Friday December 14, 2018

Merry Christmas!  We arrived back in Hawaii yesterday afternoon after an awfully early flight from SLC.  Grateful for a son, Doran, who was willing to get up at 3:00 a.m. and drive us up to the airport!
Ramon couldn't find his drivers license so there were several tense minutes there, but he was cleared to leave finally.

Now back to the last week.  We were so fortunate to be able to come back home and help a little with Maile and Cameron's new baby girl.

This is Esme Goldie Ashby!  Welcome to our world little one!  So precious.  I spent a day cooking up some meals to freeze and leave with Maile.  She didn't need much help, she is so organized and efficient.  What a good Mommy she is to Inde and little Esme.  Maile's labor was only about 2 hours from start to finish and as a result she felt fine.  She's a little sleep deprived now, but things will settle down pretty soon. Her home was all decorated beautifully for the holidays and her neighbors and friends had given her a shower and she had all she needed to carry on.

We were able to visit with our children at Shahara's home, which is a new home and she had it decorated for the holidays just beautiful too.  She had everyone over for dessert night on Sunday but then she made soup, bread, nacho sauce and chips and eggnog.  What a fun night catching up and eating our fill.  Then two days later she had us and the Crists over for dinner and to go to a choir concert Maya was in.  The food was so good, and she is making me proud of how well she cooks and presents her food.  We went to a Christmas concert at Mt. View High School and saw Maya excel.

Beautiful granddaughter!
We were able to go out to dinner with a few friends and 

enjoyed good food and a wonderful visit with them.