Kalani lost her first tooth today. She bit a carrot about 2-3 weeks ago and that made it loose. So, while she was playing a video game it came out. She is very excited for the tooth fairy to come visit her. I guess Kalani is going to be loosing teeth while Mason gets his teeth in. So from now on Kalani is going to have a hole in her smile. And I am sure the hole is just going to get bigger since she has another loose tooth!
Bearded Dragons are famous for their large spikey beards and ability to turn them jet black as a display of dominance, anger, or to attract a female. Our very own Big Daddy rarely has reason to display his beard, the few times I’ve seen it were when we held him up to a mirror so he could attempt to intimidate the “other dragon” (Kalani says he was protecting his family). However, today I was giving him a bath, and he either got really mad at me, or wanted to mate. (lower-left picture below)
The highlight of the evening at our BYUH Luau was watching Kalani learn this hula dance. I am going to study the dance and teach it to her so she can be our little hula dancer.
So, a friend in our church sent me an invitation to a luau. Hawaiian food that I don’t have to cook? Of course I am there. What was even better is that it was a luau for BYU-Hawaii alumni that are now located in Houston. I purchased tickets for myself, Matt and Kalani since we all LOVE the Hawaiian food and had a wonderful time meeting new people that also attended BYUH. The evening consisted of a video that was made at BYUH and mailed to us to view, food, dancing, pictures and talking story. We are looking forward to more get togethers with the alumni to feel of their “aloha spirit” and of course to eat more “ono grindz”
We were a small group, but that just meant more food for us!
As I was reading through a friend’s blog she mentioned that some of the teenagers in Aberdeen, Scotland are featured in the September edition of our church’s magazine for the youth The New Era. I quickly opened up the link and found photos of some of our former ward/church members in the article. Calum’s (Kalani’s “boyfriend”) 3 older sisters are pictured and at least one was interviewed for the article. It is so much fun to see a little bit of our Scottish friends while we are back in the states.
