Okay, some of you know that I lost the diamond in my wedding ring just a couple of weeks before we left for the Hawaiian adventure. Thankfully we had insurance and it was a simple matter of filling out some paperwork to get the diamond replaced...but then we got to thinking maybe a Hawaiian ring to replace it would be pretty special instead - after all we love Hawaii, we were married in Hawaii, we love Hawaii and oh, we love Hawaii! So we held tight until we got here then started looking around at some jewelry stores here and I fell in love with one that is VERY Hawaiian in design and carries the meaning "infinite love from the heavens", and it just so happened the size 5 they had in store fit like a glove. Went home and thought about it overnight and went back to get it the next day. I tried it on one last time to be sure and my hand must have been swollen and it didn't fit! Okay, had it re sized - Too big! (you would think I would have just brought my old ring in to measure - that would have been the smart thing - too much was going on with the move and clearly I wasn't thinking), now it needs resizing one more time and that should do it. Anyway it's a "beaut" and the experience will be part of our memories here.
Meanwhile in other news a few updates:
- the trades have picked up a little and Hawaii feels once again much more like the Hawaii I know that is never unbearably hot - thank goodness!
- we also got a membership at the Oahu Club and it's fantastic. Outdoor Olympic sized pools, exercise rooms, yoga, wt. room Jacuzzi, tennis courts, restaurant...with super friendly staff and members. Natalie will be taking her swimming lessons here from instructors with unparalleled skills. We can go there and pack our food or eat at the restaurant and stay all day in and out of the pools etc.
- went to church today and it was an unbelievable experience - Natalie enjoyed Sunday School at the cutest ever little building that also hosts a Montessori school and the kids get to use the preschool room for Sunday school -it's beyond adorable indoor and outdoor. Then we walked over to the church service and I was blown away to walk into this amazing structure literally on the ocean open to the air with the most gorgeous view and breeze 180 degrees from any given pew, the minister does a Keiki (kids) sermon each week and Natalie hopped right down on the floor with the rest of the kids and listened intently, followed by a lei making ceremony where anyone in the congregation could walk up to the front and tell the name of the passed loved one they are remembering and hand a plumeria flower to a woman with a long needle and thread making this massive lei out of it. Probably one of the most beautiful experiences I have ever witnessed in my life. Sorry I took one photo of the preschool area and the church with my iPhone but they don't do it justice so I didn't bother uploading them. Will maybe try next week if it seems okay to take pictures.
Speaking of Natalie, she wakes up to the perfumed air of plumeria from a gorgeous plumeria tree outside her bedroom window - some mornings (if Paul is not rushing out the door to catch his bus) Paul brings one flower to each of us - very sweet.
That's all for now:)
Aloha to all,
Lisa
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