Boating

Me after I got wasted

View of the channel we boated on. Some houses' backyards backed up onto the water

Jared with the little kids

Last week on Saturday it was a real hot day so we decided to go out boating. Damien and I played morning ball at Karawatha Stake, and then bought some food and went out towards Ormeau. We spent the whole day tubing, knee boarding, and wake boarding. It was nice to be able to get out of the house and enjoy some water and sun. The water was disgusting though, and fish were jumpin in and out. We all had a blast and came home tired and sun burned. I'm real black now, and am going to stay out of the sun for the next couple of months. It's been raining quite heavily lately so that's been real nice. When summer fully hits, I think I'll be singing a different tune.

ZOO!!!!!!!!!

Last friday we decided that it would be a good idea to see some kangaroos and koalas since we have not seen any at all. It was a hot day and we went to some little crappy zoo and saw 30 kangaroos just hanging out minding their own business. They reminded me a lot like Tahi. Just sitting underneath the shade and just sitting there. But it was funny to be able to pet them and just hang out with them. There were heaps of animals just waltzing around the whole place. Lizards on the foot paths and turkeys just flying around and annoying everyone. It was too hot to wear normal clothe so I wore stubbies and a wife beater. For some reason I can't upload pictures on here so I will do that as soon as I can.

Waterfall

Jared and Damien swinging on some monkey vines on the trail

Taken by one of the many waterfalls on the trail.

Us three

There was a rock slide leading into this little pool.

Me under the rushing water

About to jump off

Today I woke up at 6am to drive down to the Karawatha Stake chapel to ball some ball with Phil, and Priscilla's brother, Liam. There's a group of about 10-15 people that go there every Saturday morning, so it's nice to do something early. At 7:30 we left to go down to Sunnybank Hills rugby field because Karawatha ward was playing flag touch against another ward in a 3-game series. It was two 30 minute halves, and Jewel and Spain and their kids were there. Andrew Katene was there as well with all the elders playing. It was nice to get know another ward, and it was funny to meet some cousins from back home. I forgot their names, but they said for me to tell mum and dad they said Hi. So, Hi Mum and Dad from family members that I don't remember. We got beat pretty bad by their ward. It was all fun and games the first half, but during the halftime break both teams went under their own shade and started devising a plan to smash the other team. By 9 o'clock the sun was draining the energy out of everyone. I can't believe how hot it gets and it's still only spring. It should be illegal for it to be that hot so soon. And the weather people have been saying its the coldest spring in 20 some odd years. But after we played touch I went back to the house and Jared, Damien, and I decided today would be the perfect day to go to the waterfall. There were dozens of people everywhere, and it was really nice to dip in some cool water. There were so scary as drops, but we overcame the fear.