weekend part 2

Saturday the 18^th was a great day! First of all, we slept in, that is always promising. We were supposed to leave at 12 because Reece and Irae picked us up when they got back from the temple but they were later than planned so we didn’t leave till 1:30. Funny story, they were in the same session as grandma and grandpa who had gone to the temple in the morning on their way back up here. I told Reece to look for them on Friday and he assured me that they weren’t there, but later we found out that grandpa sat directly in front of them in the temple. Anyway, we went to a YSA activity that we missed the bulk of so we just hung out with people and played volleyball for a couple hours and then stopped off at home to pick up grandma and grandpa before heading out to Mission Bay.

There were a ton of people at Mission Bay, but the water was nice and we got to go for a swim. We also played ninja attack, grandpa joined us for that, and were serenaded by a few people. They sang the Barney theme song to us on a dare. There was a huge fountain in the park and we all climbed on it for some great photos, including a couple that a complete stranger took of Brittany at the top with the sun behind her. They came and found us and got her email so they could send her the pics.

We randomly saw a ThermoFisher Scientific van across the street from the place we parked and grandma freaked out about it. She wanted grandpa to put a note on the windshield, we just took a picture instead.

Of course grandma and grandpa took us all out to eat. We went to a fantastic Tai restaurant and had a grand evening. Everyone seriously loves my grandparents, they were so funny. Grandma couldn’t understand Reece and Irae because of the slang they use when they talk to each other, I had to translate a lot. They told us all about their trip and asked a ton of questions about New Zealand. We were at the restaurant till almost 10, it was a beautiful long day.

On the way home we stopped at a monument up on the hill that had a beautiful view of Auckland for more great pictures. By the time we got home grandma and grandpa were all tuckered out so we dropped them off and went to Reece’s house to watch HP7 pt 2. I voted for anything else but it was Iraes last movie before his mission so he had the last word. Sunday was a beautiful day, they came to church with us and the Stake Patriarch spoke the whole meeting. After church we made dinner and sat around and talked until 5:30 when we all went to Iraes setting apart. Here those are more like a baptism, everyone comes and there is a program and everything. The family all came home after the setting apart but the YSA in the house (and Reece) stayed for a fireside that immediately followed. the fireside was all about dating, again reminding me of Provo hardcore. It was a pretty entertaining evening.