Cookies, Kids and Frosting

February 15th we had a few children, (25 or so), some cookies (over 100), our workers (Jean & Sierra) and lots of frosting and sprinkles. The plan (Sierra's idea) was to have the children decorate the cookies and then distribute them to some of the older people in their Sunday morning meeting. I think it was a hit!! I have never seen kids NOT like cookies, frosting and sprinkles!!

Pretty cute bunch of kids!!

Hard at work.

Princess Lilla

Then the "kids" went out to play!!

.....a snowball fight.

......that no one started!!!

Anytime is story time!!

February Begins

We were only in Hawaii until the 10th of February, but we enjoyed seeing Brian and Barb Vance and their kids and grands briefly before we left. Brian and Barb flew in on Friday and we made a flying trip over to Ookala to see the job before heading back to Waikoloa to get ready to go out to dinner at Brown's Beach House at Mauna Lani. Dinner was exceptional and the sunset gorgeous...and the company wasn't too bad either.

Saturday, after we dropped Brian and Barb off to pick up their car, we headed to Kealakekua Bay for some exercise and a day of snorkeling. We hadn't snorkeled for a couple weeks.

This yellow and white Tang is pretty unusual to see.  They are almost always solid yellow.

These Peacock Groupers often hang out close to Moray Eels.

A BIG Peacock Grooper.

Moorish Idol.

Pretty cool underwater arch.

Spotted Puffer.

Barred Filefish.

This HUGE Yellowmargin Moray was lying down in
a crevice..he appeared to be about 6-8 inches deep....so
who knows how long he was...we hoped he would come
out on one hand and were glad he didn't on another.

Christmas Wrasse.

Good example of a Yellow Tang and a Goldring Surgeon.

Needlefish

Parrotfish

Yellow Tang in the coral.

Saddleback Butterfly

Yellowtail Coris

Needlefish right on the surface.

Sunset on the way home...we stopped at the overlook to Kahalu'u Bay.

Sunday Brian and Barb went to Auntie Vi's with us then we headed to

 Waimea for gospel meeting afterwards we joined them and theirs at the

 house they were renting in Kona.  We enjoyed thesunset and had a nice

 supper with them before heading back to Waikoloa. I zipped down to 

Kahalu'u to snorkel on Monday before flying home to Idaho.

Flowers on the rock wall by Auntie's house.

Just another sunset.

The house Brian and Barb rent when they come every two years.

Awesome Humuhumu-nukunuku-a-pua'a.

Pacific Trumpet Fish

Orangeband Surgeonfish

Orangespine Unicornfish

Rockmover Wrasse

Bluefin Travally

Juvenile Yellowtail Coris and little puffer fish

Fourspot Butterfly and a Cleaner Wrasse.

Regal Parrotfish

Ornate Wrasse