my life

march top 10

Tue, 9 Jun 2009 16:20:10 -1000

march almost completely got missed in pics. not sure what happened. life’s been pretty crazy for us. i started running all of children’s ministry again and it’s just been hard for sean. but the kids are good and sweet and we made some funny videos and as soon as i learn how to post them i will. sadly most of these pics come from the same day. palsey almost gone and kana’s new hair cut.

february favs

Tue, 9 Jun 2009 14:57:30 -1000

february started with sean’s mom and step dad coming out to visit for the weekend. it was way too short! but fantastic to see them and to show off our house. we went up to the north shore and enjoyed some of the big waves that only come during the winter. kana and i ran in the aloha run (8.2 miles), which was a ton of fun! we can’t wait to do it again.
kana and i both have bdays in february, actually only three days apart. a few of my girlfriends had a super fun birthday brunch for me and we had a big jungle animal themed party for kana. then sean surprised me with a beach cruiser! it was awesome. and my mom got to come out for 10 days to celebrate our birthdays with us. it was a great month!

january pics

Tue, 9 Jun 2009 14:41:08 -1000

these are some of my favorite moments from january,
except for the palsey. that was no fun!

january was full of meetings for sean and playing with all the new fun outdoor toys from christmas. and me staying inside because of my face deformation.
some of the pics show nakoa’s new haircut, kana being super organized in preparing food, our little chunk in a swim suit, the flowers from the yard, and nakoa enjoying a soy pudding cup. yummy!! and the ever unsuccessful attempt at trying to get a picture of all three kids.

december top 10

Wed, 11 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -1000

it’s been a long time.
wednesday night is my night alone with no boys (including sean). it’s my dedicated night to clean, catch up run errands, play on the computer, and just do whatever. sometimes this doesn’t work out for whatever reason. but i’ve been planning many a blog and now i’m just overwhelmed and not sure where to start.
so i’ve decided to just post my favorite 10 pics of each month that i’ve missed. it’s a start.
christmas time for us is a blur. sean’s very busy at church with different events and planning. and this christmas especially was crazy at church, meeting after meeting. it’s hard to grab time as a family and remember what christmas is about. but having kana be old enough to begin talking about Jesus and his birth was fun and trying to set more traditions as a family was good. but we also saw how we need to focus more on Christ and being a family than getting caught up in everything else.
and of course we missed our families dearly!

theme songs again and again

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 10:46:52 -1000

we have a routine or i should say kana has a very specific routine. every time we get in the car we sing. but not just any song or songs. it always (i really so mean always) goes in a specific order. don’t even think of deviating from it because kana will call you on it- and unfortunately, i have to be the one to sing, not dad.

the doodlebops
caillou
my friends tigger and pooh
bob the builder
mickey mouse club house
handy manny
jungle book (look for the bear necessities)

then we move on to the wheels on the bus, which must go in this order

the wheels on the bus go round and round
the horn on the bus goes beep beep beep
the money on the bus goes clank clank clank
the wipers on the bus go swish swish swish
the aunties on the bus go up and down up and down
the uncles on the bus say ‘hey you guy, hey you guy’
the kapuna on the bus go (make snoring noises)
the babies on the bus go waa waa waa
the mommies on the bus go shhh shhh shhh
the tutus on the bus get on and off on and off
then we end with the wheels again

then we move on to the color song
we do red, blue, orange, yellow, green, purple, white, then black

i’m just thankful that we moved on from old mcdonald had a farm. we also had specific animals that we did in the same order too. we would sing about the animals on the farm, in the ocean, in the rain forest, in the jungle, and so on.

it’s funny, but kana is such a talker. we needed to get out of the house the other day, so we went on a nice long walk around the neighborhood. kana didn’t stop talking the whole time. it was awesome. we talked about animals in all their different environments that they live in, we counted dogs and trees, we looked at the animal shaped clouds in the sky. there were a few times that i tried to get him to sit quietly, but then i just laughed and realized how special of a time we were having. it was almost just mom and kana time hanging out. (nakoa had fallen asleep in the stroller and anuhea was sleeping in the backpack) i was so thankful for the time we had and that i realized (well god gave me the grace to see) to appreciate kana’s curiosity and uniqueness instead of being frustrated because i didn’t get the quite time i thought that i needed (because there are plenty of those times already).