put it was, “I love to listen to music (wish I could play it)” SO. That means I get to ask him about it!! haha… well whether it means I get to or not, I Did ask him and found out that he’d like to play the piano or the electric guitar. Only very recently (while listening to some piano music I might add) he said he’d like to learn the piano. I immediately started asking him about it, saying that he should and encouraging him to do it. I understand there is the trouble with having a piano to practice on.. they have one that needs to be tuned and restored. It’s ancient.. cool! Obviously that costs a lot of money so I don’t know what to do about that, But I do know he should learn to play the piano. Here are my reasons why:

1. It’s fun
2. It’s not good to just sit around and think, “I wish I could do that”
3. Knowing how to play an instrument makes you more interesting
4. It could be something that you turn out to be very good at
5. It makes life more “fulfilling”
6. I think because he’s known for tech stuff, it would be awesome if he could just surprise everyone with playing piano, it would just add to his awesomeness – Briana
   

7. If you decide to play a different instrument, piano gives you a good music background
8. It’s a good way to express yourself
9. It may help relieve stress
10. It impresses people
11. It’s something fun to do when there’s bad weather
12. It can make you feel proud of yourself
13. It’s a more productive use of time than sitting around
14. Piano is cool – James
15. He has the time to learn Now, instead of later when he’d probably have a job and other stuff to do
16. He’d be glad he did
17. He has the hands for it… big, with long fingers
18. He enjoys listening to music
19. It would make me happy
20. He wants to!

If you have anymore reasons why… I’d love to hear them and add them to the list

Yesterday…

My new pretty hair

I went and got my hair cut. It took a while because along with getting it cut, I got some light highlights! I also had them curl it, because it looks pretty that way. So.. this is what it looks like, (I felt like a princess so I was wearing a tiara!)

Also, on Friday there was a Father Daughter Ball. My friend Briana and her sister went with their dad but I had never remembered to suggest it. Instead my dad and I went out last night. We got all dressed up and headed over to Olive Garden. Unfortunately even though we had gotten there early there was some young basketball teams going there for dinner after a game, so it was busy. We went around looking to see if there was a movie, but there really isn’t anything interesting out. So we walked around the mall. There was a cologne that my friend and I had seen called “pi” (the symbol). My dad and I just had to smell it. It’s kind of a sweet smell. By the time we were finished we were able to eat! Dinner was good. My dad and I just talked a lot. I enjoyed going. I think we should do it again sometime.

My dad and I