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In April, we tried to catch up on some things and then Grandma and Grandpa Colton came to visit to watch the children while Don and Lois went on vacation to Alaska to visit Lois’s brother Dave and his family.

After the Alaskan vacation Lois and Don were able to visit with Grandma Jean and Grandpa Larry. Jean got involved with costuming for Kahuku High’s “West Side Story.” Ben played a detective. Larry went on 55 sessions at the temple during that month. At the end of May, they returned home to prepare for a mission to South Africa.

In May Oreo the kitten came to live with us. She is all black and kind of feisty. We found her stuck in a bush and very sad.  We tried to find the owners, and did find them the next day. They were more than willing to let us adopt her.

During July we had “Ward Campout.” It is a week-long camping experience at the beach. The whole ward sets up shelters, tents, chairs, generators, lights, TV’s, cooking equipment, and even a kitchen sink down at the beach. We had never seen anything like it before. It was wonderful. Each night there were activities in which the families could participate. Don slept at home half the time and the beach half the time since he was still teaching classes. Lois watched Isaac and read the first eight volumes of “The Work and the Glory” series by Gerald Lund.

The young men and women of our ward spent several hours constructing and erecting a tower out in the ocean. Even then, the legs needed to be adjusted so the tower would stand up straight. (The bishop ended up under water sawing off the legs.) They used it as a tarzan swing. It soon collapsed.
At the end of July, Ben moved to Utah and we were left with only three children at home. This was a big change from six children only 13 months before.

With August’s arrival, all five of us went back to school. Lois went to finish her degree and Don to teach. As the fall progressed, Daniel got involved in Kahuku’s performance of “Romeo and Juliet.”
This Thanksgiving was our first in Hawaii. We were pleased to have Steve and April join us. (See Stacia’s page for her living arrangements that week.) To celebrate, Lois created three new web pages with Thanksgiving pictures. One of them even has music playing on it. The idea of taking a picture of everything we ate was very interesting. We think that would be interesting to look back on years from now.

We look forward to Christmas time. We are having the Sister Missionaries over for dinner.  It is always special to be with friends and loved ones and share the spirit of Christmas. We pray that you will enjoy the true meaning of Christmas as we celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. He is our Lord and Savior. He would want us to love each other all year long. This is the spirit of charity or aloha.
We hope you and your family had a great year too!