Betsy | The Kositwongsakul Family

FYI in 1991 when I moved to Laie my first friend was Betsy Moffat. Our parents knew each other in Tonga and she was the first person I met when I came to Hawaii that became my friend. From limbo parties at Betsy’s house to now so much has changed but I bet you she still remembers what she wore on the day she met you all and also all your birthdays :). Did you know she freakishly remembers stuff like that? Haha. Just one of the many reasons Betsy is the coolest chica in the 808 ;)

Betsy has lived in Laie since 1986. She is one of the chosen and is still living in the town of 293 :) “Lucky!” (in a Napoleon Dynamite voice). She did live in Salt Lake for a year from 2005 to 2006.

The Kositwongsakul family has done some traveling to place like Utah, Las Vegas, California, Oregon, Washington, Canada, Idaho, Arizona, Missouri, Kauai, Big Island, Thailand!
Betsy married Kris Kositwongsakul from Cerritos, California in June of 2004 in the Los Angeles Temple. They now have the cutest little girl Niki Nohea, who is 1 years old. Betsy is being a full-time mommy while Kris is finishing up his teaching certificate coming up in May and then they will see where they go from there.

I asked Betsy what their future plans are and she said “We hope to stay in Hawaii, hopefully a job opportunity is coming its way for Kris. I hope to stay in Hawaii for as long as I can. I want my kids raised here. And after living away from it I'm scared to leave it again.” Props to you guys for hanging in there. Okay guys lets all make bank and move back to Laie at least by the time our kids are in 7th grade :). I’d love that!

So what do you miss the most about the old days? “Freedom! Just being able to do whatever I wanted. And being with my friends. I miss having that entourage feeling. And dancing! I miss high school and college dances. Lame, I know.”

Where was your peaceful place in Hawaii? “I love being at the beach, day or night.”

What do you miss the most when you leave the island? “What I miss when I leave Laie is the lifestyle. While gone I miss the small town feel. But an ideal day for me now would be taking my daughter to the beach and having a BBQ with my family.”
Tell me something you've learned in the last 10 years? “That I have to grow up! I'm not happy about turning 26. I've had some awesome friendships along the way though. I've learned that nothing is a big deal. Life is great, enjoy it as it comes. I've learned that the Lord loves all of his children. I've learned how wonderful it is to be a mother.”

THE LAST FIVE:
- all time favorite band: *Nsync :) nah, probably the Beatles
- favorite local food: Kalua pig
- favorite beach: Waimea- Obama or Your mama (a.k.a Hillary): I think I'll vote for Obama
- famous last words : “Oh well”


You can get a hold of Betsy a couple places online. facebook or myspace and their family blog at http://betsyanela.blogspot.com

Also If you want to get a hold of Betsy by email hit me up and I’ll connect you: cubworld@gmail.com

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Lynn (Oba) Holm | The Holms Family

I remember when Lynn moved into Laie 2nd ward back in 1996. The First Noticeable thing was the awesome hair and an easy going attitude. I even got to be her dance partners a time or two in Vocal Motion. Good times. Lynn lived in Laie from 1996 to 2001 where she spend all four years of high school at Kahuku. Two weeks after graduating from Kahuku class of 2001 Lynn high tailed it out of Laie to BYU Provo. She came back to Laie for the next two summers to hang with the family until the Oba’s moved to Wisconsin (where they still are today FYI). Lynn graduated with a degree in English from BYU in 2005.

Two years into College Lynn found a stud muffin a.k.a Janson Holm and they got married in December 0f 2003. Janson is from the Boise, Idaho area. Lynn says “He's lucky things worked out because I had always said I wouldn't marry a guy from Idaho. He had sworn he'd never go to a church school, so I'm glad he changed his mind and came to BYU.” Lynn took her “perfect guy” and they where married in the Boise temple. Lynn and Janson have 2 beautiful little girls Grace, 2 years old, and Mari, 2 months old.Mari | 2 Months
Grace | 2 Years Old

After Lynn and Janson graduated TOGETHER in 2005 they moved out to the Chicago area. Janson’s going to podiatry school to become a foot doctor. I asked Lynn what she was up to and she says “What's happening for me on a daily basis is stuff like changing a dozen diapers a day, working with my Young Women for my calling, taking pictures and videos of my kids, exploring Chicagoland, hanging out with the kids…” The Holm’s hopes to have more kids, change more diapers, and next year Janson will be graduating and starting a 3 year residency somewhere in the country. They are not sure where they will end up permanently just yet.

The Holm family has traveled a bit as well hitting these places in the good old U.S of A: Northern Colorado, Idaho, Wisconsin, Utah, Las Vegas, Buffalo/Palmyra New York area, Niagara Falls, Kirtland, Nauvoo.


BACK IN THE DAY Q&A

What do you miss the most about the old days?
Having free time, the beach, being able to hang out with friends

Where was your peaceful place in Hawaii?
Temple beach
If you went back to Laie for one day what would you do?
Sleep in, or at least lay in bed and listen to the ocean and the wind blowing through the palm trees. Pick up breakfast in the McDonald's drive-thru because the kiddies would love it just like their momma did when she skipped seminary. Eat it at temple beach, walk from temple to Hukilau, letting the kids play and swim wherever. Drive through the small and big circle at BYUH, then drive by the temple and the high school. Grab a musubi to save for a mid-afternoon snack from the store across the street from the high school (if it's still there). Eat lunch at the shrimp shack in between the high school and turtle bay. Then head back to Laie to the PCC, showing the kids and husband the fun stuff. Grab chicken katsu at L&L and then try and pass my kids off on Lindsey or someone to go to the night show with my hubby. :)

Tell us something you've learnt in the last 10 years. "It's easy to lose yourself in your kids."

THE LAST FIVE:
- all time favorite band: right now, Michael Buble
Favorite beach: Temple Beach
- favorite local food: Musubi- favorite beach: Temple
- Obama or Your mama (a.k.a Hillary) I don't keep up with it
- famous last words: "I gotta dance."

Lynn can be found on Facebook and also keeps up two Blogs
inlynnshoes.blogspot.com
holmfeet.blogspot.com

Also If you want to get a hold of Lynn by email hit me up and I’ll connect you: cubworld@gmail.com or go to her blogs and post a comment there. Comments go straight to her email.

Side note | Check out all the links. There pretty fun and will take you on a journey back in time. Some might even make your mouth water. JOHN! Please send Musubis in the mail!:)

The Traveling Man | Daniel Evans

Okay so Daniels vocabulary is miles above mine (I actually think he reads the dictionary or a thesaurusorusrex) so I might be doing a bit more copy and pasting in this post haha. L&L Lincoln and Lynn got me thinking and I also decided to add a tool just for Daniels post to help those of us with Kahuku kine vocabs to understand a bit more with what’s going on LOL. Double click on any word from now on in this blog to see what different words might mean. I’m pretty sure this tool wont know what malasada is or maybe lupulu but you never know. Click and find out :).

Daniel is a busy moving, single ;) (Ladies!! Match maker Jake strikes again haha!), hard working, traveling man BUT! before we catch up with him here’s a little biggity ba-ba-background (add that to your vocabulary Answer.com haha)

Daniel lived in Laie from 1993 to 1999 the year he also graduated from Kahuku. He visited regularly and stayed on and off until his folks moved to Utah in 2002. His family lived in the old Shumway house.

I asked Daniel where he disappeared to after high school and heres what he said:
“I went to BYU for my first year and then came back to Hawaii to work and save some money before my mission. After two years in the Tokyo North mission I went back to BYU and eventually graduated with a double major in psychology and political science. Freaked out by the idea of immediately committing myself to more school, I took a job with a strategy consulting firm called Bain & Company (of Mitt Romney fame). After two years with them, I decided law school was for me and put in my applications (currently waiting with crossed fingers). In the interim, I wanted a distinctly different, more social good oriented experience, so I took a short term contract with an HIV-oriented NGO in Southern Africa to handle their procurement and supply chain logistics.”

I asked Daniel “Why Africa” and his answer is “1. To help people and 2. To utilize my consulting skills.” Way to go man! Daniel should be heading back to law school this fall which will take up the next few years of his life. He is also still trying to figure out what kind of law he wants to practice.

Always on the go Daniel has also been to a ton of other countries including (in no particular order) Canada, Mexico, Japan, El Salvador, Guatemala, Peru, Bolivia, Belize, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Honduras, Panama, England, Scotland, China, South Africa, Lesotho, France, Belgium, Italy, and Spain. A lot of that was work related, but there were some good trips in the mix.


What do you miss the most about the old days?
“The beach, the mountains, ya’ll, the simplicity of life, L&L’s lemon chicken (which the Utah location refuses to make), Loco Moco at the Hukilau Café, surfing at Goat Island, the drive to Kaneohe, crappy Chinese food at the place by Foodland, the list goes on and on”Photo of Pounders Beach | Jacked from Aarons Eskarans Myspace page
If you went back to Laie for one day, what would you do?
“Dawn patrol at Goats or V-land, breakfast/brunch at Hukilau Café, quick run up to Laie Falls, late lunch at L&Ls, walk from Temple to Goat Island and back (with maybe a dip at Hukilau along the way), and then a late afternoon and evening devoted to catching up on old times with whoever is still in town.”

Tell me something you’ve learnt in the last 10 years?
“If you are not happy with yourself as you are now, it is unlikely that changing where you live, who you date, or how much money you make will significantly change that fact.”
THE LAST FIVE:
- All time favorite band: After Cubworld (of course), I still find myself putting in Weezer’s Blue Album whenever I really need a break. Them and early Radiohead.
- Favorite local food: Kalua pork, no question
- Favorite beach: Where ever the fish are. Depends on what you’re feeling. Bodysurfing – Pounders (with a good swell). Surfing – depends on the swell, but around Laie, Goats, Chevrons, and Boilers all have their moments

- Obama or Your mama (a.k.a Hillary): I’m probably going to vote Republican (surprise, surprise). I’m all for a change, but both of the Dems are practically isolationary socialists. “Take a time out from trade,” seriously?

- Famous last words: “No comment.”

Daniel sometimes can be found posting on his Africa blog at http://danielevansinafrica.blogspot.com/

Also If you want to get a hold of Daniel by email or phone hit me up and I’ll connect you: cubworld@gmail.com

John Pierce | The Pierce Family

JOHN PIERCE | A.k.a Mister Construction.

I have to take my hat off to John because he is living the ‘Laie dream’ of actually being able to stay in Laie. I think he owns the record (him and probably Adam Eskaran) for being the ones taking the chance and holding on to the rock the longest. Hang in there man cause we all need people to see when we come visit :)

John has been in Laie since 1986!! Joining the rare ranks of the token white guys on the Kahuku Football Team :) Johns one of the meanest Defensive Backs I’ve ever seen on the 808 turf! He graduated from Kahuku in 99, served an honorable mission in the Philippines, then jumped right into working all out for his family construction company, Pierce Construction. Some of us guys have even been lucky enough to have the chance at some point to work with John on some projects whether it was cleaning the company garage, or working on a roof in PCC, or my personal favorite was doing some remodeling with him in the Laie Temple. The company is doing great and John is staying busy and also starting a job in Molokai soon. A cool goal I know John worked real hard at is he just got his Contractor’s License last year.

Most of us probably know Johns wife from going to school at Kahuku, her name is Lindsey Neal. She graduated from Kahuku in 98. They got married in December of 2001 and now have a family full of boys. This was pretty much a surprise as John is the only Boy in his family and Lindsey is from a family of all girls. His oldest boy Trevor is 5 years old, Devin is 2 and a half, and baby Kyle is now 3 months. John says that in the next 5 to 10 years he plans to build a new house (make sure you have a guest room bro) and also have their last child. I asked John where he has been over the last 10 years and his list of places included: Bacolod, Philippines, Kauai, Maui, Big Island, Molokai (for work on most), Iowa, Utah,, California (Disneyland), and Oregon.

Besides loving life in Laie with his family John says what he misses about the old days (and we are getting firkin old guys haha) is “how easy it was”. Amen to that brother! Good times.

THE LAST FIVE:
- All time favorite band: John said some band call the “I don't have one” haha. Bull crap! I think remember you singing “my milk shake brings all the boys to the yard and there like…” hahaha.
- Favorite local food: Tapioka.
- Favorite beach: Where ever the fish are.
- Obama or Your mama (a.k.a Hillary): Neither, Romney.
- Famous last words: I have a long life to live, so no final words yet.
Johns wife Lindsey keeps folks well informed with what’s going on in their family on their blog at http://lcnpierce.blogspot.com

Also If you want to get a hold of John or Lindsey by email hit me up and I’ll connect you: cubworld@gmail.com

Coming Soon | The Toluta'u Family

Photo jacked from Natalie Norton Photography

Welcome Friends | Check this out

Hey guys. Jake here. I had the idea to put this site together as I've been loving reading through a couple blogs online. I started searching and i found a lot of us old schoolers have our own personal and family blogs and i love it. I almost feel like I'm back in Laie chillin on Moana street catching up on whats happening. This got me thinking about the other people we all use to hang with that don't have blogs and almost seem to have fallen off the face of the earth. I keep in contact with a bunch of us old timers and i thought it would be cool to start blogging about whats new in everyones lives. Before you say "oh crap Jakes going to be bugging us to much" i want you to hear me out.

I have a list of 29 names from back in the day. As we all know there are groups that we hung out with that kind of overlapped each other like Adam and Aaron, and then Mike and Pete, Heather and Katie, Hala and Louis...different groups but all friends,get my flow? People we do and don't hear from anymore, I'd like to do updated posts on whats happening in all our lives.

Example: I'll hit up Gusto and get some updates from him and some pictures (pictures will make this so much funner) then I'll post the 411 about whats been going on with his family. So no work on your part just don't avoid me when I'm trying to talk to y'all hahaha.

I don't by any means have a ton of time to do multiple posts a week so this might be a every to every other week kind of thing. So i might actually be bugging you once a year for a post. Remember too that i was not in A.P classes at Kahuku nor was i in the G.T(Gifted and Talented) class at Laie schools so don't expect good kine grammar or awesome spelling from this X-FOB haha. BUT you can expect good times relived and updates from people you've been wondering about.

(FYI | I wont post your email address on this site unless you want me to. Im not afraid of spam i think its rather tasty so if you want anyones email addresses hit me up and i'll connect you. Just call me 'the operator' haha)