Back from the mainland... 4 days later!

I flew out Wed. noon-ish to go see Michael and stay at his folks.  

They are doing well, Grama in her new "warm" outfit, 

getting ready for cooler weather.

Sat. after riding BART to Fremont to pick up 

Michael's new/used blue honda Accura, 

we stopped at Zachary's Pizza for some deep dish, YUM!!  

Rained hard ALL day, WET!!

Veges FIRST!
Michael calls 'em "weeds!"
This was his "Jesse" face to protest that I INSISTED on ordering a salad w/ the pizza...

We got to do some shopping, driving, church, eating out and visiting in for 4 nice days.

Up at 5:30 am Mon. morning to be on BART back to SFO to fly FIRST CLASS, thanks Jenna!

back to Lihue, landing at 12:45pm, Jesse picked me up.  

Jenna called in that she made her

flight from DC to Switzerland to go see Camey!  

She was excited!  BON VOYAGE!!! 

until Nov. 22ish.  Loving the travel thing!!!

WEEK-end island update

The beaches are rather empty at this time of the year...  

Clouds and rain a good part of the week, 

this is Sat. noon at Sheraton beach.

Jenna and I went out to get some nature time after she worked the 5am shift 

and I had a violin concert at 3pm.  The water was cooler, but we went in!  

There were SOME people on the beach down to the side, and some surfers.

Sat. morning, we went to the mall and did a walk-a-thon w/ the cubs that I work

with at church.  These are the BOY scouts here, Jess' didn't have his shirt yet, borrowed

Jordan's for the picture.  The lady on the right is Jesse's seminary teacher, Auntie Francis.

She raised $1,000 for this fund raiser, HERSELF, amazing!!!  Aaron was there, but didn't

stand in the picture, too early in the day for him?
Thurs. evening we fed the missionaries...  

But Jesse had to be at work at 5pm, 

SO we met them at Subway and ate dinner before Jesse went onto the clock.   

GOOD dinner, everyone agreed!!  

Jenna and I had Relief Society Enrichment that night too.  

Learned how to cook BEANS from our food storage...  good class!

Do we recognize these guys?

First clue, NO kids?  In the cathedral on a Mexican 8 day cruise...
2nd clue, Peace signs 
3rd clue, a NO fat diet and who's lookin' good NOW!?!?

Hula Moves...

Look fast!  I'm actually performing the HULA with my group!!  YEAH for me!!!

Harvest Festival-Senior Hawaii Style

I got up early to perform 9am w/ the Senior Ukulele group for their Harvest Craft/Food Fair.

'Tis the seasons of fall festivals here TOO!  No APPLE HILL, but we have a Coconut

Festival and craft and art shows going on all over the island...  My students are 

playing violin NEXT Sat. at the art show. 
I play ukulele and violin with this group.  We sound better on pitch w/ our

singing when I am playing the melody on the violin.
THEN, I changed costumes and had a DEBUT' as a HULA dancer!!!  I survived it!!

I was actually a bit nervous for some reason, you know, random flanging my arms around

in the air telling a story to dance w/ Hawaiian music and words being sung, 

SO NO!  I cannot usually tell where we are heading w/ the story until the others lead out!???

This was talking about the the waves at Nawiliwili, notice my RED/PINK lipstick

for the stage! 

I kinda liked doing the hula tho, and I only looked 1/2 retarded,

Sharon/Kates/Jordan came to watch and they actually said I looked ok...  Amazing!!

I now have a REAL mu mu and this was a borrowed outfit.
This is how far the contractors have gotten w/ the building, SO it should almost be 

quiet when Jerry/Mark get here!?!?  Indoor work is quiet-er!  This is right outside 

our kitchen window.

A real day OFF!

FINALLY, Jenna and I had a day off together...  SO we first went to the beach,

cloudy, so no pictures...  Then we moved the furniture and mopped the floor.
This is a bit of a circular rotation of our small living space...  Needed a change?!
Jesse fresh in from college, he locked his keys in the car... BUT he IS a BOY SCOUT

and worked w/ his computer cord and got 'em out and drove home, YEAH Jesse!!

SO---  WHAT are you going to be for Halloween?
Mother/Daughter lunch out for Sharon's bday.  A Thai place that was 

DELICIOUS, I've never had Thai, I kinda thought all Asian was the same,

SILLY me!  NOPE, there's Vietnamese, Chinese, Japanese, AND Thai!!!

The BEST coconut soup I've EVER tasted.  Sharon wants to REALLY promote

this place 'cuz she and Andy were on their mission in Thailand and they have

had to fly to Honolulu to get good Thai food where Erik works...
Hair cut and color, THANKS Jenna!  Needed a change!!!
The back view...  FINALLY all one length!
Jenna ran and worked out, snuba-ed at Poipu this morning and layed out

at the Sheraton beach w/ me and the Del Sol girls.  Now she's going to a bday party

AND a baby shower tonight...  Busy on her last of 4 days off!
A NICE smile from JESSE!!  Thanks Jess...  per Michael's request.

Dad Michael at WORK!

This is Dad Michael overlooking the refinery in the bay area.  He is overseeing the computerization of the refinery and working 7-3:30 5 days a week.  He is enjoying 

this job and likes being around his folks.  This is the big coker unit going in.  Looks 

like a big project!  Miss you Michael...