The Island of Oahu

ALOHA

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Hot off the press we have the pictures of our business trip to Hawaii. There were a lot of people that would say " ya you were on business ' or "it must be nice ". We had a wonderful time there. It was not all about having fun out there , we had a rough schedule while we were there. We had two schools a day that we visited and did not return to our hotel till about 4pm.

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We did have about a day and a half to do some stuff around the island. We were able to go to the the Polynesian cultural center for the day, we went to all the island,. a luau, and show in the evening. I was "voluntold" by my lovely wife to go on stage a few times. I learned how to make fire the Samoan way and also crack a coconut.

I also banged some drums the Tongan way. See if you can tell any difference between us. We also were able to hit the beaches ...partly because we were right on the beach. This was nice...I wanted to learn how to surf but that did not happen.

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On out last day we went to the memorial dedicated to those soldiers that gave their lives at pearl harbor on the navel ship named the Arizona. It was Nice to be there and feel the heroic spirit of these brave soldiers.

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As we were driving around the island we found the LDS temple. This temple was beautiful and has a great story of the saints that lived there. During the time of Joseph F Smith the saints there had lived through a horrible drought. Joseph F Smith promised the saints that if they were faithful and stayed on the island, that the lord would bless the island. Sure enough it was blessed and is a beautiful island.

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Oh and our rental car had to be a convertible .....at that a mustang. We also had a GPS which I named Lelanei .....Overall it was a great trip and were able to take home a lot of future cadets for NMMI. We Know now were we are going to retire at.......HAWAII

My sister started a Blog for her family and I thought it was nice to know some of the small things that my little nieces do everyday. We do not live in the same town as they do but it is always nice to know how much they are growing. I am not the best person on the computer but I thought maybe we would try this out so that Family and friends can see how our little family here in Roswell are doing.

Christina and I have been together for 5 and half years and been married for a year and a half. It has been GREAT ! Sure we have had our ups and downs but what marriage doesn't (and for the record there has been more Ups the downs). Since we have been married we have had the opportunity to travel and see things that we had both never been able to do. We have seen the Bahamas, Epcot, Cozamel Mexico, Las Vegas NV, and yes the Hawaiian Island of Oahu. Although we do not have children yet we do have three Dogs, Chata (for cha the front door) Chula (who is now a mother of three Male pups), and the young ADHD dog(we think) Gorda AKA gordies.

With all the traveling we also were able to have the privilege of buying our first home. It has been a struggle but that also has been a great adventure. My father-in-Law told us when we bought our home "Welcome to a huge headache as a home owner ". At first I didn't believe him , but now I do. We have had plumbing problems electric problems and now I have the wonderful task of trying to be a gardener and plant grass in the font along with the back. We will see how that works out.