If you’re like most American families, one of your New Year’s resolutions is to be more active in the new year. Of course, like most American families it’s taken us two months to get started (disclaimer: I have no hard evidence to prove this but I’m pretty sure we’re an average American family). So on one recent Saturday our family along with several others braved the wet muddy ground in search of an easy waterfall hike. And, when I say…
Hey everybody! I am back! Did anyone miss me? Did anyone even notice I was gone? Anyone? So for the last few weeks, I got locked out of my WordPress account! Yay! I installed a plugin and as soon as I activated it I no longer had sufficient permission to do anything. I couldn’t do post anything or even login. I thought this was very strange since I’m the only user on this account and I am a super administrator,…
13 years ago, less than a week after my father passed away, my grandfather suffered a massive stroke while he and my grandmother were in Las Vegas. Thinking that this may be the last chance we would have to say good-bye, almost all of our family flew into Nevada to be at his bedside. Timing wise, this couldn’t have happened at a worse time. My dad just died, my brother was still in Washington state and my mom, step-dad and…
“For everything there is a season, a time for every activity under heaven. A time to cry and a time to laugh. A time to grieve and a time to dance.” -Ecclesiastes 3:1, 4 Ever since our girls were born, Keao and I joined the parents club. In addition to being part of the married club, we had now ventured into different waters. We were completely overjoyed at being parents because for us, this club wasn’t so easy to join. …
Recently Keao and I noticed that our 3 year-old, Slugger, loves to perform. She started preschool last month and because of that her repertoire of songs has grown considerably. Of course, she doesn’t like to perform without an audience. Before she starts singing, she always makes sure someone is watching. In fact, if you’re not watching, she will get your attention and exclaim, “watch me Daddy!” After she is sure she has your complete, undivided attention, the show will start. …