Friday - Day Eight

 Emmi had a training this morning that was mandatory.  She left about 7:00 and got back about 11:00.  We decided that golf was what we all wanted to do today.  Emmi drove us to a 3 par golf course and we played 9 holes.  It was very hot today and some wind.  Emmi got a birdie on the 9th hole.  Nice way to end her golf game.

We then drove to a fun place for a late lunch and early dinner.   The place is called 604.  Delicious food.  Emmi had pulled pork and rice, Neal had fish and I had a good old hamburger with delicious fries.

Our seats were on the ocean side.  The little birds were, of course, looking for a hand out.  I couldn't resist feeding them.  The fun thing is that they would eat the little bits of bread right out of my hand.  How fun was that.  I'm sure it would have freaked Mallory out.  She isn't a bird lover.  But, I loved it.  

On the way home we stopped at Baskin Robbins for some ice cream that we brought home for later.  It was nice for us to be home by 6:00.  We are all very tired.  It has been a long week so far.  Two more days to go and then home bound!!  

Thursday - Day Seven

 Thursday was a busy and kind of a long day.  The way the bird flies, it is a short distance from A to Z but the traffic and the roads can add minutes and hours to a destination.  Today was the Polynesian Cultural Center which I will refer to as the PCC.  Emmi and I whipped up a batch of banana bread and while it was cooking she ran Neal to find another of his missionary people.  I stayed back and tended the bread, folded a load of laundry and washed dishes.  Emmi and Neal were gone about an hour and a half.  He was able to find the person he was looking for.  We sampled the banana bread, which was delicious, and then headed out to the PCC.  

Our first step was to check in and then we went into the huge buffet.  Emmi and I laughed at Neal.  He had barely grabbed a plate when he spotted the desserts and had a cookie on it.

This is his dessert plate.

Music and decor.  All very native and Hawaiian.  Neal requested a couple songs and gave them a tip.

Neal found the ice cream.

Emmi noticed that the ice cream cone had Hawaii stamped on it.  Very fun!

We ate so much we just had to sit and let the food settle before going anywhere.

After a delicious Buffett we went into the shopping area and found the pole with all the states on it.  

Emmi and I ventured into a Christmas Shop and I found these plates and bowl.  They were marked down from $40.00 a plate and $60.00 for the large bowl to $5.00 for the plates and $15.00 for the bowl.  I just couldn't pass that up.  The only sad thing was that they only had five plates left.  I bought what they had.  The actually had two large bowls but I didn't see the need for two of them, even at that reduced price.  No way to get them home so I'll leave them with Emmi to enjoy this Christmas.

We also found a shirt for Neal and Emmi and I got t-shirts.

We hauled our purchases back to the car and then went into the open arena for the show, which I will add was amazing.  

We got home about 9:30.  Emmi and Neal had a lengthy discussion about how Saturday with Walker was going to go.  As we all know, discussions with Neal are trying at best.  Emmi sent me this picture on my phone with the comment underneath that said:  "Me in the car for the last hour."  I laughed so hard!

Wednesday - Day Six

This morning we got up bright and early and left for the golf course about 6:30 a.m.  Emmi had two sets of golf clubs so I used one of her sets and Neal rented a set.  We did 18 holes.  I haven't done that for a long time.  We almost always just do 9 but Emmi said that if we wanted to do the back nine along the ocean we had to do a full 18.  It was worth it.

Loved these little birds.  They are Red Crested Cardinals.  Emmig and I gave them a few bites of our cookie.

The Marine were doing their pilot training.  Take off and landings right over top us.  Couldn't believe how close they were and how many times they flew over!
 

The ocean is absolutely gorgeous.  The different colors were amazing.

After we finished our golf game we stop at the beach.  I took off my shoes and saw my sun tanned feet!  They reminded me of Abby's feet when she got home from her mission.  

We did make a quick stop at a Baskin Robbins again on the way home.  

Emmi fixed us a delicious dinner. Cafe Rio sweet pork and cilantro rice.  

We played a couple rounds of Swoop and then we watched Toy Story 4.  Such a fun and full day.

Tuesday Day Five

Tuesday was a quiet day.  Emmi had to work.  Neal asked one of Mildred Wong's sons to drive him to a one of the areas he did missionary work in.  So I got to stay home and get my blog caught up, do some stitching and just relax for the morning.  I loved it.  Neal got back from his outing about 1:30 and Emmi got home about 4:00.  We all got cleaned up and headed to the temple to do some sealings.  The temple is gorgeous and we had such an amazing time.  On the way I got to see my first rainbows!  So beautiful. 

Driving up to the temple.  It is the most amazing entrance to any of the temples that the church has built.

After the temple we stopped at 7-Brothers for the most delicious hamburger and fries I've ever had.  Beyond delicious!  This was me waiting for my dinner.

We also stopped at Baskin Robbins on the way home to have some ice cream.  Thus ended a perfect day!