Oh The Places We Go!

To begin our wonderful excursion we stopped off at Mamas Donuts to get some amazingly delicious home made donuts. Wow is all I can say. Wow. Not only were they super cheap and pretty magical to eat. My tummy was happy.

Afterwards we had the opportunity to go to the temple in Hamilton and do baptisms for the dead.The temple in Hamilton is small and simple but absolutely stunning. It is amazing how much more beautiful a temple is in person than it is in a picture.

A whole new level of roommate bonding time. 

After we went to the temple we went to a very…interesting dinner and show. It was an interactive theater so the actors walked in and out of the audience. There was this “older” lady that scared me to death. She had this cane and she’d randomly poke you or prod you or SLAM it down on the table. And she made us do this dance. (Really, she MADE us…there really wasn’t an “I’ll pass” option). They all called it the “easiest haka”. It was not a haka. I do not know what it was but our entire group was dying we were all laughing so much. 


There was also a guy who i still cannot figure out. He would come in as one character, go away, and then come back as something totally different. This made the show even more weird and next to impossible to follow. Needless to say I still have no idea what it was about. 

  Here are some of the highlights of the event:

• “You look like a worlock!”
• “fight, fight, fight!”
• The one and only man in the cast was standing on the stage, in a kilt, with a spotlight, staring into the distance. It was a really powerful moment.
• I got called up to be a volunteer...when I did NOT volunteer. I still don't know exactly what I did. 
• When they sang songs they were never, I repeat, never together! 
• The man in the cast did a dance to "Splish Splash! I'm Taking a Bath!" 

• At the beginning of the show we got to learn a new Haka. Let's just say we learned very quickly that this was not another Haka. This was just awkward, embarrassing and just flat out weird. We got chosen for this part because we were the "ugly" people of the group. 

• Most importantly....I have no idea what the show was even about! I have tried to figure it out and I still can't wrap my head around it. 

Here's some pictures of the event to get a semi-decent idea of what we witnessed. 

When I was a volunteer 

Remember the kilt and staring into the spotlight dramatically? 

Yes this really was how the whole show was.

After we sat through an entirely inappropriate and weird and confusing and pointless show we found out that the lady that wrote it was the mother of the home we were staying at. Talk about an awkward moment. 

We got back to the place we were staying and lets just say it's always a giant sleep over when we get together. It's pretty awesome. We get to snuggle, talk and talk, and watch movies as we fall asleep. Neat? I think yes.