Linda and Brandon went to the Chinese Acrobatic Circus and watched an amazing show. They rode the bus down from Laie and had an exciting adventure. When the show was over, Cory and I picked them up and we all rode home together and shared our stories.
On Monday, we went over to the Polynesian Culture Center and watched a few of the shows. We went to the Samoan Village and got a picture with the performer after. When we walked up to him, he said he needed someone shorter so Brandon came up and joined us for the picture. (Notice he is standing on his tiptoes so he is taller).
This week, we washed and waxed the car and then went out to the beach. Cory gave surfing another shot and almost got up a few times. Then we started boggie boarding. There were great waves and we had a good time catching the waves. After coming home and cleaning up, Linda wanted to go back to the beach for a BBQ. We took a little portable BBQ grill out but it was a bit windy when we got there. Obviously, we were the only ones at the park on the beach cooking...makes you wonder what the others knew that we didn't. One of the neighbors came with us and told us we needed to go at noon during the "winter" months so it wouldn't be so windy. It was rather cold and after I grilled the salmon and chicken, I put it on Linda's plate which blew out of her hands so the salmon ended up on the ground. She was sad and wanted to wash it off but I just cooked her another one. By the time we got everything done, we were rather cold so I carried the BBQ grill home (with the coals still hot) and put it in the driveway so Linda and Brandon could roast marshmallows. I then went in the house and ate my dinner!!!
On Sunday, we took our Temple Preparation class on a field trip to the temple visitors center to see the Eternal Families presentation. It was a lot of fun. When we came out, we ran in Reece who had just given him mission "farewell" in the ward. They have a great tradition here. Whenever someone leave (especially missionaries), after the closing prayer in Sacrament Meeting, everyone stands and sings Aloha O'e (Farewell) in Hawaiian and go up and put leis on the individual leaving. In the case of missionaries, many of the leis are in the form of ties for them to use on their missions. Reece still had a bunch of the leis on his neck and a few more he was carrying. We took a picture with him and Brandon.
It is a great tradition. You can't really see the individual leis here but some of them are extremely intricate and really neat. Reece had come over to the visitor's center to say goodbye. It was a lot of fun to see him.
Well, things have been good here. The weather has been a little chilly (comparatively). It got down into the high 60s and everyone had to break out their hoodies to wear with their shorts. This will pass too and we can put the coats away for another year.
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