Okay, I’ve decided that we’re gonna use the Chinese New Year to start with a clean slate.  So far it’s been a rough 2019 and the worst was that last week the flu got ahold of my daughter and son and spread to the rest of us.  I was in bed Saturday, Sunday and almost all of Monday.  Kuha’o was the last to get it and he’s still in bed today since Monday.  Monday was Maui’s birthday and I feel so bad that we all were too sick to celebrate.  I did however suck it up and make him his Prime Rib that he loves.  Only Maui, his girlfriend and Tea were able to enjoy it though… the rest of us were either too sick to eat or our tastebuds didn’t allow us to enjoy it.  I hope that by tomorrow Kuha’o will feel up to doing something so that we can all do a beach day or something. I still have a little cough but am feeling more alive than I have all week.  I actually had the most beautiful drive this morning and captured a little bit of it.

Lemme just say that it is hard to be sick and take care of the family.  It took all of my energy just to make sure everyone was medicated and hydrated everyday.  But we’re almost in the clear and can finally get back to life.

I hope that none of you get the flu this season.

A lot of changes took place in my life in 2018.  There were some good and some not so good times.  But I’m trying this new thing called OPTIMISM, you know to start the new year on a good note… so we’ll just highlight the good things. 

Kuha’o graduated from 8th grade.  He is now in High School!!!  It’s so crazy that just a couple of years I couldn’t believe that Maui was graduating, and now Kuha’o is almost there too.  I’m getting old.

The highlight of the year for all of us was the birth of my granddaughter Tatum.  She is just the calm in all the chaos of life.  I cannot believe that I’ve been blessed with her, she is absolutely beautiful in every way.

^^ Kuha’o absolutely loves his little niece^^

We’ve had birthdays, baby showers, weddings, concerts, and through it all we’ve built some great memories for the last year.  I hope that 2019 is an even better year for all of us!  Here are a few more from 2018…

It’s a time for new beginnings, a fresh slate, a blank page to a new 365 page book!  I don’t really have any resolutions that I feel I want to commit to.  However, there are a ton of things that I’ve put on my vision board for the new year.  I bought myself a new car last week, so I can go ahead and check that off my list, a few others include… taking a family trip, passing my BCBA test, potty training my daughter (which has been absolute hell), health, wealth and happiness!  There are a bunch more.

I hope that you all have a wonderful night and a Happy New Year.  I hope to do a photo collage of all my 2018 memories in the next post.

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.