The scoops!

It has been a while since I’ve been able to write. Since I’ve been back from Africa, I have been in super high stress mode trying to get all of my students graduated. I am happy to report that 15 out of my 15 students made it! But it totally required ALL of my time and energy… lunches, recesses, after school and every minute of class.

So, school officially ends next Friday for Jeni and I. We are planning on spending about three weeks in California… but we might have to swim because the tickets are running about $800 for each person right now!

But, we have been having the same ol’ crazy things happening. I have been trying to take pictures to capture all the fun… here’s the brief rundown:

A couple of weeks ago, Jeni and I got brave (and dumb) and went to an overnight laser tag outing with the junior high group… yeah… it was pretty fun for the first hour. We didn’t leave church until 11pm which is already past our bedtime and then had to go all the way into Honolulu and didn't come home til seven the next day. But we survived and the only bad thing that happened was I got the “girly” gun pack that made it impossible for people to shoot me because I was so awful. Hmmm…

We have been enjoying our new house and had our first dinner party. Yeah, it was pretty much the most romantic night ever :). We cooked garlic shrimp on our new outdoor wok. Yum!!!

Also, Jeni has turned into a sun goddess and yesterday burst through the front door and grabbed her suit all in one motion. Then she yelled, “We’re losing sun! I’m going without you if you don’t hurry!!!” Whoa buddy, take it easy!!! But it’s been nice actually taking advantage of living right across the street from the beach. Then we go swimming since the waves have finally calmed down. The only downside is seeing my students while I’m in a suit. I’m still trying to figure out who is more traumatized… them or me :) (I think they are.)

In more recent news, Jeni went wild yesterday and cut down a banana tree. I am not all that of an environmentalist, but I was pretty upset about it. She really, really thinks that after you pick the bananas, you’re supposed to cut the trunk down so it will grow again! I finally went inside because I’m really trying to JUST SAY NO to the ridiculous things she tries to involve me in. This was a first step! I’m so proud of myself, even if I’m a little sad there’s one less banana tree in the world.