Fifteen Minutes of Delusion

Twenty years ago today, Kara and I were married in the LDS Temple in Laie, Hawaii. Happy Anniversary!

I grew up in La'ie, a small town on the island of O'ahu in Hawaii. La'ie is home to BYU-Hawaii, sister campus to BYU in Utah, and this is one reason the populations of the two places are very interconnected. In fact, I think there are more of my friends from Hawaii living in Utah than there are still in Hawaii. Whenever I visit family in Utah, I invariably run into people I knew in Hawaii, and we spend time catching up and talking about mutual friends. The conversation usually ends with, "We should try and get everyone together some time." Well, this trip I decided to make it 'some time' and organize a get-together. We planned for an evening at the park, but the weather was not in a cooperative state, so we moved to a nearby church building. My sisters and I, along with our families, got the cultural hall in the church set up by five, and then waited. Three other people showed up. I was a little disappointed in the turnout, as we had almost 100 people mark

Each year, our school district does the Jumpin' Jamboree, a Special Olympics kind of event that Alyssa loves to attend. Here she is with her high school student mentor. And the big parade. Alyssa even had her own cheering section. These kids gave up a special activity at the school to come and cheer for Alyssa. She has a lot of fun every year.