Hi everyone! Hope your summer is going great! My summer is pretty much the same as during the school year… busy busy busy with work. My kids seem to be enjoying their sleeping in though. We’ve made it to the beach a couple of times, the kids have gone to the movies at least twice a week and most importantly we’ve just been enjoying the late movie nights, eating dinner in front of the tv and spending quality time together. The highlight of the summer is every time my granddaughter comes over to visit. She’s just the cutest and we all can’t get enough of her. Here are some photos as of late…. 🌫^My granddaughter is getting so big so fast^Aria’s been playing so hard lately that we’ve found her passed out asleep looking like she played hard til the very end!Kūha’o graduated from 8th grade! I can’t believe he’s going into high school.Going to try and get to the beach a lot more before school starts.

When Hawaiians move away from the islands in order to buy their own homes, there’s a good chance that their destination is Las Vegas AKA “the 9th Hawaiians island”.  If you’ve been to Hawaii and tried out some of our local cuisine then you can only image what it’s like to be away from it. Luckily, locals are opening up restaurants all over Vegas where we can get our fix.

Kualei is a new company run by a ohana of cooks.  I’m talking about home style local food that you can only get at Papa’s house for family potluck. I’m so excited that Sarah & Sam are able to share with everyone their ono food.  Check out their website and give them a call for your next pa’ina.

A lot of time has passed and there have been so many things happening in life, hence the months of not posting.  I found out in October that my oldest child, Maui, is going to be having a baby in May.  When he first told me, I lost my mind.  I cried and cried.  He’s only 19 and going to be a dad.  I felt like all my dreams and all of my hard work raising him and trying to provide the very best for him just went down the drain.  It was heartbreaking! I had Maui when I was 18 and know first hand how it is to be a young parent and how much harder you have to work to provide.  School was harder because along with school there’s work on top of taking care of a baby who demands so much attention.

It took a while for me to finally see the positive and realize that everything happens for a reason and that a baby is the ultimate blessing that one can receive. Of course I still worry about the road ahead for Maui, but I know that with the support he has, he will be ok. The only thing to do is pray.

We recently found out that ITS A GIRL!  I am way too young to be called Grandma so I’ve been thinking of a cute nickname.  I’d love any suggestions.  Some that I’m considering are… cookie, lovey, kissy and toots.

Hi everyone!  I know that it has been so long since I wrote, but life has been so busy and there’s been so many changes!  I’ve been struggling with my anxiety and depression.  I’m going to be completely honest and say that I’ve spent so many nights just laying in bed and feeling like I’d just like to sleep the day away instead of getting up and going to work or making breakfast for my kids.  My kids are all doing great and I have so much to be grateful for but the thing is, it just takes something that gets me frustrated to feel so overwhelming that I do get really depressed.  I’m working really hard on trying to do things differently and take more time for myself and actually allow people to help instead of not wanting to burden anyone.

One thing that I absolutely loved, was writing blog posts and I’ve decided to set some time aside everyday so that I can do this.  I’m looking forward to sharing more with all of you and visiting your sites as well.  I hope that this is the one resolution that I can keep, the others I’ve already failed at.