Our first on stop on the Big Island was Pu’uhonua o Honaunau located about 45 minutes from Kona.  Do you see my parents on the left and Nathan by the water? From the Visitor Center we walked along the 1871 trail toward the Ki’ilae Village…. where we ventured off the …

We seem to find quite a number of things to occupy our time when waiting in airports.  The girls like to window shop…. The boys like to watch the airplanes being serviced: Then they like to look at their magazines and check the details of our next flight… Grandpa works …

Josh can no longer be referred to as the girls’ “little brother.”  Amanda now officially looks UP to her little brother 🙂 And, Josh is rubbing it in just a little bit (LOL).  Notice the pinched fingers!

Four generations lie between your hand and mine. Squeeze to bridge the gap. Photo of Gee Gee at age 97 1/2 and Nathan at age 7 1/2.  Haiku written to accompany this photo in honor of my grandmother’s love for this particular form of poetry.

Nathan is playing Upward Basketball again this year.  It’s so much fun to see progress from year to year and this year has been an exceptional year of progress!!  The picture above was taken after his first game a few weeks ago.  Can you tell he enjoys this sport?  In …

My 97 1/2 year old grandmother whom we affectionally call GG fell and broke her hip the day before New Year’s Eve.  Actually, she claims her hip broke causing her to fall and the doctor said she may very well be correct.  She consented to surgery stating she wished to …

I recently signed up for a free scrapbooking class from Jessia Sprague called Inspriation Everywhere.  Today’s reminder email included the suggestion to take the VIA Character Strength Assessment listed on the Authentic Happiness website.  I didn’t take time to look around the website and I really no nothing about it …

With snow and cold having arrived today (11-18), it’s a good thing we had a truck load of wood delivered a few weeks ago!  Notice the grass which remained green clear through the arrival of snow!

Our first snowfall of winter 2010-2011. Nathan:  It’s like a tornado out there. Mom:  That would be a blizzard, honey. Emily:  Much moaning, groaning, whining, and crying.  It’s pretty, but that’s about it.  I like the snow.  I just need a few more weeks of fall. Nathan:  But, Emmy the …

The last two weeks we’ve been studying the Digestive System using the Exploring Creation with Human Anatomy & Physiology textbook from The Young Explorer Series which is published by Apologia Science.  Yesterday our co-op’s elementary science team provided an AMAZING hands-on learning activity for K through 6th grade kids.  Here are …