School Break

 We had a great week this week. BYU Hawaii finished their semester and many students have gone home.  We are taking a 3-week break from teaching but meeting with the kids on Wednesdays and Thursdays.  

 Janice got to meet with the knee surgeon on Tuesday and found out that she definitely needs replacements.  He wanted to schedule something on the spot but Janice wanted to think about it.  After talking to a few people including our children, she is convinced she needs to at least start with one knee.  She is waiting to here back from the scheduler.  Our mission president is all for it.  

Meanwhile, we are keeping a core group of Institute students going and have had fun this week meeting with them.  We have another couple of weeks without lessons but we have treats and games available for them.  We had 4 students come over for Easter Dinner last Sunday and really enjoyed feeding them a lot of food.  They loved Janice's home-cooked Ham and Cheesy Potatoes.  We talked, played the guitar and sang, laughed, and just had a great time.

We went out to eat at Pounders Restaurant and had pizza on Friday for our date.  We went to the north shore and watched a glorious sunset afterward.  It was really overcast here but the sky cleared up and we saw the sun pop out through the clouds.

On Thursday after Institute, one of our students volunteered to demonstrate his fire dancing.  He moved here just to compete and has been practicing very hard.  This is a routine with flaming poi balls that was pretty impressive.

We are thrilled that three of our grandsons are coming to visit us on Monday.  We were just expecting Isaac to come before his mission but just this morning, his other two brothers (Noah & Henry) hopped on because the airplane tickets were so inexpensive.  We are scurrying to make some adjustments and have a great time.  This is a great bonus situation!

Some of our students have asked if I could put on a painting workshop so I am trying to put together a composition that they could do in one setting.  This is my first attempt.  It is China Hat Island just across from Kualoa ranch on the east side of Oahu.