August has been a fun month with my trip to Ogden with Jen & Bob to celebrate my mother's 88th birthday, a spur-of-the-moment side-trip to Las Vegas with Kathy to surprise her 93-year old mother who drove up there from California with her husband, my High School class reunion (who are all those OLD people??), and Austinn's first birthday party.   

    Speaking of old, the Malihini Haole Wahines made a big come-back performance at the party for my mom, Kathy & I squeezing into the old costumes and dancing the hula and the Tahitian.  Actually, Kathy's still fits, but notice the gap in the back of my Tahitian skirt--and how it fits closer to the waist now than the hips.  Oh, well, we just had so much fun anyway.  Jennifer sang "Snowbird" for old times' sake: she used to sing it as a child.  And Bob was perfect as our latest "Princess Pupule," Kathy's husband Nick's old role...in a yarn wig Kathy thought up for us to make at the last minute, as well as great in his "All That Jazz" number. 

     We made it to Las Vegas in spite of Kathy's car over-heating and having to travel the last hour in 103 degree heat without using the air-conditioner.  We did pretty well to endure this at our age, putting up with that and our hot flashes at the same time.  Rachel, I know how you like unusual purses, so I took a couple of pictures of some I saw while we were in Vegas in case you want to make some like them.

     A few days after returning from Utah, we had Austinn's first birthday party...plenty of presents, plenty of fun, and plenty of fire in the grill (thanks for cooking for us, Bob).  And one candle on the cake.