Honu, Swingsets, and Punk Rock

Last weekend we took a drive to the North Shore to catch some late-season surf. The surf was a bit of a mess but we did see this huge green sea turtle.

Of course this picture was taken with the zoom on - we'd never get this close to a vicious man-eating honu.

The last couple weekends were definitely focused on backyard play sets - first was Randy's awesome tree house (need pics) and then the Lems and the Bortons upgraded their dilapidated swingsets for something a little more impressive:

It needs to be noted that, to the general disbelief of the male contingent on Palawiki street, the entire swingset upgrade project - from conception to purchase to installation - was accomplished by the ladies. They even managed to "fix" some obvious "mistakes" in the lumber provided by the factory :). It all came together nicely. Impressive indeed.

Needless to say, all the outdoor playing produced some filthy kids - and whenever filth is removed - punk shines out...

Hey gang

Haven't been on here in a while and thought I'd pop in and say hi. I heard from a huge group of my high school friends on Sat. at Leigh's party. They made my day. I couldn't stop smiling all night.
Things are going well. Dave's parents Dave and Susan (Paw Paw and Tudi) are here and we are all having fun. We went for a couple of hikes last week at Lanikai.


Two weekends ago, Olivia had her 8th (Holy Moly) birthday party with seven of her girlfriends at the dollar movie and then out for icecream afterwards. They had a blast.





Jack is doing t-ball right four times a week and not too sure if he likes it yet. We'll see. It is dag-on cute to watch.

My chemo is going great. It is beating up my white blood cell counts but I feel great (except for the mouth sores, yikes!)

Dave is helping build a tree house down at the Komae's (our neighbors) for their nearly six year old twins. Our crew of kids is gonna love it. Pics of that coming soon.

Oh, and we hatched two of the most beautiful butterflies this week from catepillars from the Felix's Crown Flower tree.

Pillow Battle

Jack and Owen demonstrate the finer points of full-body pillow fighting for their cousin Hugh