Alaskan Ashton in Hawaii. Temple and more

Brian being silly

Brian posing 

 We don’t live close to a Temple so whenever we travel we visit the nearest one.  I have learned long ago to make the Temple the first activity.  Lucky for us we had a friend living there and she offered to watch Noah so we could go.  She lives in a part of the town that rains every day. It is very beautiful and as you would assume very green.  We passed him off very easily- Noah will go to almost anyone.  He doesn’t cry when I leave just as long as there is someone there to play with him. As we were driving the 40 min to the Temple we passed a few venders.  Thinking it would be best not to be hungry and thinking about my stomach during the session I asked to stop and eat before we went.  Once we got to the temple they informed us that the session just started and the next one would be in an hour.  How ironic that my actions to make the session better caused me to miss it.  Brian and I chose to do sealing instead.  I am so happy that we did.  We had never done sealings together before.  What a wonderful feeling to know that you are helping families see each other again.

After the Temple we picked up Noah and went to the Dole Plantation with my friend and her family. (side note:  I LOVE pineapple.  When I lived in Caracas Venezuela I would eat pineapple till my tongue went raw. so this was lots of fun for me) We walked around looking at all the pineapple in there many different stages of life, style and size.   It is very interesting.  It is all cultivated by hand and each plant produced a limited about of fruit.  Over about a three year period then the plant is replaced. I had posted about 12 pictures of different pineapples but thought that was a little zealous, not to mention crazy and so I cut it down for you.    You can thank me later.

The Plantation has a Koi Pond. We had fun so much fun feeding them.  But there is a trick.  You place the food on the side of the pond.  Not the water.  The fish will climb on top of each other to get it.  It is really crazy to watch.  After we walked around and I took TONS of pictures we ate pineapple ice cream and browsed the shop.  The Plantation has a maze and a train but we were pressed for time- shopping was now on the list – and we only rented the car for one day.  A girl has to have her priorities.