Lighthouse, ProBowl, Erin Fitzgibbon, More Visitors, and Much More...

The hike to the lighthouse was a tonof fun, but actually watching the whales was better!

Well, I haven’t written in a while, and so here you go…an update from Hawaii. It’s been since before Christmas break and I feel like I’ve neglected you a little. Here we are, in March, nearly…and I’ve managed to do very little. Since we’ve been back, we’ve gone to very few beaches, very few outings. One hiking outing we did was an easy hike up a hill to see the whales off the shore of Sandy's Beach. Our neighbor, Matt has keys to get up to this lighthouse above and actually up into it. We got to stand there and watch whales mate (yup, watched em doin it!) One beach outing was for our friend, Erika’s birthday. We went to Cabanas again and as you can see, the waves were about 15 feet. These are a couple of pictures of Amy, Brielle and Jamie going from the bottom of the trough to the crest.













Bottom of the Wave...












Top of the wave...(I offer you, as an aside, that on exiting water like this, one can lose themselve quite quickly. Ask Jamie.)

One of the biggie outings, though…

Me and Ame with a giant football.

THE NFL PRO BOWL!!

It was actually a blast. I was under the impression that there would be no patriots, but the trained eye can see in this picture that the ever-present Matt Light. Of course the AFC won and Peyton played reasonably well and it was fun to see Tiki play his last game ever, but all-in-all, the fun part was hanging out, watching some

football,

tailgating before the game and watching our friend Matt fly over the game and wave from the open door in a Coast Guard helicopter.

Matt Light, Faneca, Vince Young and many others.

The game itself was fun, but there were better parts, too. For instance, we saw Pat the Patriot and just HAD to get a picture with him, so we did.

Pat was cool, he actually talked to us!

After the game, we went to the Hideaway and played some bar trivia and then went to bed. From there it was a week. I got a mole removed February 7, and the same day my littlest and newest Fitzgibbon, Erin Elisa was born to my big brother, Billy and his wife Belle! She is SO CUTE!!

I haven’t done much since then, just try to figure out a few things…

Ok…try this on…I, Timothy, am a science teacher in Wai’anae and I’m teaching biology. I am trained to teach physics and I am not a big fan of biology to begin with. I am now getting ready to do what I hate most, teach dissection. It’s just one thing that I don’t have much patience with. My kids are, seemingly, intentionally trying to piss me off. So, as you can see, school is SO fun for me at this point. I’m trying to decide on whether or not to move to 8^th grade next year or stay with 7^th grade. If I go to 8^th, I’ll be teaching Earth Science so I’ll be closer to physics, b

ut if I teach 7^th I’ll be with a new group of students who don’t yet know how to manipulate me and push my buttons. So, tough choice all around. Another fun thing to worry about is this…I may be moving sometime in the next few months. Our lease is up in July and because the owner had a stroke, he needs to move back home for now, so we cannot renew the lease. We are looking into Ko’Olina but would also like to stay in Makakilo. Another fun think…

We've been trying to get out and hang with friends more as well. The other night, we went out with some new Coasties (Coast Guard guys) that we met who are friends with our old neighbor, Matt. In the picture is Bong (next to me and Jamie and John next to Amy and Brielle.

So, where are we now, Amy’s friends Jocelyn and Danielle were out visiting and they are all taking Thursday off to hang out and see the

North Shore. I’ll be at school surviving, I HOPE!!

Anywho…we’ve done some fun beaches so far, gone to eat some sushi and I’ve learned a 20 dollar lesson that I hate sushi, and all food Japanese. We revisited Manoa Falls with the girls and it was a blast, and it actually had some water, you can always compare to old posts to see just how

different the water was! SHAKA at the waterfalls!!

After the waterfalls, we mostly just did the regular stuff, beaches, Luau, that kind of thing. I swear, I love Germaine's Luau, but it keeps getting faster and shorter. (It could just be that we're getting too used to it. Either way, there isn't enough time to finish three drink tickets with a souvenir cup.

We are now looking at the possibility of turning off cable to support our internet fix due to the fact that Calvin has been less than perfect as a middleman internet provider. I've been walking around the appartment looking for anything that would give me 2 bars, just so I could finish this post I started on Wednesday. (Because it's already outdated. You see, the girls went home

today, and tomorrow I will be flying to Maui for the day with the Hawaii girls to go on a whale watch between Maui and Molokai. What a life, huh? I'll post the results next time.) Anyway, just one more thing to worry about I guess.

Until the whales come up to say hello...

You can't come to Hawai'i and miss a Hawai'i sunset. Ko'olina is a good place to catch one.