Ka'iwi Scenic Route

We went on a family hike up to the Makapuu Lighthouse along the Ka'iwi Coast. We could see Molokai and Maui off to the south. There were whales breaching in the channel. A beautiful day.

Christmas Eve at Hukilau Beach

Grace has been blogging regularly for our Christmas updates. Grandma Jean, our most faithful follower, tells us she likes the updates. Grace took a break from the blog this morning and went to the beach with her friend, Anne. Here are some pictures.

Christmas Break Fun

Monty has been having a lot of fun with his friends during Christmas Break.

4th Annual Tueller Family Car Wash

Coming Soon . . .

We are working on our annual Christmas letter. It will most likely be in the mail soon and in your hands by New Year's. Here's a preview.

Rain and more rain

There has been so much rain on Oahu over the past three days that our back field is currently a pond. I have attached a video with the sound of the toads from our balcony. If you can't hear it at first, turn up the volume.

Olivia's Christmas Wish

All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth!

Mike and Hannah visit

Cousin Hannah visited with her husband Mike. We picked them up in Waikiki, showed them the Obama sites in Honolulu and then went through Mililani up to Haleiwa. Outside of Wahiawa we stopped at the Dole Plantation Store. Mike and Hannah learned how pineapples grow. We then had lunch at Kua Aina with shave ice desserts at Aoki's. The sour apple syrup with any other flavor is a great treat. Jim had vanilla ice cream at the bottom of his cone and Mike had adzuki beans. Most tourists choose Matsumoto's Shave Ice but Aoki's has shorter lines, less crowds and the ever-favorite sour apple flavor. We highly recommend it. Then we stopped at Laniakea Beach to see the resting turtles. Here are some photos. See if you can spot the two turtles. The conservation group, Malama ka Honu, had signs out showing the turtles' numbers and their nicknames. These two were Punahele and Hiwahiwa.

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Last Saturday night Grace performed in the Kahuku High and Intermediate School Drama class production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream." She was moth, the fairy. Here are some photos.

Kahana Valley Service/Learning Project

On December 9, 2010 all the History 202 students participated in a Service/Learning Project. We traveled down to Kahana Valley, where the State of Hawaii owns a traditional Hawaiian land-division (ahuapuaa) and Native Hawaiian families still work their traditional lands as established by royal decree in 1850. One family invited the World History to come and prepare a taro patch for planting. We stomped down the paddy in three feet of glorious mud. Then we cleared overgrown areas of the river banks. Kahana Valley is only twenty minutes south of Laie and used to have one of the oldest LDS Chapels in the islands. You can learn more in Lance Chase's essays and a book by Robert Stauffer, entitled Kahana: How the Land was Lost.

Laie to Waimea Marathon

Last Saturday, Jim ran his second Marathon. He and six others ran from Laie to Waimea Bay and back. Seven others ran a half marathon - just to Waimea. He finished but did not better his previous time of five hours. Here's the sequence of thirty minutes after going backwards to thirty minutes before.

Soccer Team Photos

The 2010 Soccer season concluded. Here are Olivia's and Isabel's team photos with "action" shots.

1976 Photo

The new scanner is very easy. Here's another B&W family photo.

1972 Photo

Our old Lexmark printer wouldn't work with the new computer we bought a few weeks ago. So, yesterday we bought a new Epson three-in-one printer/copier/scanner. Jim scanned this B&W photo from 1972 to test out the whiz-bang machine.

Laie Temple Re-Dedication

President Monson re-dedicated the Laie Temple today. The YM/YW of the Temple District performed in a Cultural Celebration. Here are pictures of Josie and Grace. Our stake re-told the story of pre-1778 Hawaii, where Laie was a place of refuge with a wall to protect refugees from the kapu system.

Monty's Fruit Salad

Mom was very proud of Monty for making this wonderful fruit salad. He did it all by himself. He chose the fruit, cut it up (with his child safety knife), and put it on the plate.
Doesn't it look great?

Happy Halloween!

Monty the Moroccan Pirate

Olivia the Witch

Josie, as Hermione, creates witch hair for Oli.

Grace dressed as Minnie Mouse

Mom as a Bat, inspired by the book that her SFA students have been reading

Princess Isabel

Laie Temple Open House

On Thursday, Dad served as a parking attendant for the VIP Open House. Do you like his hat?

Fall Play

Over Fall Break, Laie Elementary School put on an adapted version of The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. They called it a "Play-in-a-week". They started the practices on the first Monday of Fall Break and performed on Friday.

Isabel was a star dancer on Sleeping Island. Olivia was a magnificent treasure dancer on Dragon Island. And Monty was a very ferocious sea person that attacked the sea monster.