Lily's ready to hit the waterslide

Jake's bubblegun

Dining al fresco with Uncle Mo

Before sugar

After sugar

Jake, Lily, and Calvin

Lighter News

We all had fun weekend and Jake and I even got our picture in the newspaper. Is there a better way to spend a 9-11 anniversary than grabbing a laughing 2-year old and spinning him around? Notice the airplane-style flight attitude - hands forward like Superman, dad holding one arm and one leg? This is what is called by dad a "Good thing Mom's not here" moment. If it wasn't for the papparazzi than I'd have gotten off with Kim being none the wiser.

Link (scroll down - picture's at the bottom)

Recovering

Ok. So August was one hell of a long month. Kim's mom passed away on July 31 and we spent the next couple of weeks dealing with the immediate issues of funeral services, burial, papers, blah, blah, blah. Not fun but at least there was something to try to focus on. After all of the more public services it was time to take some time off and regain strength and wits.

Kim still hasn't been back to work except for an already planned site visit on August 26th to Mauna Kea. You know, second highest peak between Papua New Guinea and the Andes? Snows on it in winter? Almost 14K ft tall? Yeah, that one. Kim didn't feel well during and after the trip and went to the emergency room the following day. The nurses, and Kim and I (and I'm sure most everybody else), were surprised to learn that she suffered a mild heart attack that day.

Tests (and there were a bunch) showed that:

• She has no blockage of arteries due to plaque build up


• Cholesterol level is fine


• She still had below average blood pressure


• Most importantly, whatever damage she might have had was too small to measure

Upside: No lifetime of nitro tablets for her as of yet, much less bypass or transplant, but hiking 14ers is RIGHT OUT !Culprit was most likely the high altitude and the associated lack of O2

Thanks for all of the words, prayers, thoughts, of help - Kim's fine and she's feeling great. Won't mention the worker's comp morons who rejected her claim but that's another story that isn't quite finished.

Aloha iā ‘oe, Tutu

When Jake is dressed by Ti, he get's more than just shirt and shorts.


Mom and dad are all about getting him dressed in as fast a manner as possible, with an eye towards quick changing of diapers and all.

Max, Jake and Lily drive the plate lunch truck


We took this picture at the water park where we went for both Jake and my birthday. Lotsa screams of happiness from the kids. The ladies let the big(ger) boys take some time and ride the REALLY scary rides. Good fun.

Lily dresses herself in her favorite color.

Jake loves his ukulele

Plenty of cake for the kids

Pay no attention to the number on the Red Velvet Cake

Playing at the park

Trying out Jake's tiger bike.

Lily tries Jake's tiger bike with less than spectacular results.

Catching raindrops, riding Lily's bike

Apple makes great boxes