HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and are getting the new year off to a good start! We had a great time in Wisconsin over Christmas. The time went way too fast but we really enjoyed seeing so many people. The weather of course, was typically Wisconsin weather. We saw everything from above zero to below zero to nasty wind chills, to rain, ice, fog, and sunshine!! It was crazy! We certainly don't miss that kind of weather! We have different kinds of weather to aware of in Hawaii. Believe it or not, it's not always sunny! Shocking, I know! Hawaii has had a lot of rain lately, causing severe flooding and mud slides. Fortunately, it has not affected us as much as the islands north of us. While we were in Wisconsin there was a power outage on Oahu (where Honolulu is) that lasted anywhere from 6-17 hours! The whole island was affected! Barack Obama happened to be in Honolulu at the time, vacationing with his family. He was offered a generator, but declined.

Speaking of Obama, our realtor was telling me about someone she knows who was visiting Honolulu. This gal was walking on the beach when all of the sudden these guys in black suits, black shoes (in the sand!) and dark sunglasses came up and told her she needed to turn around. Appearently, she was getting too close to where Obama and his family were playing on the beach!! You'd think the Secret Service would try and disguise themselves a little better! Or at least wear something a little more relaxing! They are on the beach afterall!!

We had a very boring, relaxing New Years Eve. We were still a little jet lagged, so we were pretty tired. Jenna wanted to stay up until midnight so bad! But she only made it until 9:00. The night before she and AJ were both alseep by 7:00! We're on track much better now!

We are in the process on planning Jenna's birthday. She has big plans and AJ and I are trying to downsize those plans a bit! Gus's wife Sandy has the same birthday as Jenna, so we will probably do something with them. Jenna likes getting together with her "birthday sister." I'll let you know what we end up doing, so until next time...aloha!