Friday, March 24 & Saturday March 25, 2023 - Here come the Kreys!

 Spring break version 2.0.  Four days after the Sanders leave, the Kreys come.

They got in kind of late, so we just had dinner and talked a little and went to bed!

The next day, Saturday was PCC day! It was a long day for jet-lagged people, but they were troopers!

We watched several shows and then Aaron got picked to build a fire in Fiji.

And Aaron and Arie did the poi-poi balls

We had to leave them and go to work at the luau…but got to watch the workers take the pig out of the emmu (a style of cooking in the ground).

Yummmm…ready for all those Kailua pork dishes at the luaus! We met at the gateway buffet after our shift to eat dinner.  Then on to the Ha, Breath of Life show that night. Mason had seen Kap at the Samoan village and loved his art, so he bought one of his pictures outside the Pacific Theater before going in to the show. kap even autographed it for him.

Monday, March 20, 2023 - chill day

 So, we got up very early to see the Sanders off! It was such a fun week with them here. Then we decided that since we didn’t have to be at work until 4:30- we would just take a fun day. We had heard from our friends Elder and Sister Phillips at church that they had gone out to Turtle Bay to see a monk seal momma and her baby pup.  So, we decided we would go too! It was about a mile hike back into the place. But, it was a little overcast and a nice cool breeze…so it was lovely!

They had the area all fenced off, so you couldn’t get very close…but we could still see them. Mom is the large dark one laying on beach and her pup was right beside her out of view.

Here you can see the momma and the little pup is off to the left just going into the water.

Here is another one that is laying by the rocks…dark grey with a white tummy….we heard this was a pup whose mother had left him, and he was just by himself…about 2 months old.

Then we had packed a picnic lunch, so we just found a shady spot on the beach and enjoyed lunch!

Sunday, March 19, 2023- Sunday and the Sanders last day!

 We went to church and then headed to the temple to take some pictures….

Will we ever get used to wearing real shoes to church again???? Love those sandals and flip flops!!

Sat. March 18, 2023 - Big day!

Since it was their last full day, we crammed in as much fun as we could!!!!  So, as I said in the last post, you now have to have reservations for practically every big tourist spot…and they are hard to get!  After getting up early to try and get reservations for Hanama Bay snorkeling, they actually got through, but the only times were for this morning!  That meant driving an hour down to Hanama Bay, snorkeling, then the drive back through road construction, in order to be here by 12:30 when we had reservations for the PCC. (Polynesian Cultural Center) whew!!!

We had to work in the morning so we could go with them to the PCC in the afternoon. Took pictures of those going home.

                                Sister Weaver, one of the Lead STL’s….she is a basketball player.

  And Sister Suka, below…one of our most fun Tongan sisters going home to SLC.

The whole group….left to right…Sister Gallano (who’s first name is Heaven- from the Philippines ), Sisters Faylor ( San Antonio,) Sister Liu (Las Vegas) , Suka, and Weaver

Later I got this pic pfrom Elder Bushman of the going home people at Transfer News that night and their Aloha Oe. (We were not there because we went with the Sanders to the PCC)

Sisters Faylor, Gallano, Glassett, Burbidge, Liu, Weaver, Lameroux , Suka, Peterson, 

Elders Carter & Mead

Next up for the day was our trip to the PCC… of course we had to start with our tattoos ….

         Our friend Josie who does the fire dancing in the Samoan village! She married our temple security guard Tyler Brown

What a fun day!!!!

 

Friday, March 17, 2023- Happy St. Patrick’s Day!!!

We started early this morning!  Colby was bummed that he didn’t get to go to the temple, so he and Papa went over at 6:30 am and thought they would try to get in to do some baptisms. As luck would have it, a ward that was there adopted them and they were to do some baptisms!!!   So thrilled that our grandchildren are growing up loving the temple!

Of course, afterword, they HAD to go to McDonalds for their Shamrock Shakes!!!

And Lindsay took some relaxing time at the beach for a beautiful sunrise!

Then we decided to go show everyone Laie Point and the waves there.  Again, not the biggest we have seen, but it was nice anyway !

Then, we had to go to work…but we HAD to represent our Irish heritage!!!!

Then we had a nice surprise- a couple we had trained to work in the office in San Jose, who knew Misty came.  Actually it was just Tulu-  her hubby, Leroy had to stay home, but it was great to actually meet the Navarro’s in person!!! (Since we had trained them during COVID over zoom)

While we were working the Sanders headed down to Honolulu for a hike…. Up Diamond Head! Now, you have to make reservations to go to practically any big tourist spot, so they were lucky to get these!

View from the top was pretty amazing!!

Honolulu in the background.

Of course, no hike is complete without going to the famous Leonard’s Bakery for malasadas!