Zac and I have had a very busy weekend. But, we had so much fun that we thought we should tell you all about it!
Friday night we had dinner at the Hagenbuch's house - and I am happy to report that the girls kicked butt at Trivial Pursuit.
Saturday we worked on a few little projects at the house. Zac fixed the sliding screen door while I repotted some plants that we got. I'm hoping that since we live here it will be easier to keep plants alive! I haven't had a very good track record anywhere else. We had a lazy afternoon, then went downtown for some fish tacos and Jimmy Buffett! After FINALLY finding a parking spot near the Waikiki Shell (and missing 6ish songs :( ) we made it in to the concert and joined the rest of the Parrot Heads. Jimmy put on a really great show! And let me tell you, the people watching was superb. There were fans of all ages, wearing all sorts of costumes (hula girls and guys, parrot head hats, glittery shark fins, jean jackets from the 80s with Jimmy Buffett painted-on designs, etc.) and clothes. Jimmy didn't have an opening band (part of the reason we were late, we were hoping to avoid the opener), but he played a good 2.5 hour concert. It was definitely a concert that we both wanted to experience at least once in our lifetimes, but I hope that we see him again sometime. I HIGHLY recommend seeing his show. "Fins to the left, fins to the right..."
Sunday Zac and I tried a new church in Kaneohe, First Presbyterian of Honolulu. We really enjoyed the service. The church shares its building with Ko'olau golf club and is in the most beautiful location! We will be returning for another great Sunday of worship.
We have been wanting to go hiking lately, so after church we headed up to Diamond Head Crater. The hike is a short one (8/10 of a mile), but it will definitely get your heart pumping on the way up. At the top you climb through the former fire control station and up to the top of the crater, to a stunning view of the southeast side of the island. The wind up there today was horrible (has been all week); worse than Panhandle winds!! But, at the same time, it was nice after the hike up. We took a few minutes to take in the view, then hiked back to the bottom of the crater (and our water bottles in the Jeep). CLICK HERE to see all of the pics! Here's a taste...
On our way home we stopped by the National Cemetery of the Pacific. The cemetery is located in "Punchbowl" crater (which we can see from our lanai!). I was extremely impressed with the beautiful monuments and grounds. I have heard that this is the second largest cemetery, following Arlington, but I don't know if that is really true. There are thousands of soldiers buried here, and another 28,000+ soldiers are honored by the memorial. The cemetery also has a great view of downtown. I took several pictures while visiting - CLICK HERE.
Finally, tonight I had dinner with the other ward room wives to welcome Audra. We had a wonderful dinner at Bravo, and it was so great to be back together! It is bitter sweet, though, that not all of the wives from NH are here. I know that this comes with the (Navy) territory, but not having all of the wives here is still sad. I'm missing you ladies!
I already have lots of plans for this week, so more posts will definitely be coming to a monitor near you very soon!
Hope your weekend was also tons of fun,
RAWE
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