Hawaii has been great. It has far exceeded anything I could have imagined living here. Jared and I are so happy to be living in paradise and enjoying all that it has to offer. We are outside ALL THE TIME! The boys love it, but of course they don't really get where we live. Cameron will never know any difference which is kind of a tragedy really. When he is older and goes to the mainland, he is going to think it is SO UGLY and brown. Spoiled!
Brent starts school in 3 months and gets to go to all day kindergarten. He is really excited and READY! He will thrive and be a joy for his teacher. Cameron is going to miss his best friend Brent, and will probably ask me all day where he is. SAD. Now I will have to be the playmate. Although I'm excited not to have to push a double jogger on my runs. Hallelujah! Cam and I are going to have fun together! It will be weird to only be looking after one child. I will miss Brent, and miss having complete control of what goes into his brain, but I need to accept the new chapters in our lives.
Cameron is growing and still so sweet. I find myself trying to treat him like a baby...even calling him my baby and when he hears of it, he says "No mama, I'm a big boy, Nani is a baby". He insists he is the "biggest" and He is even bigger than Dadall (Jared). He is obsessed with the color orange and has some orange articles of clothing that he insists on wearing all the time. He has the "linus" syndrome and it is driving me mad! But we give in to Cameron...as he is a sweet as sugar.
Jared is still enjoying his job, and frequency of surfing. I have not seen him happier, and that makes me happy.
I got called to be primary president last month, and I have been busy learning all about what I need to do to stay on top of things. I have great counselors and great friends to help me out.
The most exciting news is that we bought a house in Kailua. We signed the papers today, and we are super excited to own a piece of paradise! We are renovating the inside, and it is fun for me to be picking out all the insides of what I want. The yard is large, has a HUGE Hawaiian mango tree, and lots of land for us to plant a garden and have a chicken coop. It will feel good to own a house again, and we are super stoked we got the opportunity to buy in Hawaii. So the next few months will be chaotic, moving, updating, etc. Life is always changing, and luckily it is for the good. I keep on feeling like everything is going so smoothly right now...when is the next bump in the road coming. Hopefully not too soon.
Since I love candy I have had a great experience trying new candies here in Hawaii. Hawaii is very much influenced by Japan, and so in every market there is a huge asian food section. My favorite new candy is called Hi-Chews....so good, I'm obsessed! Here is what they look like.
My favorite flavors are mango, green apple, and melon. YUM. The Japanese got it right when it comes to making fruit flavored candies.
