Friday we joined up with 3 lovely high school classmates that I haven’t seen since high school. We met at the Makapu’u Lighthouse trail and walked a beautiful paved uphill route. I am not sure exactly how long it was, but it was a good workout and I am quite thrilled the boys were able [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Family'
Family Fun: The Hiking Edition
August 29th, 2010 · 4 Comments · Family, Hawaii, Photography
Tags:Family·Hawaii·hawaii beauty·Jalen·Jordan·Joscie·Photography·photowalk·to do in hawaii·Troy
busy busy busy
August 28th, 2010 · 5 Comments · Family, Photography, navy life
But aren’t we all? Troy has ended his leave and is now back at work. The boys and I are doing our homeschool activities while doing family things as well. Since Troy has been home, he’s fixed the lawn mower, mowed the lawn, hung some art holders, put together a shelf (that has been sitting [...]
Homecoming
August 19th, 2010 · 6 Comments · Family, navy life
Most of the homecomings I can remember have been in the mid morning. This one had been scheduled for an early-ish morning and then was pushed back into the afternoon. Although it was hot (but really, it’s always hot) I actually appreciated this afternoon homecoming- we had time to get out and get things done! [...]
Jalen’s big one-oh
August 18th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Family
the big one-oh. double digits. a decade. TEN! I can hardly believe that it’s been ten years since we welcomed Jalen into the world and became a family. We celebrated with dinner at Island Burger. Jalen has been wanting a microscope for quite some time so for this year’s birthday present we ordered a microscope, [...]
birthday fun
August 7th, 2010 · 4 Comments · Family
On Tuesday my girlfriend FabuLisa came by with a bouquet of balloons, a cake and a lei to celebrate my birthday. We all headed down to bubba gump’s at Ala Moana for lunch. Jordan loves the blue Jello and I love the accidental fish and shrimp. I have to tell you, i had a bite [...]
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Family Fun: Aquatic Edition
July 21st, 2010 · 4 Comments · Family, Hawaii
We went out and purchased a family membership to the Waikiki Aquarium. The boys and I took the guided tour via the handheld tourguides :) Jordan was able to punch in the numbers and listen all by himself, I was quite impressed! the boys are both listening and watching the two hawaiian monk seals… inside [...]
Family Fun: Literary Edition
July 16th, 2010 · 5 Comments · Family
We live just a few blocks from our neighborhood library and have finally started using it this summer. We’ve signed up for the summer reading program and are logging our books read this summer. We try to make it out there once a week. This is the person checking off the reading list and handing [...]
Tags:Family·Family Fun·Jalen·Jordan·Library
Family Fun: Prehistoric Edition
July 14th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Family
Pearl Ridge Shopping Center has a display of several Animatronic Dinosaurs and it’s free to go visit and participate in a few activities. We went down on a Saturday with my mom and the boys. Jordan got down and dug around for some dino bones… He was having a good time too :) There was [...]
Tags:Family·Family Fun·Jalen·Jordan·Momma Deborah·Pearl Ridge
Family Fun: Battleship Edition
July 8th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Family, navy life
On Tuesday around 10am I thought, maybe I’ll round the boys up for a quick swim then home again for lunch and just in time for Jordan’s nap. Then I realized, hey braniac, the pool is closed on Tuesdays. Okay, plan b. let’s pick up some lunch and either go eat it at the beach [...]
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Elmo, Woody, Jalen and Jordan
June 20th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Family
On Thursday we headed down to the early showing of Sesame Street Live at the Blaisdell Concert Hall. I should start off by saying I am a fan of Sesame Street. I can remember singing along to the ladybug jamboree as a kid. In my first few years of College I worked as a student [...]
