While staying at Ko'olina Elder Reis (Zach) came by to visit with Jessica and I! He brought his younger brother Kekoa and cousin Pita to swim with Jessica at the pool! It was so fun to see Elder Reis again who served in our Ward as a missionary. He went home in June 2008.
Having fun at the pool with Elder Reis, Kekoa, and Pita.
After watching the Horizons Night Show at the Polynesian Cultural Center, Elder Tovo gave Jessica and I a backstage tour! This is a picture of him, Jessica and his older sister's daughter. Elder Tovo served in our Ward in Alabama. I grew up with his older sister and knew his father from PCC many years ago while growing up in Laie!
Bro. Fasi Tovo and Jessica at the Tongan Village at the Polynesian Cultural Center. We surprised him there and had a fun reunion! Fasi and Sis. Tovo came to stay with us in Alabama when they flew in to pick up their son from his mission in October. Fasi took some time to show Jessica how to weave two fish out of some banana leaves.
Jessica dropping Uncle Jonny off at the airport with Uncle Scott!
While swimming one day at Ko'olina Jessica met a friend named Kelly. It seemed wherever we went Jessica was able to make a new friend!
Even at the Hawaii Flea Market (Swap Meet) we ran into people we knew! Here we are posing for a picture with Chad Lewis. Former BYU football player, NFL Philladelphia Eagles player and St. Louis Rams Super Bowl champ player 1999. He and his mother were staying out at the Turtle Bay resort and he participated in a stake fireside Jessica and I were able to attend in Laie the first Sunday we were there. Chad, Ty Detmer (Heisman trophy winner) and Vai Sikahema (Football player, Boxer, Sportscaster) were also on the program. But my favorite part was seeing my old high school friend Keala Heder Sikahema!
Jessica attened what she called "hawaiian" primary while we were visiting Laie. She made lots of new friends and loved how they sang the Hello song to her during opening exercises and gave her a lei! It made her feel so welcomed!
Jessica made a very special new friend from Primary! They exchanged phone numbers and addresses too! I hope they'll be able to keep in touch! What a fun part of the trip for Jessica. Somebody please tell me again why I'm NOT raising my kids in Hawaii??????
Jessica and I visited the USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor. We took a tour and visited the museum which also showed a movie about the bombing of Pearl Harbor. The docent working during our visit was a Hawaiian man who was only 6 years old when Pearl Harbor was bombed. He told Jessica of how he remembered a plane crashing down behind his house and how he saw people running everywhere. It really made Jessica think about the days events and how everyone was effected that day by the tragedy.
This is Jessica in front of the wall memoralizing all the soliders who died on the USS Arizona after it was bombed. 
This is a picture of the Memorial as we approached it from the shuttle boat that takes us from the museum out to the sunken ship.
Jessica got a very special treat when the boat's captain took her up to the front and talked to her one on one about the significance of the USS Arizona. She was a little shy at first, but then realized how special our day at Pearl Harbor really was!
This is Jessica posing with the boat's captain before we left for the day!
