Tena's Dad, Tom, drove from California to Indiana to pick up Tena's youngest brother and his family and bring them back to Utah to live. Three days later, when they all got back to Utah, Tom stayed with us for a few days...which turned into a week :) We set up the guest room for him. It worked out perfect. It was actually really fun to have him stay with us. We'd all stay up late talking at night, then in the morning he would get up early and head out to meet up with one of Tena's brothers or friends he has in SLC, then we'd all meet up for dinner or something at night. It was fun. On his second to last night, we taught him how to play rockband. He is a master at Tahitian drumming, so I thought he would pick it up quick and be a pro at it. He did great at guitar, but not so much at drums... I don't blame him tho, drumming is hard! That's why I stick to guitar.
It's cute to see Tena interact with his Dad. Since Tom lives in California, we don't get to see him very often, so it's kinda cool to see them together. I've never had a chance to spend much time with Tom so the week we spent together I learned a lot about who he is. I can tell he was/is a really good Dad. He sacrifices SO much for his boys. I know he loves them so so much! I gained a lot of respect for him. It's kinda cool, he was telling me that a long time ago he had a dream Tena was supposed to marry a white American girl. He said that whenever Tena would date a Tahitian or Asian or other ethnicity, he would tell Tena that's not who he was supposed to be with ;) And when Tena started dating me, he knew it was right :) Haha, I thought that was pretty cool.
Anyways, I titled this post Hotel Colombel because for the past month or so, our house has kinda been like a hotel. We had our friend Mike spend the night when a big snow storm hit and it was too dangerous to drive back to Provo where he lives, and we had Tomotaka stay with us for a week, and we had Tena's Dad for a week, and just last night, we had 2 of Tena's friend's spend the night cuz they were too tired to drive back to SLC. That guest room sure has gotten a lot of use! I don't care tho. If any friends need a place to crash, they should know that Hotel Colombel is always open :)
It's cute to see Tena interact with his Dad. Since Tom lives in California, we don't get to see him very often, so it's kinda cool to see them together. I've never had a chance to spend much time with Tom so the week we spent together I learned a lot about who he is. I can tell he was/is a really good Dad. He sacrifices SO much for his boys. I know he loves them so so much! I gained a lot of respect for him. It's kinda cool, he was telling me that a long time ago he had a dream Tena was supposed to marry a white American girl. He said that whenever Tena would date a Tahitian or Asian or other ethnicity, he would tell Tena that's not who he was supposed to be with ;) And when Tena started dating me, he knew it was right :) Haha, I thought that was pretty cool.Anyways, I titled this post Hotel Colombel because for the past month or so, our house has kinda been like a hotel. We had our friend Mike spend the night when a big snow storm hit and it was too dangerous to drive back to Provo where he lives, and we had Tomotaka stay with us for a week, and we had Tena's Dad for a week, and just last night, we had 2 of Tena's friend's spend the night cuz they were too tired to drive back to SLC. That guest room sure has gotten a lot of use! I don't care tho. If any friends need a place to crash, they should know that Hotel Colombel is always open :)
