Exploring

 

Took Jake to the car show and turned him loose with Calvin.

Driving with Calvin

 

Jake and Vinny check out the newest Cobalt.

Lily looking like a big girl

 

Lily picked out her clothes the other day and as soon as I saw her I had to grab the camera since she had suddently aged three years. *sigh*

Sally Golightly

OK. Call me deranged, say that I've been assimilated fully into the wacko poodle owners club...

But I swear that Sally Sparkle looks like Audrey Hepburn with her new haircut

I told Al that I thought that with the big poofy ears she looked like AH in My Fair Lady. He thought I was nuts. But he's right...Sally looks like she's straight out of Breakfast at Tiffany's"

Colton's Birthday Party at Ala Moana

Colton's BDay at Ala Moana

Had hours of fun at Colton's 4th birthday at Ala Moana

Ceramics by Lily

 

Watch out Uncle Martin: Lily's got the bug. Pretty soon I'll have to move the musical instruments to make way for the kiln.

Just a pretty sunset picture

 

Lost Maritime Civilizations: China and the Pacific

Check out my movie that introduces people to the new exhibit at the museum.

Part 1

Part 2

• Director: Brad


• Screenplay: Brad


• Cinamatographer: Brad


• Original Score: Brad


• ADR: Brad


• Post-production: Brad


• Key Grip: Brad


• Gaffer: Brad


• Best Boy: Brad


• Editor: Brad


• Special Effects: Brad


• Narrator: Marques Marzan

Tout à fait l'auteur, non?

Mom's Home !

 

So Kim's home after 20 days in Japan. While she claims she had the best sushi in her life, she also missed local food. Like the song says:

I'm just a little Hawaiian and a homesick Island boy (girl in this case)

I want to go back to my fish and poi

Needless to say we are all glad to have her back safe and sound and WITH PRESENTS ! Jake got a Series 100 Shinkansen, to go with his previous mom's-back-from-Japan gift of a Series 300. Lily got another fancy Japanese doll, on Girl's Day (fittingly). And I got two top of the line models - an F-16 (cool) and Marco's plane from Porco Rosso ! (Super-hyper cool). Kim got hugs and kisses. We did too.

I've got an idea !

 

Definite case of GTMNH except for the fact that Mom is, in fact, here.

What could possibly go wrong?

New friends

 

Shinkansen Series 300, Gordon the Express Train, and the bradnd new Series 100 Shinkansen - thanks mom!

Shinkansen!

 

Running at the gym

 

Stretching out

 

Fun with sidewalk paint

 

The kids before the haircuts

 

Lily after

 

Jake after

 

Art by the foot

 

ONE MILLION DOLLARS !