O Canada!

My sister, Moani, got married a couple of weeks ago. Her husband is from Canada, and so most of my family made the trek to Cardston, Alberta to attend. My mom, with my 3 brothers came up from the Big Island. The plan was for them to come to Salt Lake City, check out Temple Square, and then begin our 14 hour drive up to Canada. On the way we would pick up my other sister, Kubi, and her husband, Ala, in Logan. Well, after all sorts of hell, my family in Hawaii ended up on a flight straight to Edmonton, and the rest of us were left driving. Here are some photos of our adventure.

From left to right: Kanalu, Kaua, Kea, Ala, Hana(the little one), Kyle and Moani Armsworthy, Sandy (Mom), Naia, Eva, Kubi.

This temple is very similar to the Laie Temple (same architect) and is equally as beautiful. Our Papa was able to come up and perform the sealing. Kubi and Ala had just gotten their endowments out, and so they were able to witness the ceremony. While on that subject, Eva and I almost missed that session because our recommends had expired one day before. Blessedly, we were able to contact both the 1st counselor in the Bishopric and the 2nd counselor in the Stake Presidency the night before their endowment ceremony. We had one of our interviews preformed in the front seat of a pick-up truck in the mall parking lot. Good thing we didn't end up in Canada without the renewed recommends!!!

Kalena, Kubi, and Eva. Fresh leis in Canada. Bella, the flower girl, intially didn't get a lei. She pouted and said, "I want to be princess, too." She eventually got her lei, but she's a little too young for any prince to be showing up.

Papa and Grandma.

Naia with Grandma.

Naia with Great-grandma.

Thank goodness the party is over.

Hana was so excited to see Naia. When she was first born he wrote her a "Happy Hana Naia" letter. Don't ask me what that means.

Naia was the life of the party, though. Everywhere we went people would stop us and ask things about her. She was "fought" over on more than one occasion.

On our last day in Canada we went to Waterton National Park. This park borders Glacier National Park in Montana. Kyle's uncle was nice enough to take us out on his boat. We went all the way to the Montana border. This place is beautiful. The water was really cold (I did jump in but do not have the pictures) because the lake is directly fed by glaciers. We are planning a return visit for next year.

Some one will call CPS.

This waterfall is really pretty. Again, all runoff from glaciers.

To top it off we saw a bear. It was already dusk so it was difficult to get a good picture. Her cubs are off to the side.

Welcome home!. We drove through Montana and Idaho on our way back to Utah. It was a great trip. Obviously, the best part was spending time with our family, meeting the new extended family, and having Naia meet a lot of important people.