Saturday, June 20, 2009

Summer Adventures so far..

So I know it's been awhile, but I've been a little busy having fun adventures and activities! First off we spent a week in Hawaii! It was so wonderful, and I think everyday at least twice, my mom has said, don't you miss Hawaii? does that remind you of Hawaii? I'm losing my Hawaiian tan. I'd be ok with this rain, if it was Hawaii rain.. and so on. We definitely miss it, and can't wait another two years until we can go back! While we were there we enjoyed the pools and the lagoons at the hotel, reading books and relaxing. We went to the Polynesian Culture Center one day, and it poured on us! It was actually pretty fun and we watched the float parade while it rained, under our ponchos!

And on the last full day before we left was the best day. That morning my dad said that this was the day we came to Hawaii for, implying we'd be doing something incredibly fun. So I didn't really know what he had in mind. But then my mom asked me if I wanted to go skydiving and I straight up said YES! So she said go ask your dad, I quickly ran over to where he was and said "WE'RE GOING SKYDIVING?!?!" He said if that's what you want to do, then yes! I thought if I'm going to go skydiving, do it in Hawaii! Right? So we made appointments, Mom and dad did the soaring in a plane, and Derek and I went skydiving. I absolutely loved it! It was so much fun and something that I would definitely do again, if I ever had the opportunity too! Thanks for the great memories dad! :)

The whole time we were in Hawaii, Derek and I kept a secret from our parents. Cassie and Jackson were coming to visit us for about two weeks, and surprising mom and dad! When we went to pick them up from the airport, we just told them that we had a lunch date with our cousin and would be back soon. We had a couple of concerns: would they be home when we got there? would they be outside when we pulled up? So many questions and thoughts ran through our heads! How could we pull this off right, when we've done so good already? As we're driving around the corner of our neighborhood, we see mom and dad leaving in the opposite direction. They just wave and keep driving on... we had to stop them! Cassie was in the front seat, and most people say we look so much alike, when there really is 8 years between us! So they both thought that Cassie was me. When we pulled up next to them we had to yell surprise across the street! I don't think they really noticed until they saw me and Jackson in the back seat and thought wait, who is in the front seat? ha ha The first thing my dad said was, "Wait, what are you doing here?!?" It wasn't quiet the surprise we planned or even thought of, but they had no clue what was coming! It was so much fun having them around for so long! I started work teaching swimming lessons down at a neighbor's pool. Once I was done with my classes, Jackson would come down and we would do some lessons. He's so cute and he LOVES the water. He would always talk about his swimming lessons! Such an adorable Big Brother to be! :) I can't wait until July to see them again!

I love summer! Even though I feel a little ripped off with all of this rain, that it doesn't rightly feel like it's summer yet when it's the middle of JUNE! Hopefully the weather picks up and it will start feeling like summer, since tomorrow is the 'first day of SUMMER!'

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1 comment:

Kayla said...

lynsie, your blog is so cute!
looks like you have been having so much fun :)