Our household goods arrived on the 2nd - and a beautiful rainbow was visible just beyond our lanai! Zac was able to be here with me to accept and inspect our 11 crates full of belongings. Our house was completely full of boxes. We worked for the next week to unpack and organize everything. Now our home is in order, and everything has a spot. We made several trips to Goodwill - thankfully there are drive-through drop-off centers downtown (close to our house) and over in Pearl City (next to a friend's house). Now that everything is set up, I will soon post pictures of our new home!
On February 6th, Mason Glenn Hagenbuch was born. Parents Doug and Melissa welcomed their 8lb 12oz baby boy in to the world at Tripler Army Medical Center. He is PRECIOUS! After a short battle with jaundice, he is now home and doing well. I went over to visit the Hagenbuchs the other day, and got to hold the little one for a while. I know I am one of the many that is extremely excited that baby Mason is
finally here! I hope to be spending lots of time with him, and watching him grow. It definitely shouldn't take him long to catch up with me and my 5'1". ;)
That night Zac and I went with the Rittermann family to the Punahou School (the private school that Barack Obama attended here in HI) Carnival. It was such a scene. Food booths, carnival rides, thousands of people and beautiful weather made this an exceptional event. Steve and Marisol's daughter, Natalia (who is almost 1 year old) was such a joy to watch as we walked all over. The bright lights, happy people and loud noises caught her attention and you could tell she was amazed by so many things that she saw. This is a picture of Steve and Natalia on the carousel. Click HERE for more carnival pics.
The submarine world has constant turn over. It is sad to see Zac's co-workers and their families move on to other jobs, especially after you get to know them. Soon one of our friends will be rotating off of the boat, and a new officer will take his place. I just met one of the new families that has recently joined our ward room. They are so much fun! The wife, Audra, and her two children and I went to the Bishop Museum the other day to check out the exhibit on volcanoes. We had a great time, and I am very excited for them to join our boat "family". This is Anya and Noah playing at the museum.
We had our first visitors this weekend! Cameron and Michelle Clark flew in Friday morning from Kauai - they were there on their "babymoon" - Michelle's last big trip before their first baby is born in late May/early June. We had such a great weekend hanging out with them. Friday we had lunch downtown and walked along Ala Moana area. Later that evening we went to dinner at Duke's in Waikiki. Sat. morning, after a home made breakfast, we headed up to the North Shore. We rented a paddle board and surf board and spent the afternoon with sea turtles (literally) near Haliewa. Zac and Cameron tried the paddle and surf boards while Michelle and I watched, laughed and soaked up some sun. It was a great way to spend Valentine's Day. Later I got on the surf board, paddled out to the area where the surfers were all catching waves, and waited for Cameron to tell me to paddle until I could catch a wave. I finally did catch one, and rode it on my stomach a long way. Haha - I am no where NEAR even standing up on a board yet! Zac and Cameron did have fun playing on the boards, and we all had a great afternoon at the beach. Later, in an effort to avoid Valentine's Day crowds, we stayed in and ordered pizza for dinner and watched a movie and SNL. This morning we had breakfast on the lanai, and went to the USS Arizona Memorial. I feel like we all learned a lot about "the day that will live in infamy". Later we had a late lunch in Kailua, grabbed some malasadas (Portuguese doughnuts) from Leonard's in Pearl City, and it was already time for us to take Cameron and Michelle to the airport. I was sad to see them go - we had such a fun time while they were here, and it was so nice to see friends from Texas. More pics are HERE!
I hope everyone had a great Valentine's Day, and now, Happy Presidents' Day!
More soon,
RAWE
2 comments:
I'm so glad you're settling in!
Your place looks awesome! I looked at your friend's pictures on Facebook. . .now if I could just scrounge up some cash to come visit! :-)
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