School Events

Sunset Beach had their first art auction fundraiser. It was held at Waimea Falls park and seemed to be a huge success. They had a silent auction as well as a real auction for the bigger items (like a ukelely signed by Jack Johnson). They sold alcohol, so I was definitely surrounded by people I wouldn't usually hang out with. It was great people watching territory. They had so many people come they had to turn some away!

Our principal on her retirment day. I somehow got stuck with planning the surprise events for her. She has been at the school for 10 years and I worked fairly closely with her, so it's going to be strange to have her gone tomorrow.

I know there is absolutely no way to prove this, but this really is a picture of Jack Johnson playing a couple of songs for the art auction. Jake Shimibukoro played as well, but it was so late when he started, that I didn't get to hear him.

Tsunami!!!.... or not

This morning we all woke up to the beuatiful sound of high pitched emergency sirens at 6:00 sharp. We turned on the TV to find that the earthquake that hit Chile the night before was expected to send a tsunami to Hawaii around 11:00 am. All the news reporters were making it sound like a majorWith thoughts of last year's flood in our minds, we spent the morning raising all of our furniture onto cinder blocks and throwing together sandwhiches and fruit for lunch; and for some reason, Mom felt that it was absolutely necessary to bake a batch of bread even though we only had a couple hours left. I guess she was thinking ahead to when our power would be out for days. Anyway we evacuated our house and joined the rest of Laie for a big picnic party on top of the hill behind the temple, complete with loud music, and plenty of talking. It looked like we were all gathered on the hill to watch fireworks on the Fourth of July; everyone was looking at the shore through binoculars waiting for the big attraction that never actually came. You've gotta love Laie :)

Making Memories

Thank you everyone for coming to visit. We loved spending such memorable times with all of you. We love you and miss you. Here are some pictures of some of the things we got to do together as a family (Lots of beach hike beach :).

Making Memories II

Heather and Doug in Hawaii!!

So Heather and her new lucky husband Doug came to visit for the holidays! They were able to accomplish a great many things, not the least of which was giving Bonnie's bike a stylish, updated new look.

Halloweeeen

Our neighbor's yard decorations.

This is our electrocuted jack-o-lantern.

Halloween is always a big deal in Laie, especially on our street where hundreds of kids of all ages go trick-or-treating. I didn't have a costume, so I decided to use my old Hogwarts robe from a few years ago, and added some accessories to be Luna Lovegood. I even made my own spectraspecs glasses using a template I found on the internet. They looked just like the ones in the movie! I think it turned out to be a pretty awesome costume- someone even asked to take a picture with me :)