Monday, June 29, 2026

Hardest Hike- worth it!

 





















Today was such a good day! I have been wanting to climb to the top of the highest mountain on Oahu for the longest time and I made it!

It was extremely challenging and strenuous … But I knew I just needed to keep going, and I had a fun group of teenagers to cheer me on. And Ben didn’t want to miss out so he suffered through it…

When Ben talks about today, he says Becky was actively trying to kill me. Why do you always pick the hardest hikes?

We actually lucked out pretty good with the weather although when we made it to the top, a big cloud cover came in so we were not able to get as good of a view on the North Shore, but I saw beautiful valleys and mountains going to the west side the entire way, made me appreciate the effort in the climb

Sunday, June 28, 2026

Aloha Oe Sunday

One of the sweetest gestures I have ever known someone  can give is to sing Aloha Oe when you are leaving. Of course I cry every time… I have a tender heart and get attached to my people and families we have grown up together. It is an expression of appreciation, aloha, and gratitude — and we felt it all!! We are going to miss everyone so much!

Brecon and Ezra - fun buddies growing up together!
Chiara Brielle and Chloe— the last girlies left 
One of my favorite places to stop on the way home from church is the Wahiawa botanical garden. My kids complain but it really is such a special place to walk around and appreciate the beautiful flowers trees and other plants!




Leaving Hawaii 2026
Arriving in Hawaii July 2022
 

Saturday, June 27, 2026

Ward camp 2026

One of our most fun memories will definitely be of spending a week at our church camp at Bellows. It is such a fun time for the kids to run around. I swear we brought our whole family here, but I only got pictures of Cannon because everyone else was off with their friends or playing  games. Luckily there’s plenty of food and activities to last anll day for  everyone to enjoy. I even got to play some volleyball with some the teenagers from the stake.
Cannon was often climbing up trees, making swings, pushing a trailer around camp and overall having the time of his life
A hike that I really like to do starts over in Bellows and ends over at the Lanikai pillbox and I was worried we were not going to be able to find the time to do this but this is the one thing I wanted to do on my birthday and even though not everyone went it was such a good little trail that I was so happy Connor Ben and my friend Lehua came too!!





that evening was our crab hunt activity, which is always such a big hit. If you have a really good flashlight as you walk along the beach, you can see these crabs scurrying along the shoreline, running into the water or digging holes in the sand we had a competition for the biggest smallest and most interesting. My friend Anna Keola got cupcakes and everyone saying happy birthday to me at the end of the night!



Oh no!! Another board bites the dust!!
Coming back to our campsite after time at the beach!
The Saturday crew- sadly a lot of people left camp on Friday so this was the die hard campers! What a fun way to spend one of our last weeks in Hawaii at camp with friends!!