Sunday, November 18, 2007
Saturday, November 17, 2007
Sunday, October 28, 2007
Monday, October 22, 2007
Fish Food
Yeah it's been a while since we last posted... but this Owen moment had to be broadcast. "Fish Food - It's What's For Dinner"
Thursday, June 14, 2007
Summer Vacation Day 1
Kristen and the Kids arrived in NC today and ate their first meal at Chick-Fil-A. I, of course, prefer my first meal at Bojangles (Spicy Cajun Chicken Biscuit with Cheese and spicy fries) but it is hard to argue with the Fil-A. The kids are digging the vintage Star Wars figures my mom has so generously moved mulitple times in the past 25 years. I fly tomorrow, land Friday, and off to the beach on Sunday for two weeks - should be good times!
Moose Drool
Thanks very much to Jay and Kaipo Fake for toting this wonderful brown ale back from Montana - this is a rare treat and a very nice beer. THANKS!
Masters...
Yeah - I know it is US Open time - and it does sound like it should be a fun one - but it really Masters time... at least time to try and land practice round tix.
Sunday, June 3, 2007
Anybody want a JC Equalizer???
Selling my 7'5" JC Equalizer on Craigslist if anybody is interested...
Saturday, May 26, 2007
Happy Birthday BP!
The whole Hawaii Lemonds crew wishes the beloved "BP" (aka the original PawPaw) a very happy 83rd birthday!
The kids are on a bit of a Star Wars trip at the moment - as their cards reflect:
From Olivia (with a little help)
From Jack (with a little help from Olivia)
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
Thursday, May 17, 2007
Kid Crocs
Crocs drying out after a nice mothers' day hike to the waterfall behind the Ko'olau golf course.
May Day is Lei Day!
May Day is a big deal in Hawaii - and it has taken on (as almost everything here does) a very uniquely local interpretation and practice. Thankfully - as celebrated here, the holiday has nothing to do with dippy socialist and anarchist street marches like it does in Europe - instead it is "Lei Day" and ties in to some extent with the Japanese celebration of boys' day and girls' day. The elementary schools go all out - and Livy's school is no exception. They have a May Day celebration with a Queen and King - and they have a court representing each of the Hawaiian islands. This all happens in the big central lawn at Enchanted Lake Elementary and I'm telling you it's a big deal - almost all the parents show up and ALL of the kids participate. Each grade does a song - and this year Olivia's first grade class did a Japanese dance. It was darn cute - here are some pictures of Livy in action:
This year we had a special treat as Jacqueline Maero (eldest daughter of our across-the-street neighbors) was the May Day Queen - and though I didn't see it - Kristen said she did a beautiful hula as the final act of the celebration. Here she is with the rest of the "royals" enjoying the show from her throne...
Owen never misses a chance to eat and May Day was no exception. A very nice mom gave him a Spam Musubi after they sold out the snack bar. Here he appears to be attempting to gag himself to make room for more... yummy
This year we had a special treat as Jacqueline Maero (eldest daughter of our across-the-street neighbors) was the May Day Queen - and though I didn't see it - Kristen said she did a beautiful hula as the final act of the celebration. Here she is with the rest of the "royals" enjoying the show from her throne...
Owen never misses a chance to eat and May Day was no exception. A very nice mom gave him a Spam Musubi after they sold out the snack bar. Here he appears to be attempting to gag himself to make room for more... yummy
Dave's New Board
6'8" Al Merrick Epoxy - 3" thick - floaty pig (you need that kind of float when you are weighing in at 200 pounds!)
Owen at the Beach
Owen is a pretty cute kid - these pictures were taken at the end of April down at Kailua beach...
Monday, May 14, 2007
Owen Annunciates
We were over at the Felix's for a very fun Cinco de Mayo party last weekend. Some of the moms and girls had Owen sequestered and were chatting him up and pointing to people that they wanted him to identify with his cute little toddler talk. He's going around the room and identifying various people with oinks and other grunting noises - and at least he gets Mama and Dada correct. When they pointed to Brian, Owen piped up as clear as a bell: "Uncle Brian" - It sounded like a 12 year old said it - I was looking for the ventriloquist.
Kristen was quite taken aback.
Kristen was quite taken aback.
Jackisms
Happy Mother's Day!
This afternoon Kristen took all the kids over to Gracie's birthday party at a gynamics place in town. Jack pretty much ruled the place and we should probably fast track him immediately to a life of man tights, powdered hands, flourescent-light tans, and Russian coaches. I'm still holding out for Soccer or Golf - and Jack is still claiming to want to play Football and Baseball - so we aren't quite ready to go down the gymnastics road quite yet (fingers crossed).
Anyway - the point of the story. Jack dropped a couple notable Jackisms on us today:
Apple Tarts = Leotards
Duck Duck Goofus = Duck Duck Goose
This afternoon Kristen took all the kids over to Gracie's birthday party at a gynamics place in town. Jack pretty much ruled the place and we should probably fast track him immediately to a life of man tights, powdered hands, flourescent-light tans, and Russian coaches. I'm still holding out for Soccer or Golf - and Jack is still claiming to want to play Football and Baseball - so we aren't quite ready to go down the gymnastics road quite yet (fingers crossed).
Anyway - the point of the story. Jack dropped a couple notable Jackisms on us today:
Apple Tarts = Leotards
Duck Duck Goofus = Duck Duck Goose
Friday, April 20, 2007
Royal Cabby
Vegas Highlights - part 2: Cab Driver or Crown Prince???
On our last night in Wegas (per George Poon) or Begas (per Jack Lemonds) - we caught a cab from downtown back to the strip. The cab driver was a very interesting fellow named Hassan who explained that he was only in Vegas for a few weeks before he was off to New Zealand, Australia, then South Africa, then catching a flight to Ethiopia before heading home. He claimed to be in the midst of a multi-year world tour that had taken him through Europe (staged out of Stokholm for a year), the mediterranean, the Pacific (including Hawaii), and a large portion of the mainland US. He explained that he only arrived in Vegas a week before (the establishment date on his cab license seemed to confirm this) and that he took a job driving cab so he could really experience the city. When I commented that it must be expensive to travel so frequently - he simply said that life is short. At the end of the cab ride I paid and he pulled me inside to show me pictures of him standing in full arab headdress surrounded by bodyguards. On the back it read "Prince Hassan". When I inquired he said that he was in fact, a prince of Eritrea (a small country on the Red Sea opposite Saudi Arabia and Yemen). To prove it, he showed me another picture of him standing with Gene Wilder. That's royalty to me baby.
On our last night in Wegas (per George Poon) or Begas (per Jack Lemonds) - we caught a cab from downtown back to the strip. The cab driver was a very interesting fellow named Hassan who explained that he was only in Vegas for a few weeks before he was off to New Zealand, Australia, then South Africa, then catching a flight to Ethiopia before heading home. He claimed to be in the midst of a multi-year world tour that had taken him through Europe (staged out of Stokholm for a year), the mediterranean, the Pacific (including Hawaii), and a large portion of the mainland US. He explained that he only arrived in Vegas a week before (the establishment date on his cab license seemed to confirm this) and that he took a job driving cab so he could really experience the city. When I commented that it must be expensive to travel so frequently - he simply said that life is short. At the end of the cab ride I paid and he pulled me inside to show me pictures of him standing in full arab headdress surrounded by bodyguards. On the back it read "Prince Hassan". When I inquired he said that he was in fact, a prince of Eritrea (a small country on the Red Sea opposite Saudi Arabia and Yemen). To prove it, he showed me another picture of him standing with Gene Wilder. That's royalty to me baby.
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