Graduation Day

BYU HAWAII GRADUATION DAY

This is Josh Jung. Josh is his "American" name because most haoles have trouble pronouncing
his Korean name. He is a regular in our office and planning to go and live in Herriman with his brother.
He is a talented and smart young man and we will miss him.

This gives you an idea how many leis you can put on one person. Look closely at the lei closest
to her face. It is made out of $100 bills. I thought they got carried away at East High. Pres. Tanner
asked the audience at the commencement not to applaud or celebrate any names during the
ceremony. Most people pretty much honored that except for a kazoo and some whistling and
a few shout outs. Elder Oaks was the commencement speaker.  

Some of the regalia.

We came home to find ourselves locked in our apartment. Fortunately our downstairs
neighbors were home and went and got the landlord's son-in-law to get us out
and replace the door knob. No trouble keeping the mission rules here in Kahuku. With all the
feral roosters around we get the wake up call sometimes as early as 4 am. Our neighbors
call it going "cuckoo in Kahuku." Too bad Bill didn't bring a twelve guage.

BACK IN THE SADDLE AGAIN

Our premier ride.

After 3 months without bikes we were definitely going through withdrawal. We stopped by a bike rental shop at Turtle Bay and asked if they ever sell their rentals. Just so happened that the owner had just ordered a fleet of Fezarri bikes from Utah Valley to replace their bikes next month. That fact and the fact that we are missionaries (the owner is a BYUH alum)  got us a screaming deal; 2 bikes, 2 helmets, 2 bike pumps and a car bike rack and bike lock for about half a month's rent! When we rolled out of their I felt like a kid on Christmas morning.
We are storing our "new" bikes inside as bikes have a tendency
to disappear around here. People say they are not really stolen only
that someone "borrows" them. The trouble is that they are never
returned to the place where they were borrowed from.

Thank Goodness for Costco.

This is what it looks like when 4 missionaries go to Costco.
These are new neighbors the Treygaskes from Arizona. They are running
the bowling alley on campus. They brought their sports car with them and so
they didn't have any room for their purchases. We spent most of the day
at Costco, Walmart, and Bed Bath and Beyond. They were good sports as
they even had some things on their laps and between them on the way home.
Even though Bill is glad for our hatchback, he is a little jealous of their Mazda Miata.

This is the office I work in and I was surprised when Paul brought
in his still-surfing father who is  my cousin Hilma Stratford's nephew.
I am impressed that he surfed here as the large North Shore waves are not
for the weak-kneed.

We have been upgraded to a bigger flat. Our dear friends Jeff and Wendy Sessions
 suddenly had to return home for Jeff's cancer treatment. We are sad to see them go. They offered
to let us move in their upstairs apt and we took them up on it as long as they
would let us take care of their loose ends and deal with what they had to leave behind.  We
love it up here. There are two roomy bedrooms, much more closet space and
and a larger kitchen and living room. We feel very fortunate since our new flat is
twice the size of our downstairs apt. And the biggest bonus; we have
cross-ventilation which is a must in the summer.