Home again

 But it DID take a long time to get there. 

Sunday morning we attended Sacrament meeting with the Manoa Ward ( I think. It was either Manoa or McCully). It was at 8:30, so we kind of had to scurry. The bus had another couple on it dressed in church attire and we walked in with them. The tabernacle on Bishop and Beretania streets has been there a long time, is big, white, open, kind of almost cross-shaped. But not as open as it used to be. NOW the huge chapel with side 'wings' is air conditioned. Years ago, it was cooled only by ceiling fans. Quite a difference. Good talks. Nice folks. Many visitors. We only stayed the first hour then had to get back, change clothes, eat and pack and check out. I had an hour😆

We finished off most of Nick's Leftovers, except the yogurt cups we took to Jessica yesterday.

Do you know about Ward and Stake History collections and specialists? I read about it a while ago in the Liahona, I think. It's quite amazing how they can collect stories. Even yours! One of the speakers covered that quite nicely.

I still feel like I'm riding on a bumpy bus or car sometimes.  Or an airplane. So much traveling.

We had to check out at 11 on Sunday morning, and we did. And then we headed with baggage to the bus stop. Then to the NEW Skyline train. It's very nice. It but got us to airport way too early, so we went a few stops beyond just for fun. And then turned around and came back to the airport.  It was rainy all morning. Not heavy, and not in Waikiki when we initially caught the bus. But the rest of the time it was , and we were protected by buses, trains and parking garages and airport. 

None of the old airport is visible. It's probably all gone by now. So much is very new and lovely in Terminal 1 where we were with Hawaiian Air.

Mike and I took our time, he napped, we hydrated, I did a blog post, made phone calls, etc. We had a nice late lunch at Panda Express. The bathrooms in Terminal 1 are new, very bright and roomy, clean, very quiet with only soft Hawaiian guitar or Ukulele music playing. So pleasant. I tried several of them while hydrating pre- flight😊

Our seats were changed from center section to window and isle which was better than being in the center section. That was nice. We boarded on time, but then had a long( almost an hour!) mechanical delay. It had to do with toilets not flushing due to the exterior access door not closing properly under the plane, so we waited for that to be repaired. 

The whole area was socked in with rain and clouds.

My audio on the tv screen at my seat didn't work, so I moved to the empty seat behind Mike and watched "Downton Abby, The Grand Finale". Mike did not snooze at all! I did, here and there.

We got to LAS Las Vegas about 12:30 am Monday, to our car by 1 and home by 5 Utah time. I fell into bed and slept about 6 hours. Mike hasn't had much sleep. He couldn't get to sleep when we came home this morning. I even put my phone on "do not disturb"!

Now I need a vacation to recover from the vacation. But I'm doing laundry instead. Mike's back into work mode , hunting for the proper grout to finish a repair job for Boyd. 

That's our next adventure -- to Missouri to visit Boyd and Carol Fife, and Hayden's high school graduation on the way back home.

Me and Mike on Honolulu 's  Skyline elevated train system. And the rains and clouds upon our departure.

Also on Monday, we had a pleasant dinner out with my Mom and Tandy and Braeden and Pam . Tandy came from San Antonio for Jen Perkin's wedding reception in Logan. She picked up Braeden on the way down here, so it was fun to see them. Today they might have gone skiing, but it was far too windy. But it started to sprinkle when we left Brody's Mexican Restaurant after dinner! Wait! Rain?!?! Really?

Happy Valentine's Day!

 We saw our kids off to Maui.

We napped.

We rode the bus for a LONG time.

We had lunch with Jessica. We ate at a food truck! I had coconut crusted mahi mahi that was so yummy! I shared my fries.

We rode the bus again. May have dozed a bit.

We saw chicks at the North Shore bus stop. So cute with their Momma Hen

We ate in our room. (Nick's Family's leftovers.) Fruit,yogurt, a chicken bake. Lots of juice.

We are going to watch a movie and veg. 

This window in our room is 18 floors up. High. And it easily opens up this much. No screen. 

Safety hazard perhaps?

She had at least 9 little ones to keep track of. Most were white, but a few were brown. 

Fri Feb 13th at the PCC

 No text, just photos of family having fun, learning stuff and eating and dancing.

A collage of tattoos

The little girls went to the stage to dance in front of every one at the luau dinner! So cute.

2/12/2026 Pearl Harbor

 Three rode the bus. Five took the car.  We had to arise and get out early (6:30 a.m.departure . . .🥱.) Kaylee is a much better Bus navigator than I am. But IT WAS less walking. 

The others got to leave for Pearl Harbor later--Nick with four kids! Vacation time for Kaylee. But it only takes 30 minutes by car to get from point A to Point B, and 59 minutes by bus, with one transfer.

Pretty clouds! Blue sky! No rain! But it did cloud up later. It was still nice, though.

 The three Bus riders. 

Emily ( on the floor), had her full of museums and history by this point.

Mike was loving it, however.

Kaylee observing with Jane one of the exposed gun turrets from the Memorial.

Nick pointing out stuff.

Emily always poses.

Rachel

After the Pearl Harbor experience, we headed back to Waikiki. Mike wasn't speaking to me. We took Logan with us this trip and Kaylee went in their rental car. I led us astray ( AGAIN!!) trying to get the bus back to our apartments. We missed the first one because we were on the wrong side of the street and I didn't figure it out until too late. But buses do come frequently. The walk is shorter from Line A instead of W to our apartments. Mike said he told me we were in the wrong place, but I didn't understand what he meant ( be cause he was not clear). I did not even see the correct bust stop until the bus arrived. He insisted that he had told me, but . . .well, it was all very unclear to me as we sat and I looked and I I finally zoomed in. . . And by then we missed our first ride. But we got where we needed to go.! Logan's parents even saw and waived to us from their Lanai when we got off the bus! 

By then it was time for lunch. Nick went to get Costco Pizza, Mike and I ate steak at the brewery close by (and drank lots of Coke!). Then I headed out with Nick and fam to swim at the beach here in Waikiki. Nice day!. Kids loved it. Loudly, with very much yelling and hollering . We all played hard. I think Emily was the only one with a sunburn. I'll have to add photos from the beach later after Kaylee shares a few with me. 

We walked to get Shave Ice after that, then back to the apartments. Mike just rested his legs all that time and read. 

I'm sorry he missed out on the Shave Ice, tho.

Lunch at the Waikiki Brewery. Fast, good food  (because we beat the lunch crowd)

That's a big mound of fluffy shaved ice! And that's the "Keiki" or kid size! 

Logan tunneled through his. Haha.

Bug in his eye!

Nick and Kaylee hiked the Makapuu Lighthouse Trail and I stayed with the kids after we were home from beach and kids kind of fed and settled. We just watched TV, they ate snacks and retired early ( though my guess is they will pop right out of bed as soon as the parents walk in the door!) Nick and Kaylee got some food on their way back to the VRBO rental. Theirs is really nice! Sleeps 6, 2 bedrooms, new remodeled, full kitchen. And they have closets and dressers! Haha. And a balcony. 

Bird of Paradise flower on the walk home from beach.

A Hawaiian Rainbow!

Emily's souvenir is a flower clip for her hair. Cute!

Here's Kaylee's sunset photo from tonight.