Puffys

We had a football game out in Waialua a couple of weeks ago. We won the game and Blake played pretty well but the highlight of the day was the Puffys.

If you are ever in Waialua, stop by the Paalaa Kai Bakery. I've heard that everything there is good, but the Puffys were the things that we were after.

Puff pastry filled with cream.

They looked like they would be too sweet, but they were just right. Not too sweet and not too bland. The filling was lightly flavored and tasty. The chocolate design on top actually provided most of the sweetness to the Puffy. The puff pastry was flaky but not too flaky as to break apart when you took a bite out of it.

Puffys....Good

Game of Life

We recently played The Game of Life. I remember playing this as a kid. It was really fun...and it still is. They've changed a bunch of the rules in the newer version that we were playing. For example, in the older version, there were Lucky Day spaces where you could take some money from the bank or gamble that money on a spin to get more money. There's no gambling in the new game, probably not Politically Correct, but they do have a Stock Market, which I think is the same thing....or maybe worse.

In the older game, I think it was more of a toss up whether going to college or starting a career was a better choice. In the new game, going to college gives you a huge advantage. I also think that in the older game, you got extra money at the end for each kid you had, in the new game, they've done away with that too. Another PC change perhaps.



Tyler's car is the White one. He had 6 kids at this point in the game and had to tow along an extra car to fit them all. I think he ended up with 8 kids in all. You don't see that too much nowadays.

Anyway, playing The Game of Life was fun. We laughed and joked with each other all through out the game. We had a great time, all without a tv or gameboy or xbox....you don't see that too much either.

Weekend of Tyler

Been busy for the past couple of weeks so I haven't had time to post anything. I need to catch up so sorry for the flood of rushed posts.

First up. We got to have Blake's friend Tyler over for a couple of nights over the past two weekends. He's basically part of our family so we ended up doing a lot of what we usually do. We played a bunch of board games, watched a lot of TV, played video games, and did some exploring of the island.

One Sunday we drove out towards Sandy Beach to see what we could see.

View from a Tourist Scenic View Stop

Tyler and Blake Exploring






The shorebreak...it's dangerous



Beware Man-of-War....we got sticks

So we had a great time doing a whole lot of nothing. It was awesome.

On the DL

It's been a quiet couple of weeks for us. Blake injured his knee.
It turned out to not be anything serious. It just hurt a bit and swelled up one night. We took him to his doctor and he did go to an Orthopedic to get an MRI, but it turned out to be a bit of bursitis ... probably from over use.
So anyway, we got a 2 week break from football. Because we were practicing almost everyday, the break felt like about a month to me....probably felt even better for Blake. But on the plus side, we had a bye this week, so he only missed one game. We are now 5-0 with 3 more games to go. The coaches are already looking ahead to the playoffs that will be held at Aloha Stadium.