Sleepy boy

Fun with glowsticks

Fun with glowsticks

Sunset over HNL

Jake on the train

Train ride on Maui

Jake and dad at the hospital



Jacob got his finger squashed in some exercise equipment while on a shopping outing. He got the full treatment:

• Gushing blood


• Ride in ambulance


• Emergency room visit


• X-rays


• Seriously freaked out parentals

Fortunately, he only fractured ONE bone and that was the distal 4th phlange. He's been quite the trouper though - I would have been lobbying for vicodin but he was content with lollipops and kisses.

Kuanoni's winning kahiko costume

Maika‘i Kuanoni !

**Post by Kim**
Check out Kuanoni! He now holds the title of Master Hula o Na Keiki, 2005, Maui. He was wonderful. We all went to Maui to watch him perform. He won in every category...interview, oli, costume and dance. He did a kahiko number and an auana number. He dedicated the auana number to his Tutu Wahine. We cried.
He dyed the fabric for his malo. His kumu made his lei. In the background is the kukui tree, symbolic of the kumu, the source of enlightenment.

At the base is the young fern kupukupu, symbolic of the haumana. The judges were totally impressed with Kuanoni's interview, which he did all in Hawaiian. They were also touched by his stories of how he worked together with his hula sister, to learn their dances and how their families all worked together too with the halau. I believe Kuanoni also gave all the winnings to his kumu for the halau.

Story 1

For more about the competition, here are some other links some of which have more photos of Kuanoni:

Story 2

Story 3

Story 4

Early November

So here's a blizzard of new shots, all posted in one big batch. Put up so many pictures for a few reasons:

• Visit from Uncle Bump


• Halowe'en


• Learing the new camera


• Exceptionally cute children

We helped Dave set up the Carport of Terror/Garage of Doom/Carhole of Scariness and managed to really freak out some young children. One kid voluntarily left without getting candy - simply too freaked out. GIMME A BUWHAHAHAHAHA !
Uncle Bump visited us on his way back from an Asian business trip. If I were a bad brother I would mention that he missed his flight home because he lost his ticket. Story has a happy ending though since he found the ticket after looking in the bag he had....wait for it....in HIS ARMS ! Can I have a BUWAHAHAHAHA ?

Samurai !

Yipee Kay Yay !

Buttoning Pajamas

Rose of Sharon - Photo by Kim

Kim has fun with the macro part 1

Kim has fun with the macro part 2

Looking Fine for the Par-Tay


After a bit of prodding from Ti and I Kim finally goes balls out for the Group 70 client party. Quite the hottie eh? I had a great time schmoozing with other peoples clients. I actually got to have this interaction with one of the astronomers that works with Kim:
ME: So what kind of astronomy do you do?
REALLYSMARTDUDE: I'm a wierd cosmologist.
ME (thinking): SWEET !

Ti's happy birthday muffins

Unwinding after a long night

The goods