LaVelle Moss: MELE KALIKIMAKA TO MY DEAR FAMILY AND FRIENDS!

Aloha cake at my surprise BYU Hawaii farewell party. Great people. Rich experiences

Elder Russell M. Nelson was our general authority visitor at graduation of 350+ graduates

April 2011... my very last university graduation. Now I am truly retired !

Finest graduation talk ever. By our art student Chris Bresee

Orem walking/Laie swimming friends Margaret, Barbara & Pat at PCC Mission Settlement Chapel

John & Raquel at Waimea Falls

John & Raquel leaving Kawalo Bay

Jeff & Kim at Kahuku Grill before the tsunami warning

Another tsunami warning, another son visiting. Jeff & Kim and I evacuated. Slept in the car

My "Portrait of a Shell" with Jeff & Kim. Here during the faculty show

Rachelle, Dusty & me at PCC

Dusty rockin' out at the Tongan Village

"Tide Pools" BYU Hawaii faculty exhibit while Rachelle & Dusty were here

"Flash Flood Falls." I counted 20 + wterfalls during a flash flood December 23. Had to paint them.

August, my Rasta framer, X-treme hiker at Sunshine Gallery

Iosepa canoe launched from PCC April 5. Will ruturn June 1

Laie history expert Auntie Gladys at PCC Mission Chapel

Wayne & Delores (his guitar). Lost fingers at age 4 in lawnmower. Seet guy. Sweet voice

Laie Point big catch

Elders who gave me Chuuk Book of Mormon (who knew?) for my friend Lola

Smiling Christ mosaic at the Honolulu Tabernacle.

At the rehersal...creative chaos with HS kids from all of the islands....and then...

So amazing! So inspiring. When the prophet entered...spontaneous cheering...like a rock star.

With PCC friend Connie and her husband George. Off to Hong Kong to teach.

Graduation Tongan style.

"Find your graduate at the palm tree with the first letter of their last name."

"Aloha 'Oe" for graduates by legend Joe Ah Quin, Father in Johnny Lingo-- "Mahana you ugly"

HS kids jumping across the street from my apartment. Notice the one scaling the cliff. Crazy!

My body guard checkin' out the poi at Foodland.

"Hey guys...the view's great from up here." Love those egrets

Sunrise fishing at Laie Point

Who needs a post? Who needs freeway speeds?

Met at the airport by Rachelle, Matissse, Will and Marley...one year older!

Sign and balloons by Cheyenne, Shania, Kierra and Joshua (John & Raquel's kids)

Lyla's blessing was in Dan and Katie's home... their third beautiful daughter.

Duane's funeral

Sadly, my brother Duane passed away while I was en route to Utah. I am the baby of eight. He was the first to pass away. I was grateful to be in Utah for his funeral.

Before returning to Utah...visited Hawaiian church history sites with travel buddy Kathie Johnson.

Pelehu Chapel in Maui -- Oldest known church site in Hawaii. First branch here in 1851.

Ferry from Maui to Molokai

Flew from the top of the 2000 ft cliff to the Leper Colony, Kalapapa below in eight-passenger plane

Father Damien's grave. Was given his saithood at the Vatican last October for his work at Kalapapa.

Amit Lal form Fiji opening coconut at my doorstep

Mother's Day, student Xiaorong appeared at my door with the Children's Song Book...

...and began singing "I often go walking in meadows of clover...all flowers reming me of you." Sweet.

Jim with proud James, Hannah and Lauren

Projects with sand and sea treasures

North Shore sea turtle

Benson Massey from New Deli

Adrianne Lee from Hong Kong

Krishn Kumar Prasad from Fiji...

The real star of graduation at BYUH...the lady who pronounces the seventeen-syllable names !

Labor Missionaries singing Love at Home at 50 year Labor Missionary Reunion

Sione Polotu. labor missionary who hosted the 50 year celebration

Mahana Polotu (after whom Johnny Lingo star was named). Husband Sione worked with my dad at PCC

Today I danced with a crab at he beach for 15 minutes.

I took 3 steps left... he took 3 steps right... I took 4 steps right, he took 4 steps left..... Clever critter!

Tummies on the sand at Clissold Beach. Hannah, Benjamin, Lauren, James

Hannah and James riding the waves

Among the quilts in the Mission Settlement Home where I volunteer

At the Samoan village with fire knife master, Kap

At the Tongan Village with Sione...amazing drummer

Rescue team for small craft about a mile out. Mission accomplished.

MELE KALIKIMAKA by day BYUH style

I love being back in the classroom teaching art. Great students. Looks like I'm going to stay another year to help with transitions. Going home in July for a few weeks for our family reunion and meeting my two new grand daughters!