Hawaii (That's Pretty Neat)

A few weeks ago, my family went on a 'last fling' vacation to Hawaii before I leave on my mission in a few weeks, and before my little brother leaves on his mission next year! It was so much fun. Usually my family is gogogogo! on vacations, but this one was pretty laid back, and it was really nice! It was great to see how much Heavenly Father loves us to create the beautiful earth we live on. We went to the beach, ate snow cones and shrimp, visited the Polynesian Cultural Center and Pearl Harbor, watched E.T. and just spent some quality time with each other! Here be some photos:

Hey! Save me a piece of that corn!

Whenever we were driving around the beautiful island, I thought about how if I owned Hawaii, I would put dinosaur statues/animatronics all over the place. I wouldn't make them too terrible obvious, just enough so people would double-take and say "Did you see that?!". Genius. 

 Wouldn't that be neat?
The neatest part of the trip was when my family went to the Laie temple and visitors center. The temple itself is so beautiful, it's ridiculous. My family attempted to take a picture in the blinding sun, and when some sister missionaries offered to take one for us, we found out there was a sister missionary from Manila in the visitors center at that very moment! 
Coincidence? I think not!
Her name is Sister Gamba and she was such a sweetheart! She gave me the inside scoop on Manila and told me she'd find me when she goes home in October. How neat is that? That's pretty neat. I love seeing these little miracles already happening in my life, and I haven't even gotten into the field yet! 

Me, Sister Gamba, and the Tagalog Book of Mormon!

All in all, it was a successful vacation, and I'm, so grateful for the time I got to spend with my family. Like I always say: "Being out in nature is about the neatest thing there is". (That's pretty neat)