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
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, [...]
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 [...]
Tags:Family·Family Fun·Jalen·Jordan
Jordan’s PreSchool Graduation
May 21st, 2010 · 5 Comments · Family, Hawaii
Yesterday was the aloha ceremony for Jordan’s Pre School. It was a rainy rainy day, and another day that I was thankful for my habit of arriving early. We got a reasonably close parking spot and made our way under a large Umbrella. We soaked up our last times with our new friends that we [...]
Tattered Tuesday
May 3rd, 2010 · 3 Comments · Altered Art, DT, Family, Scrapbook Trends, Tattered Angels, craft, tutorial
Hello! I have a new tutorial up at Tattered Angels’ Educator Blog today. We’re celebrating interNational Scrapbook Day all month long ;) Here’s a sneak peek: I got an email from my mother in law that she received the new For the Home idea book by Scrapbook Trends in the mail. My calendar is featured [...]
Tags:DT·Family·GlimmerMist·Homeschool·Jalen·Jordan·Publication·scrapbook·ScrapbookTrends·TatteredAngels·tutorial·twopeas
a silhouetting fool!
April 18th, 2010 · 5 Comments · DT, Design House Digital, Silhouette, Two Peas in a Bucket, cardmaking, scrapbook, tutorial
I’ve been a silhouetting fool the past few weeks, and let me say, I am so happy about it! I’ve had to change my ink cartridges, buy more white cardstock and get a new silhouette mat! Here are a few projects I have to share: mystery plant: Journaling: Jordan’s class planted some seeds at school [...]
Tags:American Crafts·cardmaking·die cutting·Digi·digiscrap·Divine Twine·DT·Family·hybrid·Jalen·Jordan·Joscie·Making Memories·mini books·October Afternoon·silhouette·Stampin' Up!·Thickers·Troy·twopeas
