Leona's visit

Leona (Ben's mom) came to visit us for a few days, and we had a great time with her. She arrived on Thursday evening and left on Sunday morning to go to Maui where she was meeting up with Brad (Ben's dad). It was nice because Leona rented a car while she was here, and we don't have one, so we were able to go to Costco and this really cool natural foods store near us called Huckleberry Farms (I'm on a natural food kick). Ben switched his schedule so all three of us could spend Friday together. We went to the Aloha Stadium swap meet, and a celebrity impersonation show at Ben's hotel which was...interesting. Ben cooked his mom a mother's day dinner at our apartment, and we all had breakfast at our apartment a couple of times, and I realized that meals at home together are way better (and cheaper!) than eating out together, which is what we seem to do a lot. Leona was the first family member to meet Ali'i, and she brought him a toy, which was really sweet. We love having people out to visit us, and are really looking forward to going to Vancouver in August.


Before Leona came, I had just bought a baby gate to put in the front door so that Ali'i doesn't go running after noises in the hallway when we have it open for airflow. Ben thought he looked so cute sitting behind it.