Finding JOY in the JOURNEY...: Rocky Mountain Raceway

June 20, 2008

Rocky Mountain Raceway

Lee and I needed to have some "adult" time so we escaped and went to the races over in Magna.

We actually wanted to go see the drifters but I think Utah is behind because there were only two cars on the drifting track and they weren't very good (compared to Hawaii). But the drag races were fun. Lee kept saying, "Man I wish I had my Mustang!"...if we lived here I think this would be our weekend hangout!

I look terrible in this picture but we were EXHAUSTED from all the activities of the week...so that's my excuse:-)

Random funny story...when we decided to go to the races (which start at midnight) we were thinking of excuses to tell Mom of where we were going so late (because she is a Mom and still thinks we're little kids). So Lisa and Arnold agreed to back us up and tell her we were going to walmart. Well while Lee and I were getting dressed we decided that we weren't 16 anymore and that we should just tell her the truth. Little did we know that Lisa was downstairs telling Mom that she thought we were going to Walmart. So when we came downstairs to leave, Mom asked, "Where are you two off to" (even though she all ready knew) and we looked her straight in the eyes and said, "To the midnight races in Magna". I WISH we had a picture of her face...I don't know if she was more shocked about where we were going or that we told her the TRUTH!!! She just looked at us with a confused look on her face and said, "OK" (which is so not what we expected...we were prepared for a long lecture about the dangers of driving at night or the many other disasters that could befall us after midnight). We hurried out the door before she could change her mind. Lisa followed us outside and was like, "what happened to the cover story" and we told her that we thought the truth would but fun to try and she replied, "yeah I think you shocked her into silence...I'm gonna try that". We laughed and left. Well when we got home (around 3am) Mom was pretending to sleep in the living room...but she was TOTALLY waiting up for us...LOL...I love my mom:-)

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Once upon a time...

Mibi grew up in Laie and attended Kahuku High and Lee grew up in Haleiwa and Mililani and attended Mililani High. Mibi went to College at BYU-Hawaii and then served a mission in the Utah Ogden Mission before meeting the man of her dreams. After school, Lee jumped into the workforce looking for his career and eventually ended up working for Mibi's family flower shop at Turtle Bay while Mibi was serving her mission...and never thought that this job would lead him to his "Angel". We met in Septmeber of 2001 after I returned home from my mission. I came back to the flower shop to manage things for my Mom and Lee had left to pursue his education. Well a few months later, Lee's education path didn't take the direction he had hoped and instead life lead him back to Turtle Bay. The first thing he did was call Mom to get his job back and of course she said YES. So, I was Lee's boss and there was an instant friendship...it felt as if we had known each other our entire lives. We kept it strictly business for a few weeks and then one night I was gong to make a Wal-Mart run after work and called him to see if he wanted to come along. His phone was busy (the days before call waiting) and I almost gave up...but after a few more tries he picked up and from that night on we were inseperable. I think we told each other our life stories that night and we both knew then that our lives would never be the same! Over the next year, we formed a deep love and respect for each other which kept us connected through a few rough patches and across the ocean as Mibi moved back to Utah. Finally after a year of being best friends, we both realized that there is no one on earth we would rather be with than each other! We were a couple for about two years when Lee proposed to me and we tied the knot at the exact place we first met...the same hotel the flower shop was located when we worked there...TURTLE BAY. And to add to our JOY, we have a beautiful daughter Savannah (Lee's biological and Mibi's spiritual daughter ) who we just ADORE! She is so smart, funny, outgoing, a jabberbox like her Dad and just the cutest thing you have ever seen!!! We also are praying that we can give her a little brother or sister sometime in the next year or two!!! Until then we have a Doberman (Kayla) and a cat (Shadow) that we spoil rotten and of course all of our Nieces and Nephew's. It has been almost 8 years of wedded bliss and although we have had our ups and downs, each experience has made us grow more in love with each other and are still each others best friend!