Volcano!

Aloha Family and Friends!
Today Andrew and I took another adventure around the island to Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park! No, we didn't see any lava :( In all honesty, we didn't spend that much time in the park itself...but the whole day was our adventure! Here is the mapped-out/visual version of our travels today :)

The big loop we did today (starting at the Northern most green star)

beautiful pastureland we came across on the south side of the island

our little trooper of a car

wow

no idea which beach this was but it was incredibly picturesque!

Kilauea!

inside a lava tube

a mufflon sheep on the hillside

views of Mauna Kea over Saddle Rd. 

the Kohala Mountains

Hope your day was as epic as ours! By the way...Hawai'i does NOT follow daylight savings so we are now 3 hours behind West Coast, 4 hours behind Mountain, and 6 hours behind East Coast. 

Love love, 

Andrew & Haley

March Madness

Aloha Friends and Family!
I can't believe it's already March! Spring is just around the corner now!..not that'll make much difference here on the island. Although we have been getting some rain which is rare for this side of the Big Island..

Here are the top 5 things you missed in February:

1. We here at the Hendrickson/Poole house have been blessed to have some visitors again. Andrew's grandparents came out to visit a few weeks back with some friends of theirs from Nebraska. We really enjoyed having them stay with us for part of the time and it was really nice for me to get to know Nana and Bana a little more :) Here they are with their friends Judy and Lyle on the boat whale watching! (Thank you Captain Casey for the photo!)

2. We had a Holo Holo on the boat one evening...complete with a beautiful sunset, whales, and pupus!

3. Andrew took 3 trips to Honolulu in February to do some more training with Aflac. While I missed him each of his trips, he really learned a lot and gained more confidence to pursue this career. (Here is a picture from his hotel room overlooking Pearl Harbor). 

4. Uncle Mike came to visit! Okay, so really he was only here less than 24 hours on a layover (he is a pilot) but we got to hang out for a day! We all love seeing him...even though it was too short :( 

(oh yah...I'm blonde now. just try and tell Kelsey and I apart now!)

5. We bought tickets to come back to Colorado for a visit May 24-June 5! We are coming back for Andrew's sister's graduation and then we really want to spend time with family and friends. When it gets a little closer we'll let you all know which days we'll be in Foco and which days we'll be in the Springs. 

Andrew and I were able to have a few date-days and spent some time planning out our future. We would really appreciate prayers in this area. We are trying to make some decisions regarding jobs, re-locating, timing, etc. Really we just want to go where God leads us and we're asking for the wisdom to be able to follow Him. We're hoping to have made some decisions by the end of this month so we'll keep you all posted! Thanks for thinking of us. 

Love, 

Andrew & Haley