• Here you will find the chronicles of our family of four. More pictures than words, I am most at home capturing our life with a still camera. Photos help me recognize the beauty and awesomeness in both the phenomenal people I live life alongside and this breathtaking place we live, planet earth.

    I am a child of God. I am the wife to a wonderful man, mother to two amazing little people. I am both daughter and sister. I am a runner. I love to travel and read.

    I often title this season of our life's adventure, The Continuing Adventures of Mallory Girl and Mark Boy. The photography is mine (unless otherwise noted.) Questions are always welcome. Thanks for reading and adventuring alongside us.

snorkeling

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Hanauma Bay

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Shark’s Cove

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Laniakea Beach: where the sea turtles hang out

yes, we saw and swam with the turtles
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this is one of 3 females tagged by the researchers

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Laniakea Beach the other direction

It was like being invited into a living aquarium:
we swam & snorkled in 4 separate beaches/lagoons
wowed by hundreds of fish, sea turtles, & watched whales blowing water and breaching from the beach

absolutely amazing

    
Laura - April 9, 2008 - 10:49 am

I’m quite jealous of your fun trips. Take me along next time???

south pacific

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We are home from the south pacific. Six glorious days of beautiful sun, water, green growing things, and being together. We left Mallory at Camp Nonnie & Poppy while Ben took me to Oahu, Hawaii for our anniversary. January 2nd 2009 we reached nine years of married life. (No we don’t ever celebrate on our actual anniversary.) We swam with sea turtles & tons of brightly colored fish, hiked to see two waterfalls, slept late and remembered how to have an uninterrupted conversation. Thank you sweet husband and Nonnie & Poppy for a wonderful week.

    
Julie - April 4, 2008 - 9:08 am

Looks pretty! Glad you had a good trip and can’t wait to see all the pics. Welcome home!

Elizabeth S - April 4, 2008 - 10:03 pm

Oh man, am I jealous! Hope you had a wonderful time! I know we will be seeing pictures soon ๐Ÿ˜‰

Leslie J. - April 5, 2008 - 7:33 pm

It sounds so wonderful! Happy Anniversary!

Jenni - April 6, 2008 - 12:43 pm

welcome back! sounds like a great trip!!

Jenn - April 7, 2008 - 6:44 pm

Pic-tures, pic-tures, pic-tures!

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Jenni - March 27, 2008 - 9:20 am

don’t be gone too long….please! ๐Ÿ™‚

Darrell - March 27, 2008 - 8:58 pm

Boy, I tell you – those Mankins are something else, huh?
Hi – I think your husband visited my site previously. I think he actually emailed me to say hi. No relations on the name, though. Not that I know of.

easter fun

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We enjoyed more Easter fun with the Whaley family Sunday after church(es). We had a fantastic bunny cake that Ms Julie will be in charge of hence forward. And, yes we "made" the girls hunt for eggs again!

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excellent!