Finding JOY in the JOURNEY...: BYU-H FoodFest

October 29, 2010

BYU-H FoodFest

I took savannah to her very first Foodfest a few weeks ago! I have such fond memories of Foodfest growing up as a child here in Laie. I guess this years theme was Halloween and I HAD to get her to pose behind the HARP:)

For those of you who don't know what Foodfest is...BYU-Hawaii has one every sememster. All the different student clubs (Korean Club, Samoan Clu, etc) make ethinic foods to sell and raise money. There is always entertainment and fun things for the kids and YUMMY FOOD. After walking around, we decided on the Tongan Clubs offerings...Palusami (Corned beef, coconut milk and taro leaves) and other ethinc foods. In this picture, Jackie is eating some Tongan "breadfruit"...can't remember the name but he LOVED it! I was so proud that both the kids enjoyed the Tongan Food.

One of the clubs did Halloween cupcakes and had a guy dressed up as a huge cupcake walking around trying to sell them. Well of course as they passed our table I had to get one for each of my "cupcakes" :)

I don't remember having rides at the Foodfest of my youth...but Savannah and Jackie LOVED this one. It was Jackies FIRST TIME on a ride like this. He didn't want to go at first but when he saw his "Sissy" get buckled in, he changed his mind and ran over and climbed up. He LOVED IT...they went on three times and would have gone a dozen but our scripts conveniently ran out :P

Both the kids had a great time and it was nice to finally be able to share this expreience with Savannah. I told Lee all about it the next day and he can't wait to come home and take her to a Foodfest too...there will be two a year for the next 20 years...so we will have many more opportunities to re-live my childhood and make new memories for Savannah.

1 comment:

Rachey-Foo said...: love this! i LOVED foodfest as a kid and i'm happy to see you passing on the tradition. great post! :)

ps...did you have any roti??? mmm....that sounds so good right now! ;); 6:43 AM

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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!