Ami, Alastar and Miwa came to Maui to visit and perform at the ukulele festival at the MACC center. Alastar plays in the band called Beetlele which is like beetles songs on the ukulele and tours all over the country.
At the festival we entered into a raffle for each of us Edward Maya and Sawyer to win ukulele prizes throughout the festival. Almost at the very end of the festival when we were getting ready to get going, They were announcing the final ukulele give away which was the most expensive one, called a concert edition Kamaka ukulele worth over $1,600 and they called Sawyer’s name! The announcer said that Sawyer jumped 3 feet off the ground when they called his name. He loves playing his cheapo swap meat ukulele that only cost $50. So he totally deserves that prize and has really enjoyed playing it since he won it. He had all the ukulele performers sign it and also the organizer.
The next day we had a lot of fun together going to the beach and then at the end of the day we all crammed in and broke the record for the most people in our two person sauna!
We had a lot of fun and we hope that Ami, Alastar and Miwa can come and visit again soon!

The kids had their first Michaelmas festival at the school. It was full of games and competitions for the kids. There was even a whole school tug of war.

Safety’s favorite was the belly of the beast slip and slide where they got all wet.

Sawyer got second fastest for rope climb at 12 seconds, right after his classmate Aleia who had 9 seconds. The rope climb was about 12’ high.

Enjoy the linked video of a portion of the opening festival.

The picture with the knights (Sawyer’s class) on the ground was right after the dragon (Maya’s Class) breathed on the knights and cast a sleep spell on them.

The little gnomes were first graders. But they were so cute I couldn’t resist sharing.