Monday, July 25, 2016

Our Last Sunday

Our last Sunday in Hawaii started on Saturday evening with a tender mercy from Heavenly Father.  We had a great day at the beach and then Caleb began whining his ear hurt in the late afternoon.  I didn't think much of it because I figured he had water in his ear.  But, he continued to whine and then both of his ears began hurting.  It being Saturday, the hospital was our only option and Caleb had just been whining for a few hours I decided to wait on it and hope he'd get better.  I gave him some IB Profen and put him to bed.

It was only a half hour later and he was crying again.  I got him back to sleep only to have him wake up thirty minutes later again. I thought to myself this is going to be a long night.  Plus Bo and I had to speak in sacrament meeting in the morning at eight.  I asked Bo if he'd give Caleb a blessing.  We called one of our missionary friends Craig Earnshaw and he came over to help.  After the blessing Caleb slept through the night with no sign of pain and was better in the morning.  It was such a blessing to have him better and the whole family at church for our last Sunday.

In Hawaii on your last Sunday the ward sings "Aloha Oe" to your family after the closing prayer in Sacrament Meeting. Afterward some people in our ward brought up some lei's to say good-bye.  It was fun and we have a whole lot of lei's on display in our home now.


We also went on a walk out to Laie Point for the last time.  A nice couple offered to take a picture of us.  So here we are at the end of our street with those beautiful mountains and ocean behind us.

My Birthday

Bo planned a night out in Honolulu to celebrate my birthday.  We went to P.F. Changs and then for a walk on Waikiki to see the fireworks they have on friday nights.  It was nice to get out.  Thanks Bo for planning some time away for us!


Empower Your Dreams Competition

The Empower Your Dreams Competition was outstanding!  All of the finalists did an amazing job.  It was pretty inspiring to see all of the presentations.  Click here to see all of the presentations of the winners.  







The judges this time we great and we had a fun time with them.  Here are some pics from our couple of days together.  We ate at the Luau, Pounders, rode segways around a beach.





Elizabeth Smart was one of the judges.  She gave a fireside while she was here and did a great job:
click the link to watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ja1gH9L9VIo

A Few Last Small Adventures

Toward the end of our Hawaii adventure we made a few more trips.  We went back to some of our favorites and tried out some others.  Here are some pics from our last few:

This was our favorite lookout.  We drove up and up and up a mountian and walked out to this:
I loved the rainbow that showed up for us. :)



 That volcano below is Diamondhead.  The pictures after that are of our third hike of Diamondhead.


 View from the top of Diamondhead:



The kids LOVE climbing this tree at the bottom:

 One last trip to Matsumoto's Shave Ice
 Playing at a beach house of on the the other missionary couples.  It was our final get together before we all left.  It was in Wailua and the kids swam near the turtles.  Pretty cool!
 This was a one last motorbike trip with Bo's friends from the School.  Martha and Perry Christensen.  While they were motorbiking Martha took us to a really steep, fun hill to play on.  The kids LOVED it!



I'm sure I'm missing some of our last outings, but this should do.

Jack's Baseball Season

Baseball in Laie is different than here.  They stop leagues after age 9 so Jackson was the only one who got to play.  Conrad was a bit bummed but we had a great time watching this season.  Jack's last game was his favorite.  He was able to hit a single, double, triple, and home run.  He has really gotten more aggressive and into playing since last year.



A typical Hawaiian after game snack: lei, drink, fuit, crackers, musubi (spam sushi)
This game just poored and poored.  They ended early.  But, I think the kids had fun.



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