Nona & Papa's Mission, Polynesian Cultural Center, Laie Hawaii

January 21, 2014

Last week we celebrated one of the missionaries birthday. It was Phil Robinson. He picked the place for dinner and we were all pleasantly surprised. There are some shady looking motor home shacks in Kahuku that we pass regularly and have never stopped. Phil said they were good and proved to us it was. We ordered what we wanted and then all had a yummy yogart from the ice cream truck. Good place to stop if you are ever driving around the island.

Phil and Susan are back of picture. He's the birthday boy.

Trying to decide which truck to order from?

Still trying to figure it out!

Everyone's Happy….Elder and Sister Jaster front, Elder Tremea, and Elder and Sister Fuller.

We were really busy in Costumes last week. It was mostly repair for costumes and then I had to repair the 75 foot sail for the "Ha" show. That's always a job, expecially without Sister Cooper. I have missed her this week. I am taking some time with the kids next week and then she will be back, so it isn't too bad. Cathy has been working with me, telling stories as she calls it, so I won't be alone. She was making the necklace for the Queen at the "Ha" show. It's braiding both ends around a sharks tooth. She used her feet as you can see in the pictures. Braiding was over two, under one….

Looks so easy, Cathy does it perfectly. Has to be for the Queen.

We anxiously awaited arrival of family………January 18th.

We are enjoying Scott, Aimee and family here. We picked them up at the airport Saturday afternoon. Their plane was on time, so we picked them up at baggage. They just walked out and we had family with us. I have missed their hugs…it felt so good to hold them. We didn't want to waste any time so we took them straight to the big Swap Meet at the Aloha Stadium. This happens only twice a week, Wednesdays and Saturdays. Lucky for us some of the vendors were just winding up so the kids quickly picked out some trinkets and we left for home.

We stopped in Halewa for dinner. This is a fun little town on the North Shore. It was a Mexican Food and everyone enjoyed eating outside. Maddie couldn't believe it was so warm. I think she has long pants and sweat shirts in her heavy luggage! They had all changed in the car at the Swap Meet, but it was still a warm day. The waves were big and beautiful coming home. They loved accommodations and couldn't believe the view. The kids wanted to go to the beach, so we walked them down the secret trail to the beach and they loved it.

Sunday was more of a quiet day other than Sarah, she woke up at 5:30 am, made her bed and caught her finger in a rat trap. Wasn't fun! We walked them to the Laie Point from their house and to the beach again. They took lots of pictures. Our church was at noon, Papa had early meetings. The kids came to Sacrament Meeting. Scott said he wished he would have went to the entire block he was so impressed with our Student Sacrament Meeting. Bishop Wasdon is good at calling the kids from audience to speak and he did. As they were coming up he asked one to speak on Faith, second one to speak on Hope, and the third Charity. The Bishop spoke for the rest of the meeting. We all relaxed!

Jake liked the water fountain at the Heber J. Grant Building for saving water and to fill up your water bottle.

We had dinner with the family at their rental home. Planned the week for their activities.

View from the deck of House

It was a beautiful sunny Sunday today.

Monday was a holiday and Papa and I had the day off from Mission responsibilities. The kids wanted to go snorkeling so we went to the North Shore at Sharks Cove by Pupekea Beach Park and they snorkeled. It was a warm sunny beach day. They were able to see many colorful fish in the cove. We stayed until early afternoon and came back to Laie and found a beach for the kids to play. We stayed for the rest of the day. We took them to the PCC for dinner at the Island Feast.