In Loving Memory of Monalisa Soli

March 21, 1987 - June 16, 2008

This is in honor of a great friend, sister, daughter, and one of the most wonderful person the world has been blessed with. On June 16, 2008 Monalisa was killed in a car accident on her way to visit her sister in Las Vegas. The world lost an amazing person that day. I don't really have the words to describe Lisa except AMAZING. She could make any bad day seem bright. She was the friendliest person you have ever met. Her sense of humor is indescribable. Man, if you know Lisa you know what I'm talking about. Every minute was an adventure with Lisa, for the good and the bad...haha!!! Brings a smile to my face just thinking about it. There was never a dull moment. I'm gonna miss Monalisa really bad, but I figure God must have needed her up in Heaven to make him laugh. I wish all of you could have gotten to know this amazing girl, but her memories will live on and shared so she will never be forgotten. May you rest in peace Lisa until we meet again. Alofa Atu sis!

Lisa will try anything...a few weeks ago there was a fire knife competition at PCC and she competed even though she hadn't ever done it and she placed 3rd. She's one tough cookie...

Lisa in her ROTC uniform...work it girl!

Hannah, Lisa and Lily during culture night

Cliff Jumping at the POINT!!!

One of the heart pumping...or maybe heart stopping depending on how the jump goes...haha...is cliff jumping at the Point. A bunch of us girls decided to go jump the Point. If any of u's have been here the cliff at the Point is hella high. Compare it to Waimea's Rock and add about 20 more feet plus crashing waves that can hurl you into the jagged rocks...sounds exhilirating ya...WAHOO!!!

The girls before we took the plundge and some random chinese guy that wanted to be in our picture... but only his back side...Ha ha ha!!!

Hannah and miss thang...

BOMBS Away!!!

Some random Haoli guys were there jumping too and when this one jumped it was a perfect picture...for more then one reason...CHOOHOOO!!!

ONO!!!!

Ono means "good" in Hawaiian. And there is no betta food then an ono plate lunch. This is one of the delicious examples of why I gain so much weight here in Hawaii, but no matter, life would be so sad without good Hawaiian food. My favorite is "Sea" food. I see food and I eat it!!!!



Hawaii is known for it's rich foods such as Teriyaki Chicken, Kalua Pig, Taro, Purple sweet potatoes, Poke (raw fish) and last but not least chicken long rice...mmmmmmm!!! I know I have your mouth watering right now...Hawaii isn't just the pineapples and mangos, there is so much more. Those of you that have been here know exactly what I'm talking about....ONO!!!

Happiness...

I was thinking today about happiness and what it is. I mean we all are looking for happiness, but what exactly is happiness? And when do we finally achieve it? We all have our momentary stages of happiness, say when we get an A on a paper, or get that job we really wanted, our first baby, our first husband (haha) oh wait, I mean eternal marriage to our only husband. But what is eternal happiness? When are we just happy forever, and not just for the moment.

There are as many nights as days, and the one is just as long as the other in the year's course. Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word 'happy' would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. --Carl Jung

I've realized in my own life that I am in desperate need for that eternal happiness. I am tired of settling for that momentary happiness. I've moved here and there, all over the place searching for that kind of eternal happiness. But everytime I get to where I think I will acheive it, it just isn't there. We've all heard the old saying,"The grass is always greener on the other side."

"We all live with the objective of being happy; our lives are all different and yet the same." Anne Frank

Is that eternal happiness a choice? Is it when we finally decide that's what we want, we make our lives fit such? Or is it just something that we try to attain our entire lives? We always hear the gospel is God's Plan for our Happiness. But along that plan there are those many trials and bumps on the road that bring very much sorrow and pain into our lives. So is the happiness I desire just something that is just not attainable in this lifetime and is something that I will try to reach my whole life just to fall short? I hope not...

To get up each morning with the resolve to be happy…is to set our own conditions to the events of each day. To do this is to condition circumstances instead of being conditioned by them.--Ralph Waldo Emerson