Party in Oahu!

The first week in Hawaii we stayed at the Waikiki Marriott (I guess tradition now since Mat's work paid for that one!) We were right across from the beach and had a sweet view of Diamond Head from our window. One day while Mat was busy working we headed off to the Honolulu Zoo to hang out. We saw some funny things (Lana's favorites were monkeys swinging from a tree and a goat that climbed on a rock right next to her and started to pee). On the way out we walked through the gift shop and Lana wanted a shark mask that I thought looked so cool. She named the mask "Bruce" and wore it ALL THE WAY BACK to the room. Everyone was laughing when they saw this 3 foot shark walking around.

The days that Mat was out at BYUH were my FAVORITE! I really miss going to school there and after all these years it's really nice to still see a familiar face or two. We visited with some of our old professors and co-workers. Mat and I had 2 mutual teachers we saw: good ole Kajiyama Sensi and Dr. Miller. It was really good to visit with them and see how they were doing. Kajiyama has a cute granddaughter named Keilani and we finally got to meet Dr. Miller's wife and kids. Lana had a blast playing with them for a while.

The highlight of this trip for me, and Lana and Mat would have to be the YUENS! They are the coolest, funnest (yes, funnest!), nicest and most hilarious friends! They are always so hospitable and totally go out of their way to help us out. For example, last year they lent us some beach stuff and then let us take a shower at their place AND get us dinner. This time was so fun because Lana and Aaron got to play together. Aaron is such a character and so sweet. Lana went down for a nap on their couch and he kept coming over and giving her kisses. He has the best facial expressions that I thought he got from Carol but I guess he got them from David. It was the best catching up with my best friend, Carol and so refreshing to just relax and have fun. We went to the visitors center, park, Hukilau Cafe, beach (really quick...haha), Carol made us dinner one night, we played some guitar hero and they even hooked us up with the best seats ever for the BYUH basketball game. I can't remember the last time I cheered so hard and had that much fun at a game. Aaron was such a sport, you could tell he was used to it. Lana lasted like 10 minutes, even wore her shark mask...to scare the other team, and then passed out for the rest of the night. It was the ultimate game because BYUH played so well, the other team was stressing. There was a fight (YES!!!) and they served ice cream to the crowd afterwards because the score was over 100pts. Thanks, Yuens for making our stay in Oahu the usual wonderful time. We had a blast!