Happy Electricity-less Day!

So, our power went out Wednesday - from midnight to 9:00 pm!

We had a night of pretty wicked storming which left a fine mess all over the road as Jessica and I drove to teach Seminary at 5:30 that morning. Only to find that the power was out not only in Ka'a'awa, but at the chapel as well - and pretty much the rest of the island. Which left both Jessica and I jobless and rather free to spend our holiday in traditional electricity-less fashion.

So we called up Brad and Kerri - cooked up baked beans and smokies on our propane hiker's stove, surfed, and had an evening barbeque. At which barbeque Brad managed to down 4 burgers - 1 full pound pre-cooked weight. Well done!

We had so much fun we figured we should knock down some trees more often.


Surfing out at Bunker's with the Call's

Kaneohe Christmas Parade

We woke up early to make our way down to celebrate with the rest of the windward side of the island at the "Peace on Earth" Kaneohe Christmas Parade. It was fun. They had the floats, marching bands, no-name government officials and city counselmembers, and Jessica's favorite - lots of horses. She would have naturally fit in well with the "angels" on horseback dressed in long flowy white dresses.

We watched while sipping a shared Egg Nog milkshake from Jack in the Box. Nothing but the finest. We cheered for the kids who played, marched, sang, and did tae kwan do. And Jessica was even able to snag some goodies from one of Santa's Elves.

All together it made for a fine kick off of our December month.