The last two days of the cruise where spent at the island of Kaua’i. Of all the days and locations on the trip, I enjoyed Kaua’i the most. If you ever decide to take a trip to Hawaii, I would highly recommend Marriott’s Kaua’i Beach Club. It’s located on the beach of a beautiful cove with access to great surfing, and a smattering of fun shops and vendors.

The main reason I appreciated Kaua’i was the dynamic terrain. A tropical mountain island with a large canyon branching out through the center. Dusty ridges accompanied by jungle valleys. Waterfalls, beaches, cliffs, and winding roads. Lots to see in such a small place.

Here are some photographs of our trek around the island.

On the 5th day of our trip we docked in the port of Kona. At Kona, a friend of a friend of a friend of my father’s had boat and took us out to find dolphins and go snorkeling.

This species of dolphins are called Spinners because they tend to do lots of acrobatic displays when they jump out of the water. Despite the fact that they did this often, it proved difficult to photograph, as the jump only lasted 1 second, and it was hard to predict where and when they would leap from the water. Here’s my best effort.

We’ve found sand! We had to walk a mile from the ship to get to this beach.

This past June, my grandparents took my family, my aunts and uncles, my cousins – and themselves – on a cruise around the islands of Hawaii. The occasion of this trip was their 50 years of marriage, and all of us were very excited to celebrate with them (who wouldn’t?).

This first set of pictures was taken as we landed at the Honolulu Airport and boarded the ship.

My Brother, Skylar.

My Mother.

My Uncle.

I finally got a chance to edit some of my photographs form the last few weeks… So there should be a few updates over the weekend. Here are some to get you started.

: )

This is my brother. He’s a drummer and has an iPod….

You’d probably like him.

We had a chili feed at our church today, and I took lots of photographs, as always. Here are some good friends of mine.

Something tells me that this is going to be one heck of a waffle maker…

Anyway, Christmas was chill. Just my family sitting around at home eating and playing games and such. Wasn’t the most exciting thing ever, but it was’t bad. So no complaints here.

That being said… there wasn’t a whole lot of photographic awesomeness. So here’s what I have from Christmas.

Here are a few others from the last couple of days.

I will be traveling with my family to Buhl, MN for New Years, so I should have some pictures from that. Also, I’m sure I’ll have occasion to post sometime this week. Until then, Merry Christmas.

I traveled to my Great Grandmother Ogren’s house this thanksgiving. My parents, siblings, grandparents, an uncle and aunt, and cousins were all there. It was a good afternoon filled with conversation, eating, and of course… the sound of my camera shutter.

If you get a group of Ogren’s together, sooner or later we start playing 500. 500 is variation of the card game Euchre, and is fun to play. (of course it is fun to play… why else would we do it?)

Here some pictures from that. I also have 3 more Thanksgiving posts to do, so wait in anticipation. Today was a good day for the camera and I.