tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83223984987039350212024-03-05T08:55:29.088-07:00sweet, colorful mangosmahinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06016657817994625635noreply@blogger.comBlogger392125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8322398498703935021.post-59597379401347146512014-06-04T22:47:00.001-07:002014-06-04T22:47:20.540-07:00New blogJust wanted to let you all know that I have started a new blog over at wordpress. You can find me over at <a href="http://mahinamason.wordpress.com/">This Is Me</a>.<br />
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We've got lots of changes coming and a very large project on the horizon that I will be documenting on my new blog...and as always, lots of pictures of our cute kiddos who are growing up way too fast!!<br />
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So, come on over and see whats going on with us!mahinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06016657817994625635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8322398498703935021.post-32898309030393635742012-03-24T23:22:00.001-07:002012-03-24T23:22:54.945-07:00week 6: feb 5 – feb 11 (project 365)<p><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4">feb. 5 (sunday)</font></em></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-RP1YvPlEzUk/T265sBlF9aI/AAAAAAAAEYk/FpJmUC8Wru8/s1600-h/Feb05bw%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img title="Feb05bw" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="390" alt="Feb05bw" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-qgHhhVnx9uA/T265spvHwsI/AAAAAAAAEYs/Xag1XUSVFb0/Feb05bw_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="585" border="0" /></a> </p> <p></p> <p><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4">kawena loves to do “homework”.  she is in her second year of preschool and she looks forward to going to school everyday!  she is doing very well with her letters and numbers and sounds.  she has started sounding out words on her own.  she has such a strong desire to be able to read like her two older sisters!</font></em></p> <p> </p> <p><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4"></font></em></p> <p><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4">i registered her for kindergarten at the girls school last month and she can’t wait!  in this picture she is doing exercises in a workbook that the school gave me upon registration.  i love the look of concentration on her face.  this is a very common sight… kawena sitting at the kitchen table, crayon box open, with a workbook of some sort or just a blank piece of paper.</font></em></p> <p><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4"></font></em></p> <p><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4">feb. 6 (monday)</font></em></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-KKRwvDXy1tQ/T265sw1p6vI/AAAAAAAAEY0/DRUtm9bt2Xk/s1600-h/Feb06bw%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img title="Feb06bw" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="635" alt="Feb06bw" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-sVfc8XQHKG8/T265tG2tm1I/AAAAAAAAEY8/4VU6U2K2TRg/Feb06bw_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="426" border="0" /></a></p> <p><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4">nani is in the gifted program in her school.  since moving from albuquerque, which had a pull-out gifted class twice a week, she has been in a full-time gifted class.  it has been a hard transition.  in albuquerque, her gifted class was her favorite day of school, she loved the fun projects they did and the ways that they had to think outside of the box.</font></em></p> <p> </p> <p><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4"></font></em></p> <p><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4">here in chandler, it has been much different.  the teacher gives the class A LOT of homework.  they are do 6th and 7th grade work in all areas… she is only in 5th grade.  she is doing awesome and her grades are amazing, but she is stressed out most of the time.  she isn’t enjoying it as much as she did in her albuquerque school.  with the amount of work she is given she is usually up very late every night trying to get it all done!  </font></em></p> <p> </p> <p><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4"></font></em></p> <p><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4">this was another “late capture”  photo.  mitch was up late helping nani with her reading work and i snapped this photo.</font></em></p> <p> </p> <p><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4"></font></em></p> <p><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4">feb. 7  (tuesday)</font></em></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-zMHr2tAZXcU/T265tXlDOiI/AAAAAAAAEZE/EO2ieb5bAsY/s1600-h/Feb07cool-70%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img title="Feb07cool-70" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="393" alt="Feb07cool-70" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-BtN-cP4UNL4/T265thswLbI/AAAAAAAAEZM/ZjV1qh5lq0M/Feb07cool-70_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="586" border="0" /></a> </p> <p><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4">this is our cute little maui boy.  this is the funny face he likes to make ALL THE TIME!!  he scrunches up his brow and pouts out his full lips!  it just makes us laugh.  this was after he made a mess of his oreo cookie after dinner!  </font></em></p> <p> </p> <p><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4"></font></em></p> <p><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4">i just want to eat him up!!</font></em></p> <p> </p> <p><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4"></font></em></p> <p><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4"></font></em></p> <p><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4"></font></em></p> <p><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4">feb 8 (wednesday)</font></em></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-LMhf4iZZMEY/T265txB3FaI/AAAAAAAAEZU/gr2HWz2xDqw/s1600-h/Feb08cool-70%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img title="Feb08cool-70" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="566" alt="Feb08cool-70" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-OTqHE660ksc/T265uULNghI/AAAAAAAAEZc/0xtx7m_Zq9U/Feb08cool-70_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="380" border="0" /></a></p> <p></p> <p><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4">our girls are creative.  nani likes to be creative with her “workspace”.  her she is doing her homework on the middle landing of the stairs sitting on a folded out futon chair.  :)</font></em></p> <p> </p> <p><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4"></font></em></p> <p><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4"></font></em></p> <p><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4">feb 9 (thursday)</font></em></p> <p> </p> <p><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4"></font></em></p> <p><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4">the photo for today didn’t make the cut!  mitch saw it and said i couldn’t post it on the internet.  mae mae had been potty training, unsuccessfully.  she was sitting on the toilet completely naked and i grabbed my camera.  so, that is the photo that you will not see on this post!  :(</font></em></p> <p> </p> <p><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4"></font></em></p> <p><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4">feb 10 (friday)</font></em></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-fk_bRlxAAJg/T265une-_DI/AAAAAAAAEZk/SU6j3Vn-Cmc/s1600-h/Feb10bw%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img title="Feb10bw" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="608" alt="Feb10bw" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-OxJjclpDung/T265u_cwRYI/AAAAAAAAEZs/Jls2qoPL5Hs/Feb10bw_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="408" border="0" /></a></p> <p><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4">this picture makes me laugh!  mae mae with her messy hair, no clothes, and her blank stare!!  some days are just like that!  some days i just don’t get around to fixing her hair and even when i dress her she takes her clothes off!!  something’s i just have to let go!! obviously, on this day i did! :)</font></em></p> <p> </p> <p><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4">feb 11 (saturday)</font></em></p> <p><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-9Wp6bsaEw7Q/T265vIHWsJI/AAAAAAAAEZ0/TvFzUPsYZcU/s1600-h/Feb11-70%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img title="Feb11-70" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="613" alt="Feb11-70" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-X3CvU4FElsw/T265vXp-tQI/AAAAAAAAEZ8/eEYHPEQRgu4/Feb11-70_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="411" border="0" /></a></font></em></p> <p><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4">nani made maui a little bed in the laundry basket this day!  as you can tell, he really quite liked it!!  she was pushing him around and hauling him all over the house!!</font></em></p> <p> </p> <p><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4">theses boys sure are spoiled with from their sisters!!</font></em>    </p> <p><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4"></font></em></p> <p><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4"> </font></em></p> mahinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06016657817994625635noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8322398498703935021.post-52685661310181655062012-02-26T23:32:00.001-07:002012-02-26T23:32:51.248-07:00week 5: jan 29 – feb 4 (projest 365)<p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4"><em>jan 29 (sunday)</em></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4"><em><img title="Jan29-70cool" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="497" alt="Jan29-70cool" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-m7bu05uzRC8/T0sjZgp7mVI/AAAAAAAAEXE/cGajMOiYNUA/Jan29-70cool_thumb%25255B5%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="334" border="0" /></em></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4"><em>these boys look so smart in their sunday slacks, red tie, and blazer (thanks darbie and barbmom)!</em></font></p> <p> </p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4"><em>kai kai is getting really good at walking down the stairs! maui is just barely getting good at walking!  it is funny how different these two are!  maui is always a bit behind his brother when it comes to milestones.  kai kai has been walking since his 1st birthday back in november and it took maui another 2 months before he started walking.  maui just seems content to let his brother do things first and he will just sit back and watch him!</em></font></p> <p> </p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4"><em></em></font></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-LIqZChptBdo/T0sjZ1Xfo1I/AAAAAAAAEXM/JlO6e-EDUNg/s1600-h/Jan29p2-70%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#ffffff" size="4"><em><img title="Jan29p2-70" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="493" alt="Jan29p2-70" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-ulbYQPUksZA/T0sjaGQa9XI/AAAAAAAAEXU/nLMgeOZ9awk/Jan29p2-70_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="331" border="0" /></em></font></a><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4"><em> </em></font></p> <p> </p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4"><em></em></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4"><em>jan 30 (monday)</em></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4"><em><img title="Jan30" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="451" alt="Jan30" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-HEet4IV2vqw/T0sjaQXPyyI/AAAAAAAAEXc/qJL0zwVpGZU/Jan30_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="338" border="0" /></em></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4"><em>kawena was taking pictures with my point and shoot after scripture study when i realized i hadn’t taken a picture yet.  so, i grabbed her and snapped a self photo of us!  </em></font></p> <p> </p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4"><em></em></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4"><em>jan 31 (tuesday)</em></font></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-c_CYasPQgn8/T0sjavnL74I/AAAAAAAAEXk/idhLxwT1J4c/s1600-h/Jan31-70%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#ffffff" size="4"><em><img title="Jan31-70" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="391" alt="Jan31-70" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-ih4tsXrh66g/T0sjawdfakI/AAAAAAAAEXs/eypiyLWhPWk/Jan31-70_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="583" border="0" /></em></font></a></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4"><em>for her birthday, mae mae got this water table… it was the best purchase!  she loves this table and will play with it for hours almost daily!  this photo was taken in the late afternoon at the time which is after naps and just before dinner.  it was starting to cool off so these boys were shivering in their nakedness, but it didn’t stop them from having fun!!  they were loving the water table and splashing together!!  by the time we brought them in their lips were turning blue and they were shivering, but they were lovin’ it!!</em></font></p> <p> </p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4"><em></em></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4"><em>feb 1 (wednesday)</em></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4"><em><img title="Feb01-70" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="487" alt="Feb01-70" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-_k_7JGKH3PQ/T0sjbAfufHI/AAAAAAAAEX0/ZlDv4c5TrNw/Feb01-70_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="327" border="0" /></em></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4"><em>as i was about to go to bed i realized, again, “oh shoot!  i haven’t taken a picture!”  so, i grabbed the camera a took a picture of my bodyrock.tv workout set up!  this is where i bodyrock every morning at 6:00 a.m.  i kinda like the lighting in this coming in from the side!  it cast some cool shadows and contrast.</em></font></p> <p> </p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4"><em></em></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4"><em>feb 2 (thursday)</em></font></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-ISO5yzhYjeY/T0sjbRFEHMI/AAAAAAAAEX8/1RMaezpP6Ao/s1600-h/Feb02-70cool%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#ffffff" size="4"><em><img title="Feb02-70cool" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="387" alt="Feb02-70cool" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-SBMQNzQWOWc/T0sjbsGf20I/AAAAAAAAEYE/2iqkUwkghTo/Feb02-70cool_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="577" border="0" /></em></font></a></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4"><em>kawena is super photogenic, i think!  she has such beautiful, clear eyes, full, pink lips, and soft, smooth skin!  she is usually pretty easy to photograph and willing to be photographed!  i love her eyes in this one!</em></font></p> <p> </p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4"><em></em></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4"><em>feb 3 (friday)</em></font></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-xpX5VZsFUU8/T0sjb-DcsvI/AAAAAAAAEYM/wpL8YSl6zOk/s1600-h/Feb03-70cool%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#ffffff" size="4"><em><img title="Feb03-70cool" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="385" alt="Feb03-70cool" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-BAbHOLZA2Ng/T0sjcI4nZDI/AAAAAAAAEYU/dX_30mG3-sY/Feb03-70cool_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="574" border="0" /></em></font></a><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4"><em> </em></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4"><em>love the bubbles maui was blowing in this one!  you will notice that i tend to take a lot of pictures of the boys while they are sitting in their highchairs.  there are several reasons for this;  1) they can’t move very much because they are strapped into their chairs, 2) they will actually look at me and be still long enough for me to snap a few photos, 3) their chairs are sitting right next to the big sliding glass door to the backyard, which means the lighting is usually very good, 4) i like to take pictures of their messy faces!!</em></font></p> <p> </p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4"><em></em></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4"><em>feb 4 (saturday)</em></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4"><em><img title="Feb04-70cool" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="529" alt="Feb04-70cool" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/--xV_gZxCMEs/T0sjcef6d3I/AAAAAAAAEYc/4cfN_ZMY7s8/Feb04-70cool_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="355" border="0" /></em></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4"><em>mitch and i had gone out on a date this night.  when we got home all of the kids were in bed.  then we heard kawena’s door open slowly and she came out.  she had fallen asleep earlier that day which always means she will be up late, unable to get to sleep.  in true kawena fashion she said she was hungry and that she wanted a bowl of cereal (i blame mitch for this).  of course, i hadn’t taken a picture, yet, that day, so i took one of her just as she finished her bowl of cereal.   </em></font></p> <p><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4"></font></em></p> <p> </p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4"><em></em></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4"><em>this week i started playing around with different editing</em></font> <font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4"><em>and actions.  i am hoping that i will be able to find some different editing options that will become my “signature” look in the future.</em></font></p> <p> </p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="3">note:  all photos were taken with the 24-70 f/2.8, unless indicated.</font></p> mahinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06016657817994625635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8322398498703935021.post-58552116686934550792012-02-26T22:50:00.001-07:002012-02-26T23:33:18.166-07:00week 4: jan 22 – jan 28 (project 365)<p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4"><em>jan 22 (sunday)</em></font></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-uyQu7265IWM/T0sZid9hrhI/AAAAAAAAEUw/ruAFkCZRugk/s1600-h/Jan22%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#ffffff" size="4"><em><img title="Jan22" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="489" alt="Jan22" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-NxG2EuHcpXI/T0sZik5K08I/AAAAAAAAEU4/DhunE9ohDPg/Jan22_thumb%25255B4%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="328" border="0" /></em></font></a><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4"><em> </em></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4"><em>mae mae is really into dressing up!  this is probably one of my favorite of the dress up dresses that the girls own. thanks to tutu lady they have many of the really nice disney store dresses, you know the ones that are so nice you just want to hang them up and not let them wear because you are afraid they are going to ruin them!  ;-)  well, i used to do that when nani was little, but mae mae is the fourth daughter and let’s face it, by the fourth child you just kind of relax… or you are just to worn out to care!!</em></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4"><em> </em></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4"><em>jan 23 (monday)</em></font></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-VZO18bfDpH8/T0sZi5RvxCI/AAAAAAAAEVA/KzeCSjvYbS4/s1600-h/Jan23%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#ffffff" size="4"><em><img title="Jan23" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="433" alt="Jan23" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-uPE3WF9J4PI/T0sZiyYqPZI/AAAAAAAAEVI/myocvE9rNUk/Jan23_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="325" border="0" /></em></font></a></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4"><em>these little boys LOVE to play in laundry baskets (which works out well because with all of the laundry i have to do, there is always a laundry basket sitting around for them to play in!)!!  it is the cutest thing!  they climb in and just sit there!  sometimes i will hear laughter coming from the family room and i will go investigate and this is what i will see… the boys sitting in the laundry basket just laughing with each other!!  twins are awesome that way!</em></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4"><em> </em></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4"><em>jan 24 (tuesday)</em></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4"><em>this was a multiply photo day and i couldn’t just pick one, but i narrowed it down to a series of three…</em></font></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-fKd-l9WJm2s/T0sZjJ5WImI/AAAAAAAAEVQ/oRb4HsgNuHM/s1600-h/Jan24p1%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#ffffff" size="4"><em><img title="Jan24p1" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="470" alt="Jan24p1" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-Z7IS8Rp5DA8/T0sZjVXzzDI/AAAAAAAAEVY/gYXUkh4tb4s/Jan24p1_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="315" border="0" /></em></font></a></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4"><em>kawena’s freshly painted toes</em></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4"><em> </em></font></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-f2ylVGSHikI/T0sZjrddXMI/AAAAAAAAEVg/1W2FwlIF5HI/s1600-h/Jan24p2%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#ffffff" size="4"><em><img title="Jan24p2" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="471" alt="Jan24p2" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-oNjswL1NxhU/T0sZjzvKIiI/AAAAAAAAEVo/CP5qtQBsHmM/Jan24p2_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="316" border="0" /></em></font></a></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4"><em>kawena’s pretty little face (i love that she put on her sisters apron to protect her clothes)</em></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4"><em> </em></font></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-RkTp_iQJeqE/T0sZkPl-4kI/AAAAAAAAEVw/sTHncAAeA38/s1600-h/Jan24p3%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#ffffff" size="4"><em><img title="Jan24p3" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="391" alt="Jan24p3" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-j4X2dJk5buI/T0sZkWd50LI/AAAAAAAAEV4/AJJsIII85I8/Jan24p3_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="583" border="0" /></em></font></a><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4"><em> </em></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4"><em>kawena’s “art work” on hers and her sisters toes and fingers.  kawena is on the right side while mae mae is on the left.  can you tell she has a harder time doing her own nails??  the girls love to paint their nails and i am totally fine with it!!  the only rule i have is that they have to be outside to do it!!</em></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4"><em> </em></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4"><em>jan 25 (wednesday)</em></font></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-4CanWZPtb7A/T0sZkj5w1AI/AAAAAAAAEWA/uaZdMQWvrKs/s1600-h/Jan25%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#ffffff" size="4"><em><img title="Jan25" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="496" alt="Jan25" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-Edolj3NVyXY/T0sZkzqVkdI/AAAAAAAAEWI/fHM6PXW-qq4/Jan25_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="333" border="0" /></em></font></a></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4"><em>another one of those pictures that was taken as the last thing i did before turning of the lights and going to bed.  everyone was already in bed so, i took a picture of my bodyrock.tv workout for the next morning!  that is my nightly routine.  i record the workout that i will be doing the next morning at 6:00 a.m. so that all i have to do is wake up, get changed, and go downstairs to workout!  i have been doing this since the beginning of the year and i have actually surprised myself by being consistent and still have not missed a day in the 6 weeks since i started!!  also, i have been seeing awesome results!!  love that!</em></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4"><em> </em></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4"><em>jan 26 (thursday)</em></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4"><em><img title="Jan26" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="472" alt="Jan26" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-XVMaNNTlm9U/T0sZlLoVFHI/AAAAAAAAEWQ/MqNk8SQgjsE/Jan26_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="317" border="0" /></em></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4"><em>photo just before retiring to bed, yet again!!  this was a bad week for pictures, i guess!  i kept forgetting, so now you have lame pictures to look at.  this is our family room, aka “the cage”.  it is enclosed by a gate spanning the entire entryway. it is filled with toddler toys in all 8 of those canvas drawers. it is where the boys spend most of their waking moments! it is my sanity saver!  i clean it more times than i would like to in any given day!  i almost NEVER go to sleep at night unless it is all straightened up and looking nice… except this day!!  i was too exhausted!</em></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4"><em> </em></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4"><em>jan 27 (friday)</em></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4"><em><img title="Jan27p2" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="477" alt="Jan27p2" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-JbR3dun7-qU/T0sZlUcYuuI/AAAAAAAAEWY/cZXQxAQIX3I/Jan27p2_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="320" border="0" /></em></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4"><em>today was mae mae’s 3rd birthday!  i love that i captured her in mid-blow on this photo!  earlier this day i took her to fry’s grocery store to let her pick out her cake.  she picked a mint chocolate cake… bright, minty green!!  i was a little nervous, but it was surprisingly good! she also picked the candles!!  the ones she picked… were trick candles! haha!  she kept blowing and blowing!  then she said, “mama, these candles are broken!!”  haha!  i love our mae mae!!</em></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4"><em> </em></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4"><em><img title="Jan27" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="452" alt="Jan27" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-bs5NfPDosZw/T0sZlRnm3wI/AAAAAAAAEWg/c2mZmrIcYGQ/Jan27_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="303" border="0" /></em></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4"><em>for her birthday we redboxed kung fu panda 2 (loved it) and watched it as a family with her choice of movie theater candy!  mae mae made up one of the laundry baskets as her “theater chair”, complete with pillows and blankets.  we must have worn her out because she didn’t last through the movie! </em></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4"><em> </em></font></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-zCwbzhwzqnw/T0sZlp0kZTI/AAAAAAAAEWo/0pbbTloNPXU/s1600-h/Jan27p3%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#ffffff" size="4"><em><img title="Jan27p3" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="471" alt="Jan27p3" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-Cjv_FkJT8PI/T0sZlyKqimI/AAAAAAAAEWw/2kVFTMMHjFY/Jan27p3_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="316" border="0" /></em></font></a><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4"><em> </em></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4"><em> </em></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4"><em>jan 28 (saturday)</em></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4"><em><img title="Jan28" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="392" alt="Jan28" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-qMS2a1GA-7c/T0sZmE9siiI/AAAAAAAAEW4/L_fcELN2gn8/Jan28_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="584" border="0" /></em></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4"><em>kawena was playing with her food today!  scrabble chez-its are awesome for a preschooler who is learning to spell!</em></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4"><em> </em></font></p> <p><font size="4"><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font size="3">note: all photos were taken with the 24-70 f/2.8</font> </font></font></p> mahinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06016657817994625635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8322398498703935021.post-14678977503185983112012-02-26T21:44:00.001-07:002012-02-26T23:33:35.347-07:00week 3: playing catch up…jan 18 –21 (project 365)<p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4"><em>so, i have been really bad about posting pics from my project, but i HAVE been taking pictures everyday!  so, here is the beginning of my backlog posts:</em></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4"><em> </em></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4"><em>jan 18 (wednesday)</em></font></p> <p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1DK9P9LJhx74yb3eYkf97EQwoAtlfwu0HGIFlZhvwJIDkbTd8gfo7R21s2WyI3tqWzPZMZ5td3zayAGBrU_WvcltmXW-OUZD1bZ_-37mc0Re1CMjT_LmT5jGc4shKsRAzfa2cyFqxIc4/s1600-h/Jan18%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#ffffff" size="4"><em><img title="Jan18" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="465" alt="Jan18" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-srQriSCrMLs/T0sKFlbkODI/AAAAAAAAET4/tdJhl4UgDw8/Jan18_thumb%25255B4%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="312" border="0" /></em></font></a></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4"><em> </em></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4"><em>this was one of those, “ahhh, i haven’t taken a picture yet” days. when i saw nani making dinner i thought, i had better capture this moment because it doesn’t happen very often!!  haha!  it was late in the day and indoors, so the lighting was bad. i think it is too orange.</em></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4"><em> </em></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4"><em>jan 19 (thursday)</em></font></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-W7ChJqL6kv8/T0sKFx-i_kI/AAAAAAAAEUA/dujMvRi9Su8/s1600-h/Jan19%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#ffffff" size="4"><em><img title="Jan19" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="493" alt="Jan19" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-lWq-fyuFyUQ/T0sKGIHK3DI/AAAAAAAAEUI/FZB7tv_1MYw/Jan19_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="331" border="0" /></em></font></a></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4"><em> </em></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4"><em>we were walking to the school science fair when i snapped this shot.  the sun was going down.  the girls went out in front of me so i could capture a shot of them together.  i am always amazed when i see nani standing next to kale’a because it emphasizes the huge height difference… nani is so tall and kale’a is so short for their respective ages.  i like the leading lines. i think it is underexposed.</em></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4"><em> </em></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4"><em>jan 20 (friday)</em></font></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-6lxYMEdppf8/T0sKGLlrrgI/AAAAAAAAEUQ/k_p8S4bAJO4/s1600-h/Jan20%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#ffffff" size="4"><em><img title="Jan20" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="390" alt="Jan20" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-37ViMnjM7HM/T0sKGm1ZRzI/AAAAAAAAEUY/rRFdLDuZTJk/Jan20_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="581" border="0" /></em></font></a><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4"><em> </em></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4"><em></em></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4"><em></em></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4"><em> </em></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4"><em>this was another late night photo because i forgot to take a picture! haha!  mae mae had lined up these cars on the half wall between our kitchen and family room!  i thought it was cute and a great exercise in depth of field!  white balance is orange again.</em></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4"><em> </em></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4"><em>jan 21 (saturday)</em></font></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-VPpQMQt06Ak/T0sKGnsghmI/AAAAAAAAEUg/fBGDfEkpKw4/s1600-h/Jan21%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#ffffff" size="4"><em><img title="Jan21" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="383" alt="Jan21" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-G9z9B_NG_YM/T0sKG7_YAMI/AAAAAAAAEUo/merTtrsHku4/Jan21_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="574" border="0" /></em></font></a></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4"><em> </em></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4"><em>this was at polar ice after kale’a’s ice skating lesson.  not the best picture, i know, but it was one of a few pictures i took that day.  this was taken with my canon point and shoot with the flash, obviously, since the reflective material on their coats are illuminated!!</em></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4"><em> </em></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4"><em>i will post more as i have time this week…</em></font></p> <p><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4"></font></em></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="3">note:  these were all taken with the 24-70 f/2.8, with the exception of the last one.</font></p> mahinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06016657817994625635noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8322398498703935021.post-2574751883386892022012-01-21T00:15:00.001-07:002012-01-21T00:15:57.016-07:00jan 15 – jan 17 (project 365)<p><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3"><em>jan 15 (sunday)</em></font></p> <p> </p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3"><em></em></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3"><em>as i was writing my last post i was breathing this:</em></font></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-bZIJg-KrORw/TxpmJiXR2yI/AAAAAAAAES8/_TE6JjdX01Y/s1600-h/Jan15%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3"><em><img title="Jan15" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="392" alt="Jan15" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-WWxTGTahADM/TxpmJ6QYz3I/AAAAAAAAETE/4rtQ2NIk1aU/Jan15_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="584" border="0" /></em></font></a> </p> <p align="center">f/2.8, 1/40, iso 640, 24-70 f/2.8, manual</p> <p> </p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3"><em>mitch, along with nani and kale’a made a loaf of whole wheat bread, and two loafs of macaroni grill bread!  the house was full of delicious smells!  we call the macoroni bread “mitch’s special bread” and it is amazing!  ask anyone who has tried it!! </em></font></p> <p> </p> <p><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3"></font></em></p> <p><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3">jan 16 (monday)</font></em></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-c_hFMbC6H94/TxpmKZ-JInI/AAAAAAAAETM/HObgiD8FE9g/s1600-h/Jan16%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img title="Jan16" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="394" alt="Jan16" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-15XH4Dc-XKM/TxpmKq-irII/AAAAAAAAETU/-gfMzlLhUQY/Jan16_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="587" border="0" /></a> </p> <p align="center">f/2.8, 1/30, iso 640, 24-70 f/2.8, manual</p> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="left"><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3"></font></em></p> <p align="left"><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3">kawena and mae mae started swim lessons on monday.  this was their first swim lesson with the new swim school.  this is kawena doing her back float with the noodle to get ready for the back float without the noodle.  she is doing awesome!!  i don’t know how to get a good picture in this condition! everything looked very blue.  this was the best i could get. anyone know how to get it right without a flash? malia?</font></em></p> <p align="left"> </p> <p align="left"><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3"></font></em></p> <p align="left"><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3">jan 17 (tuesday)</font></em></p> <p align="left"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-D4uSAsGWFa8/TxpmKw5qCzI/AAAAAAAAETc/NxDZMbLDN-Q/s1600-h/Jan17%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img title="Jan17" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="394" alt="Jan17" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-nUtw58yGzU4/TxpmLMffprI/AAAAAAAAETk/OzmWo1K4SKU/Jan17_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="587" border="0" /></a> </p> <p align="center">f/2.8, 1/30, iso 200, 24-70 f/2.8, manual</p> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="left"><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3"></font></em></p> <p align="left"><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3">i may be biased, but this is one beautiful girl!!  i think this is my new favorite picture!  i love the natural smile, as opposed to the “fake” one i get so often with my kids!  i took this is our front room with natural light coming in the front window.  she, of course ,was wearing her ballet outfit and dancing around the room with mae mae to music from the keyboard!  it is a favorite thing for our girls to do… dress up and dance!</font></em></p> <p align="left"> </p> <p align="left"><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3"></font></em></p> <p align="left"><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3">i LOVE this shot of my pretty kawena!</font></em></p> mahinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06016657817994625635noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8322398498703935021.post-53542984929728350512012-01-18T00:08:00.001-07:002012-01-18T00:08:42.152-07:00jan 12 – jan 14 (project 365)<p><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3">jan 12 (thursday)</font></em></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-H7wIgHZcCWc/TxZv8VZZNNI/AAAAAAAAER8/-YuVZQ1Coyw/s1600-h/Jan12.2%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img title="Jan12.2" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="396" alt="Jan12.2" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRbUjh1waCsENVVaQwQsgOZ0zf5emrVP5ItF3CLeihgQu9zLknCYUS4iMZwstXU91HuZq8BlHf25LCt5ufAy4N9Rr6fDbQ_qoKZExnFKuXmgrKlSUXIbDxTDHFXe0FuYpbgP-oQedYo7I/?imgmax=800" width="590" border="0" /></a> </p> <p align="center">f/2.8, 1/20, iso 400, lens 24-70 f/2.8, manual</p> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center"><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3"></font></em></p> <p align="left"><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3">can you guess what i did this day? i typically go to costco on saturday because i refuse to go with 1 year old twin boys and a 2 year old. call me crazy!  so, i always go when i can leave them home with mitch, which saturday is the only day.  sucks, but that’s where we are right now!  </font></em></p> <p align="left"> </p> <p align="left"><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3"></font></em></p> <p align="left"><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3">anyway, obviously <a href="http://www.delightfulheavenlysunrise.blogspot.com/2012/01/not-at-all-what-i-planned.html">the events of the previous saturday</a> did not leave time for my weekly costco run!  by thursday we were out of milk, cheese, bread, eggs, yogurt, you get the idea!  there really was no option… i HAD to go.  so, i put the boys down for their nap and the minute nani and kale’a walked in the door i loaded kawena and mae mae into the truck and we took off for costco.  it was a bit liberating to leave nani home with the boys, to see a light at the end of the tunnel! woot!</font></em></p> <p align="left"> </p> <p align="left"><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3"></font></em></p> <p align="left"><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3">i made the costco run and loaded up the fridge and nani and kale’a and the boys were fine!  </font></em></p> <p align="left"> </p> <p align="left"><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3"></font></em></p> <p align="left"><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3">whenever i go to costco this is the traditional dinner, rice, veggies, and this:</font></em></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-VCfeJQI3XoI/TxZv9KJ-Y0I/AAAAAAAAESM/1YEzQbhqOzA/s1600-h/Jan12%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img title="Jan12" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="628" alt="Jan12" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-adBCcMZsld0/TxZv9aYduFI/AAAAAAAAESU/WZapye1hTMI/Jan12_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="421" border="0" /></a>f/2.8, 1/15, iso 400, lens 24-70 f/2.8, manual</p> <p align="left"> </p> <p align="left"><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3">jan 13 (friday)</font></em></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/--Cx9zF6hI4Q/TxZv9YSNHGI/AAAAAAAAESc/rCQN1MIxFks/s1600-h/Jan13%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img title="Jan13" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="640" alt="Jan13" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-SU6eBJ3rfMU/TxZv97tjXKI/AAAAAAAAESk/_MzPaAzsZbk/Jan13_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="429" border="0" /></a>f/2.8, 1/10, iso 400, 24-70 f/2.8, manual</p> <p align="left"> </p> <p align="left"><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3">remember in my last post how i said i even used this project to get my girls to clean their room? well, here’s the proof.  they weren’t cleaning their room, so i whipped out the camera and started threatening posting pictures of their dirty room on my blog! hah!!  it got clean!</font></em></p> <p align="left"> </p> <p align="left"><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3">i love this picture!  as i was snapping a shot of this pile of shoes and clothes nani attempted to cover it up by throwing a blanket over it. i captured it just as the blanket was crossing the path of the shot! pretty cool, right?</font></em></p> <p align="left"> </p> <p align="left"><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3">jan 14 (saturday)</font></em></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-1eOp1HXKe1w/TxZv-L4fjBI/AAAAAAAAESs/qNpMKuB9AcI/s1600-h/Jan14%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img title="Jan14" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="399" alt="Jan14" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-8j9GaWCTbZk/TxZv-cuHkBI/AAAAAAAAES0/byxSbgocfOE/Jan14_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="595" border="0" /></a>   f/2.8, 1/40, iso 500, lens 24-70 f/2.8, manual</p> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="left"><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3"></font></em></p> <p align="left"><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3">through the “glass” at the ice skating rink.  this was kale’a’s second ice skating lesson.  she is doing awesome!  she is very steady on her skates and she is always one of the first two students to make it across the rink when they “race”.  ever since the 2010 winter olympics this girl has wanted to do hockey.  i thought she might grow out of it, but she still wants to do it, so for christmas we gave her ice skating lessons in preparation to start hockey. we will just have to wait and see where this takes us!</font></em></p> <p align="left"> </p> <p align="left"><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3"></font></em></p> <p align="left"><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3">this love of hockey also was the reason for the hockey tickets that she got for christmas that kale’a and got to enjoy the saturday before!  and we sure did enjoy it!</font></em></p> mahinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06016657817994625635noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8322398498703935021.post-20727551167575967952012-01-15T22:47:00.001-07:002012-01-15T22:57:00.740-07:00jan 8 – jan11 (project 365)<p><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3">this week has been a pretty good week, as far as this project goes.  i am getting better at remembering to get the camera out.  i am becoming more familiar with the settings on my camera, which is exciting for me!  i am remembering to check my iso!  i am beginning to use this project to chronicle some of the mundane, some of the traditions, some of the daily hum drum of life.  i even used this project to motivate my children to clean their room this week (check jan 13, friday)!  who knew?!  so, some of the pictures might be a bit “boring”, but this is all about the photography experience!</font></em></p> <p> </p> <p><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3"></font></em></p> <p><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3">jan 8 (sunday)</font></em></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-S-8nwCASepc/TxO55s6uFXI/AAAAAAAAEQc/BP07BbuueS0/s1600-h/Jan08%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img title="Jan08" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="391" alt="Jan08" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-pGU5e4lNy-E/TxO55_HRkRI/AAAAAAAAEQk/MRuW697iJO0/Jan08_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="583" border="0" /></a> </p> <p align="center">f/2.8, shutter 1/20, iso 400, lens 24-70 f/2.8, manual</p> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center"><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3"></font></em></p> <p align="left"><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3">we have a fast sunday tradition in our family.  each fast sunday we have breakfast for dinner.  last sunday was fast sunday and for dinner we had sticky buns, eggs, bacon, and breakfast potatoes. oh, and we can’t forget the fresh fruit smoothies!  YUM!  fast sunday’s seem to be a family favorite for dinner. in fact, it is one of the few nights when there isn’t a complaint mumbled from the lips of any of my children!!  hmmm, maybe we should have breakfast for dinner every night!!</font></em></p> <p align="left"> </p> <p align="left"><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3"></font></em></p> <p align="left"><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3">jan 9 (monday)</font></em></p> <p align="left"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-nO2eRRIrZeo/TxO56aPC_BI/AAAAAAAAEQs/pcmfKA0S9YY/s1600-h/Jan09%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img title="Jan09" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="392" alt="Jan09" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-yB-C0ehIVhM/TxO565F_lII/AAAAAAAAEQ0/exLVLDLAiiM/Jan09_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="584" border="0" /></a> </p> <p align="center">f/2.8, shutter 1/15, iso 400, lens 24-70 f/2.8, manual</p> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center"><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3"></font></em></p> <p align="left"><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3">have i ever told you what awesome manners our kids have?  no? well, probably because they don’t!  this is mae mae eating her spaghetti on monday night. i actually didn’t grab my camera fast enough!  if i had ,you would have seen her head tilted back, her big hand of spaghetti perched high above her mouth, dropping noodles in!!  but because the camera wasn’t sitting next to me at that moment, this is what i captured! </font></em></p> <p align="left"> </p> <p align="left"><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3"></font></em></p> <p align="left"><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3">jan 10 (tuesday)</font></em></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-UXTeFiHGglI/TxO57ep6TJI/AAAAAAAAEQ8/b8J6A9VdaW8/s1600-h/Jan10%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img title="Jan10" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="587" alt="Jan10" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-YRVFfYCSjNo/TxO57_-DhYI/AAAAAAAAERE/BRkGlI_Dlhc/Jan10_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="394" border="0" /></a>f/2.8, 1/15, iso 400, lens 24-70 f/2.8, manual</p> <p align="left"> </p> <p align="left"><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3">i find the boys giggling and babbling in this spot several times a day. it seems to be a favorite spot for them.  there is a treadmill below this window which makes it the perfect height for them to be able to look out.  i don’t know what they find so fascinating about this spot, but it sure is fun to hear them playing and laughing together as they stand there together!</font></em></p> <p align="left"> </p> <p align="left"><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3"></font></em></p> <p align="left"><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3">i got several pictures this day of the kids.  i will share one more cute one of the boys:</font></em></p> <p align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGyGl1saWgjStNmrjEBhfCB_N8LgtQfJo5ZDMdBB6J7G-ex0TWGzJjhx8Lo2ioD3m812IY3cOfvHa5UGv5nhPr_s8WFPAoJtdGjivcWdMKpQ5ScSItriSbWHpYFcP-ULUgvR8WG8sIBzw/s1600-h/Jan10.2%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img title="Jan10.2" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="392" alt="Jan10.2" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-3q_s-8RvYWI/TxO58tFsTZI/AAAAAAAAERU/yx-Rkl1LpEQ/Jan10.2_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="588" border="0" /></a> </p> <p></p> <p align="center">f/2.8, 1/25, iso 200, lens 24-70 f/2.8, manual</p> <p align="center">maui is in front and kaio is standing in back (for those who don’t know which is which!)</p> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="left"><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3"></font></em></p> <p align="left"><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3">these boys L.O.V.E. to play in laundry baskets!  it’s another “favorite place!  sometimes i walk into the room and maui is just sitting in a laundry basket smiling! no toys, no books, nothing… just him sitting in the basket smiling! it cracks me up!  when both of the boys are playing in it together it is hilarious to watch them climb in and sit there together. then they will tip it over and coming spilling out!  i love that these boys love each other and are best buds!</font></em></p> <p align="left"> </p> <p align="left"><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3"></font></em></p> <p align="left"><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3">jan 11 (wednesday)</font></em></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-gsfpFMabbxU/TxO59LmJFNI/AAAAAAAAERc/Fndps_LLHho/s1600-h/Jan11%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img title="Jan11" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="593" alt="Jan11" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-KgcKFrsCsh8/TxO59Ux-LLI/AAAAAAAAERk/ARdBWQb89TQ/Jan11_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="398" border="0" /></a> f/2.8, 1/15, iso 400, lens 24-70 f/2.8, manual</p> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="left"><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3"></font></em></p> <p align="left"><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3">this was maui thursday morning, cursted snot under his nose from his cold, tear coming from his crying eyes that are begging me to pick him up and feed him!  such a sad boy!</font></em></p> <p align="left"> </p> <p align="left"><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3"></font></em></p> <p align="left"><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3">we have a room in our house that is two steps lower then the other rooms on the first floor.  a couple months back the boys were driving me crazy with how suddenly mobile they became.  we had a gate in front of the stairs to the second floor, but they figured out how to weasel their way onto the stairs, despite the gate.  with the gate at the bottom of the stairs it only kept them from going upstairs, sort of, but they still had access to the kitchen and ALL the cabinets.  my life was NOT fun!  i spent most of my day trying to keep them from careening to their death onto the tile floor at the bottom of the stairs or pulling big, heavy pots on themselves.</font></em></p> <p align="left"> </p> <p align="left"><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3"></font></em></p> <p align="left"><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3">until my brilliant husband had a great idea!! he put the gate at the entrance to the family room which has the 2 steps down!  ever since that day my life has gotten SOOOO much better!  i toss the boys in their “cage”, as i lovingly call it, and they have a whole room to play in.  their toys were already in that room, so it is perfect!!  however, they are beginning to catch on and sometimes are not exactly happy to be in the “cage”, but at least i know they are safe!  most of the time they DO love it!</font></em></p> <p align="left"> </p> <p align="left"><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3"></font></em></p> <p align="left"><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3">this photo just happens to be one of the times when they DIDN’T love it!  kaio was somewhere sprawled on the floor equally as sad!</font></em></p> <p align="left"> </p> <p align="left"><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3"></font></em></p> <p align="left"><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3">===================</font></em></p> <p align="left"><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3">that’s all i have time for right now.  i will finish the rest of the week tomorrow!  i am off to bed!</font></em></p> mahinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06016657817994625635noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8322398498703935021.post-47006157411320526962012-01-08T22:29:00.001-07:002012-01-08T22:29:45.605-07:00Jan 1 – Jan 7 (project 365)<p><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3"><em>i am trying to become re-familiarized with my camera after such a long hiatus from photography.  the good part is that photography is somewhat like riding a bike, once you learn to ride you can pretty much can pick up where you left off and still know how to ride.  the bad part is that photography is much, MUCH more complex than riding a bike… like a hundred times over. this is why i am excited about doing this project right now… the improvement will be like night and day, at least i hope it will!! haha</em></font></p> <p> </p> <p><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3"></font></em></p> <p><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3">a couple of years ago my sister, malia, who, by the way, is an amazing destination wedding photographer in fiji, told me briefly (very briefly) about how she learned how to take the white balance off of auto to use kelvin/temperature to set white balance.  back then i was busy with a new baby and wasn’t able to try it out and, frankly, it seemed way too complicated, not to mention intimidating, at the time (i already had too much to adjust with aperture/shutter speed/light meter/etc.).  but now i am finally ready to look it square in the face and conquer it! i have decided that i want to learn to use kelvin to set white balance and take myself out of the auto wb setting. i know that my photos will be so much richer and the colors more true to what they truly are.</font></em></p> <p> </p> <p><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3"></font></em></p> <p><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3">this means that much of my photos may be off for awhile, as i figure it out so bear that in mind as i learn by trial and error!  i’ve been told and have read everywhere, and totally agree, that to become a better photographer the best thing to do is to take pictures… and that is what i am doing! </font></em></p> <p> </p> <p><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3"></font></em></p> <p><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3">jan 1 (sunday)</font></em></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-3Q6D_zA_DBY/Twp7A446XOI/AAAAAAAAEN8/TUBQmSANl8c/s1600-h/Jan01%25255B12%25255D.jpg"><img title="Jan01" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="381" alt="Jan01" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-TPthB-AHrLk/Twp7BFcINpI/AAAAAAAAEOE/rNV08I9Qt_k/Jan01_thumb%25255B8%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="571" border="0" /></a> </p> <p align="center">f/2.8, shutter 1/30, iso 320, lens 24-70 f/2.8, exposure manual</p> <p align="center"> </p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3"><em>on sunday, we left in such a hurry to church that no one grabbed the church bag which contained the cups, snacks, and toys.  so, after sacrament meeting we had to go home and grab the food and cups for the boys because they NEVER would have lasted through church without those things. however, we are in that stage in the boys life when i can’t stay in relief society because they are way too busy.  on top of that, mitch was teaching in his deacons class that day …which meant i had both boys for the last hour… which meant i wasn’t going to actually be able to stay in class.  don’t judge, but we decided since we had to go home anyway, that i might as well stay home and put the boys down for their nap (the joys of 11 o’clock church).  so, that is exactly what we did!</em></font></p> <p> </p> <p><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3"></font></em></p> <p><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3">kaio and maui were looking so sharp and adorable in their cute blazers and ties (thank you barbmom and darbie), that i wanted to get a picture.  it was impossible to get both of them in the same shot (i know because i tried), but i got this cute one of kaio.  </font></em></p> <p> </p> <p><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3"></font></em></p> <p><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3">i opened the shutters in our family room to let in the natural light.</font></em></p> <p> </p> <p><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3"></font></em></p> <p><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3">jan 2 (monday)</font></em></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-JX3TRggM3kg/Twp7COAkWpI/AAAAAAAAEOM/W-k34MtXDzQ/s1600-h/Jan02%25255B9%25255D.jpg"><img title="Jan02" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="386" alt="Jan02" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-4DPuwoHOX6M/Twp7CqN8s8I/AAAAAAAAEOU/23pcG9kPLUM/Jan02_thumb%25255B5%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="575" border="0" /></a>  </p> <p align="center">f/2.8, shutter 1/25, iso 320, lens 24-70 f/2.8, exposure manual</p> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="left"><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3"></font></em></p> <p align="left"><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3">monday, mitch went to work and came home at lunchtime (after going to the gym) and decided to stay home.  we played a game of ticket to ride with nani and kale’a.  phoenix was the hot spot of the game and just happens to be where we live. so, i snapped a shot of the game board. mitch won this game!</font></em></p> <p align="left"> </p> <p align="left"><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3"></font></em></p> <p align="left"><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3">today has two pictures:</font></em></p> <p align="left"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-H3aeeeEJJ20/Twp7C5TqZYI/AAAAAAAAEOc/Uw39L_CAI-Q/s1600-h/Jan02.2%25255B10%25255D.jpg"><img title="Jan02.2" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="383" alt="Jan02.2" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-8o8sA8dpcRw/Twp7Dd6a9bI/AAAAAAAAEOk/pmF_nXaeMYA/Jan02.2_thumb%25255B6%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="570" border="0" /></a> </p> <p align="center">f/2.8, shutter 1/25, iso 320, lens 24-70 f/2.8, exposure manual</p> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="left"><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3"></font></em></p> <p align="left"><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3">nani taught our family home evening lesson.  she gave each of us a new piece of foil and told us to crumpled it into to a loose ball… mine is the one on the left, kawena’s is the one on the right.  i don’t think she listened very well to the instructions!! haha!  then, nani told us the story of saul who had been persecuting the church of God until he repented and instead, began to serve God.  though he repented and changed his ways the damage he did to the church was hard to repair, if not impossible.  </font></em></p> <p align="left"> </p> <p align="left"><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3">nani asked us to straighten out our foil balls and return them to what they looked like before we crumpled them. of course it was impossible to get them to look as perfect as they did when she first gave them to us.  </font></em></p> <p align="left"> </p> <p align="left"><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3">she reminded us that we need to be careful about what we do and say because we can’t always repair the damage we can do by our actions and words!  ii thought it was a great object lesson and a great reminder for our family.</font></em></p> <p align="left"> </p> <p align="left"><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3"></font></em></p> <p align="left"><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3">jan 3 (tuesday)</font></em></p> <p align="left"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-tDsVRZ40sBI/Twp7D5hsPgI/AAAAAAAAEOs/9G0js9qz9sc/s1600-h/Jan03%25255B10%25255D.jpg"><img title="Jan03" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="388" alt="Jan03" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-944XHG3ykkU/Twp7EMmN04I/AAAAAAAAEO0/fZtjHSdicWw/Jan03_thumb%25255B6%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="579" border="0" /></a> </p> <p align="center">f/2.8, shutter 1/400, iso 320, lens 24-70 f/2.8, manual</p> <p align="center">i should have paid attention to the iso</p> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="left"><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3"></font></em></p> <p align="left"><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3">this girl is a candy hog!  if anyone leaves candy within her sight, she will get to it and eat it!  it has been the source of many tears of lost candy on her sisters part and on mae mae’s part because we will take away whatever she hasn’t already ingested!  </font></em></p> <p align="left"> </p> <p align="left"><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3"></font></em></p> <p align="left"><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3">the girls were outside riding their bikes.  when i got outside mae mae was riding her bike while holding this bag of reese’s and sour straws!  she asked me to open it for her. i told her no because she had already had her piece of candy.</font></em></p> <p align="left"> </p> <p align="left"><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3"></font></em></p> <p align="left"><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3">i went to take a shower.  before i got in she came to me with this same bag of reese’s and asked me to open it for her. again i told her no because she had already had her candy.  she bursts into tears and runs out of the bathroom.  the second i turn the shower off, she is right outside the shower with the same bag of reese’s in her hand and says, “are you done? can you open this for me?”  again, i tell her no and she bursts into tears and runs out of the bathroom!!</font></em></p> <p align="left"> </p> <p align="left"><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3"></font></em></p> <p align="left"><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3">she IS persistent, i will give her that much!  i know that some day that persistence will be a great asset for her to have!!</font></em></p> <p align="left"> </p> <p align="left"><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3"></font></em></p> <p align="left"><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3">jan 4 (wednesday)</font></em></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-1w9m-B5PXCY/Twp7Epcd4QI/AAAAAAAAEO8/R5w_1pStuh8/s1600-h/Jan04%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img title="Jan04" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="470" alt="Jan04" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-zGHoWMvtwL4/Twp7FMio2mI/AAAAAAAAEPE/5te829uLalU/Jan04_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="315" border="0" /></a>f/2.8, shutter, shutter 1/10, iso 320, lens 24-70 f/2.8, manual</p> <p align="center">again, i should have paid attention to iso</p> <p align="left"> </p> <p align="left"><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3">ok, this was my, “oh crap i forgot to take a picture” day. kale’a wanted me to take a picture of her with kaio because they “matched”.  she asked me earlier in the day, but i was doing something else and totally forgot to take the picture until it was bedtime and the sun was long gone.  my indoor/nighttime photography stinks!  so, this is what i got!  i am embarrassed to post it, but it’s all i got…</font></em></p> <p align="left"> </p> <p align="left"><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3">let’s move on!!</font></em></p> <p align="left"> </p> <p align="left"><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3"></font></em></p> <p align="left"><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3">jan 5 (thursday)</font></em></p> <p></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-e3am17_6feA/Twp7FiBoT-I/AAAAAAAAEPM/WlkLPg7xYvI/s1600-h/Jan05%25255B9%25255D.jpg"><img title="Jan05" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="391" alt="Jan05" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-jsAMOzuAQTQ/Twp7GPUyv6I/AAAAAAAAEPU/LEqiNsD9hUA/Jan05_thumb%25255B5%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="583" border="0" /></a> </p> <p align="center">f/2.8, shutter, 1/1000, iso 100, lens 24-70 f/2.8, manual </p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p> </p> <p><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3">this day i got up early and exercised before the kids were up so we could get out of the house and have some fun.  there is this awesome park a block away from our house, right next to the elementary school.  the girls hoped on their bikes and i put the boys in the bob jogger and we headed to the park. parks are great places for photo ops. i snapped away as the kids played and monkeyed  around.  </font></em></p> <p> </p> <p><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3"></font></em></p> <p><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3">nani and kale’a had brought a beach ball so we could play volleyball at the sand court.  the only problem was that there was a light breeze!  the ball had a mind of its own and the game was anything but predictable, but we had fun just the same!  </font></em></p> <p> </p> <p><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3"></font></em></p> <p><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3"></font></em></p> <p><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3">as nani was letting the air out of the ball, just before we headed home, i got this photo.  </font></em></p> <p> </p> <p><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3"></font></em></p> <p><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3">jan 6 (friday)</font></em></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-YJBGvN9cZE4/Twp7GpYVXsI/AAAAAAAAEPc/AZBL0jhvFxs/s1600-h/Jan06%25255B9%25255D.jpg"><img title="Jan06" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="394" alt="Jan06" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-vNfGOqjKZZU/Twp7HAHSuPI/AAAAAAAAEPk/0wJb_vVlIO8/Jan06_thumb%25255B5%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="591" border="0" /></a> </p> <p></p> <p align="center">f/2.8, shutter 1/10, iso 400, lens 24-70 f/2.8, manual</p> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center"><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3"></font></em></p> <p align="left"><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3">we had so much fun at the park the day before, so i planned to take the girls again the next day.  unfortunately, kaio woke up in the middle of the night with the croupe.  so, we hunkered down and had a house day.  </font></em></p> <p align="left"> </p> <p align="left"><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3"></font></em></p> <p align="left"><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3">for Christmas, we got our very first tv in our 12 years of marriage!  wow!  it’s a pretty big deal around here!  friday morning a package arrived and it was the just dance kids for the wii!  we were excited to try it out.  we had a ton of fun and got a good workout!  i was breathing heavy and sweating from dancing! it was a blast! </font></em></p> <p align="left"> </p> <p align="left"><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3"></font></em></p> <p align="left"><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3">i had to get a picture of how cute the girls looked doing the dance!  they were doing great! look how in sync they are!!  our girls are so much fun!!</font></em></p> <p align="left"> </p> <p align="left"><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3"></font></em></p> <p align="left"><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3">jan 7 (saturday)</font></em></p> <p align="left"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-DK-vHIeUhSo/Twp7HfJgUbI/AAAAAAAAEPs/cTvmdCG1oBs/s1600-h/Jan07%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img title="Jan07" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="398" alt="Jan07" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-KWZJCxlRGVY/Twp7H6Z-NHI/AAAAAAAAEP0/yH6Q71Kfyd4/Jan07_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="593" border="0" /></a> </p> <p align="center">f/2.8, shutter 1/1250, iso 400, lens 24-70 f/2.8, manual</p> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="left"><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3"></font></em></p> <p align="left"><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3">not the most exciting picture, but this pretty much threw a wrench in our whole day, so i had to use this picture!  i took many more pictures that were more fun, cute, and not nearly as dull, but this is the one that says so much more about this day! i will post the other ones, as i said i would, but tomorrow.</font></em></p> <p align="left"> </p> <p align="left"><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3"></font></em></p> <p align="left"><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3">so, there you have it! my first week of my project 365!</font></em></p> mahinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06016657817994625635noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8322398498703935021.post-67352046230699693782012-01-08T01:38:00.001-07:002012-01-08T02:02:09.750-07:00not at all what i planned<p><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3"><em>what</em></font> <em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3">i planned to do today (saturday):</font></em></p> <ul> <li><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3">get kale’a ready for her first ice skating lesson</font></em> </li> <li><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3">send kale’a off to her first skating lesson with mitch</font></em> </li> <li><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3">hangout with the other 5 kids at home having a leisurely saturday morning</font></em> </li> <li><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3">go to costco</font></em> </li> <li><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3">exercise</font></em> </li> <li><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3">shower</font></em> </li> <li><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3">send mitch and kale’a off to enjoy her christmas present of going to a coyotes hockey game</font></em> </li> <li><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3">get the kids bathed for church tomorrow</font></em> </li> <li><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3">have a movie/wii night with the other kids at home</font></em> </li> <li><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3">start my very first <a href="http://www.delightfulheavenlysunrise.blogspot.com/2012/01/project-365.html">project 365</a> post with pictures</font></em> </li> <li><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3">go to bed at a decent hour</font></em> </li> </ul> <p><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3"></font></em></p> <p><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3">what ACTUALLY happened:</font></em></p> <p><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3"></font></em></p> <ul> <li><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3">woke up a little late (about 9:30) because i stayed up late blogging last night :)</font></em> </li> <li><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3">noticed mitch wasn’t home, the girls were playing wii and kale’a wasn’t ready for ice skating which they were supposed to be leaving for in a half hour</font></em> </li> <li><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3">turned into a crazy woman trying to find kale’a’s “snow” gear for ice skating</font></em> </li> <li><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3">mitch walked in the door covered in grass and limping worse than i’ve every seen him limp before asking for me to help pull his shoe off and saying, “ i think you’re going to have to take kale’a to ice skating today.”</font></em> </li> <li><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3">run upstairs throw on some clothes</font></em> </li> <li><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3">run downstairs and inhale some greek yogurt</font></em> </li> <li><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3">leave 15 minutes late to take kale’a to her first ice skating lesson</font></em> </li> <li><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3">come home to hungry children and my stomach is growling, too</font></em> </li> <li><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3">mitch says he needs to go to urgent care because he thinks he tore a tendon playing football</font></em> </li> <li><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3">we all pile into the car after getting everyone out of pj’s and into clothes (it is almost 1 pm), still hungry, and head to the urgent care</font></em> </li> <li><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3">drop mitch off and take all the kids to in n’ out and bring it back to the urgent care so mitch can eat while he waits his turn</font></em> </li> <li><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3">realize that in all the craziness that was this morning no one changed mae mae’s diaper and she is still in the diaper that we put on her last night before bed!! ack!!</font></em> </li> <li><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3">corral 6 kids who are running around like a bunch of crazies outside the urgent care, while trying not to GO crazy myself (took some pictures while there, though)</font></em> </li> <li><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3">over two hours later mitch comes out with the news that he tore his achilles tendon and needs an mri. oh man!!</font></em> </li> <li><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3">the hockey game starts in less than 3 hours and is 45 minutes away which wouldn’t be a problem except that we bought the tickets on groupon under mitch’s name because he was supposed to take kale’a but now couldn't because of his newly acquired football injury. </font></em></li> </ul> <p><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3">this is when things REALLY get annoying… according to the groupon deal the tickets could only be picked up at the box office by the person whose name was on the groupon, which is mitch, the injured, unable to go dad!</font></em></p> <ul> <li><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3">we all pile into the car and make the 45 minute drive to the arena so mitch can hobble to the box office window and flash his id to acquire the tickets that will now be used by me and kale’a</font></em> </li> <li><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3">the game now starts in less than 2 hours, so we turn back around and head home so i can drop everyone off just to turn back around to make it to the game on time</font></em> </li> <li><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3">15 minutes into the drive home mitch says, “we should have just left you there so you wouldn’t miss the beginning of the game.”</font></em> </li> <li><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3">we get off at the next off-ramp and head back to the arena</font></em> </li> <li><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3">we park the car so i can nurse the boys </font></em></li> <li><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3">kale’a and i wave goodbye as the family heads back home, again</font></em> </li> </ul> <p><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3">this is where things got better for kale’a and i</font></em></p> <ul> <li><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3">the arena is next to an outdoor mall and there is 45 minutes before the game starts. on the way we walked by a coldstone and decide to make that our dinner</font></em> </li> <li><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3">we finish our ice cream dinner and sit down in our seats just as the game begins</font></em> </li> <li><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3">the game was awesome!!  we had a great time watching the coyotes beat the new york islanders</font></em> </li> <li><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3">in the last half second of the final period, no joke, doan the team captain for the coyotes, scored his third goal of the game. those of you who don’t know hockey that is called a “hat trick”.  the crowd, including us, went crazy!  according to the guy sitting next to us ,this has not happened in 12 years for this team! wow!  and we were there when it happened!</font></em> </li> <li><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3">mitch drives back to pick us up, leaving nani home with all of the kids, except maui, still awake (her first babysitting for longer than 30 minutes)</font></em> </li> <li><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3">we get home just before 10:00 </font></em></li> <li><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3">none of the children have bathed</font></em> </li> <li><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3">the house is a DISASTER (only because mitch couldn’t do anything with his bum ankle)</font></em> </li> <li><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3">i nurse makaio (who, i forgot to mention, has croup), put him to bed</font></em> </li> <li><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3">the girls all jump into the shower TOGETHER</font></em> </li> <li><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3">i start cleaning the house</font></em> </li> <li><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3">nani puts the 2 and 5 year olds to bed</font></em> </li> <li><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3">meltdown ensues with the 2 year old who wants to play the leapster in her bed, but mean ole’ mommy won’t let her because it is now 11:30 </font></em></li> <li><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3">everyone is in bed by midnight… except me</font></em> </li> </ul> <p><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3">instead, i am blogging about this crazy day because if i hadn’t lived it i wouldn’t believe that we could have survived it!  and because it will all be a big blur tomorrow, or i guess i should say today because it is now more than an hour into sunday, if i waited to write it down!  i will have to add the pictures of the day later after i get some sleep because i am way to exhausted to go through them and add them now!</font></em></p> <p> </p> <p><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3">let’s see:</font></em></p> <ul> <li><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3">no shower</font></em> </li> <li><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3">no costco</font></em> </li> <li><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3">no exercise, not to mention the horrid things i ate all day</font></em> </li> <li><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3">no sleep</font></em> </li> <li><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3">nothing leisurely about the day… i woke up and hit the ground running, not because i wanted to, but because i HAD to</font></em> </li> </ul> <p><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3"></font></em></p> <p><em><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3">some days just don’t turn out to be what you plan them to be!!  GOOD NIGHT!</font></em></p> mahinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06016657817994625635noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8322398498703935021.post-2194536598383119052012-01-07T00:19:00.001-07:002012-01-07T00:29:11.737-07:00Project 365<p><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3"><em>ok, i know it has been a horribly LOOOOOONG time since i blogged, but i have a great excuse… 6 kids, the last 2 twins. nuf said!</em></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3"><em> </em></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3"><em></em></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3"><em>well, those twins are now 13 months old and i lament at the goobs of stuff that i have not documented of our small little lives since they entered the picture.  if i think about it too long it makes me sick to my stomach… so i won’t dwell on that.  instead, i look to the future…</em></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3"><em> </em></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3"><em></em></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3"><em>i have embarked on a HUGE undertaking, well, it is huge for this busy mom of 6.  this busy mom who used to take pictures like they were going out of style. this little mom who once started a very teeny, tiny photography business only to be brought to an abrupt halt at the news of twins growing in her soon to be large tummy.  this mom who has not wielded her camera near enough in the last 13 months (i’m getting that sick feeling in my tummy right now)!  </em></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3"><em> </em></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3"><em></em></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3"><em>all of this has been mulling around in my brain;  how i need to document our lives like i used to, how i have missed so much of what we have done (and believe me there have been HUGE changes since i last posted, HUGE), how i have forgotten how to use my camera, how much i love taking pictures, how i used be an awesome photographer (hehe), how much i love to go back and read my blog and laugh at all the stuff that i otherwise would have forgotten had i not written it down, how this all needs to change!</em></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3"><em> </em></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3"><em></em></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3"><em>i found the solution in Project 365!  i’m sure you have heard of it before! it’s been around for some time now.  in short, i will take at least one photo a day, plain and simple!  no themes, no restrictions, no rules.  just pure photography of whatever!</em></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3"><em> </em></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3"><em></em></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3"><em>i am excited and scared. it is a big deal!  i will be carrying my camera just about everywhere with me.  capturing whatever i want to.  then i will share, at least, one of these photos from each day here on my blog.  i will add little tidbits, or big tidbits, of my life.  in this way, i will solve many of my concern that i mentioned above.  i will NOT be blogging everyday, but i will blog at least once a week the pictures from each day of that week.  it may be more often than that, but i hope to blog at least once a week so i don’t get too behind. of course, things happen, so i will be flexible.</em></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3"><em> </em></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3"><em></em></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3"><em>so, there you have it!  i started on january 1st and so far i am 6 for 6!  not bad for a girl who was gotten VERY rusty and out of the habit of taking pictures!</em></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3"><em></em></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3"><em></em></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3"><em>i am excited to see what happens to my photographic abilities in the next year, but i am even more excited to start writing my history… AGAIN!</em></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3"><em> </em></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3"><em></em></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3"><em>--------------------</em></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3"><em>and while i am at it i think i should update my blog header to include my other 3 children and the photos on my sidebar to include a current family photo with our twins…</em></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3"><em></em></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3"><em></em></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3"><em>ya think??!!</em></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3"><em> </em></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3"><em></em></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#c0c0c0" size="3"><em>i’ll work on that…</em></font></p> mahinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06016657817994625635noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8322398498703935021.post-59941613057321868062011-05-10T21:25:00.001-07:002011-05-10T21:35:16.265-07:00the new do, kawena style<p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">this is what kawena looked like when she woke up this morning</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TcoPeg9wNTI/AAAAAAAAEMY/cU6pjZ8-T-s/s1600-h/before%5B5%5D.jpg"><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#ffffff" size="2"><img title="before" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="391" alt="before" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TcoPfMi3kAI/AAAAAAAAEMc/b9pRgUm6UwE/before_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="586" border="0" /></font></a><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">lovely isn’t it??  love the look on her face!!</font></p> <p> </p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">about 15 minutes after she woke up, kawena’s saving grace arrived in the form of our friend, cathy!  she arrived, scissors in hand, ready to salvage, and hopefully work a miracle, on our little girl’s butchered hair job from the night before.</font></p> <p> </p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">here it is as it unfolded</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TcoPft5CRbI/AAAAAAAAEMg/7X9MYbbexcA/s1600-h/haircut1%5B5%5D.jpg"><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#ffffff" size="2"><img title="haircut1" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="560" alt="haircut1" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TcoPgCPcqVI/AAAAAAAAEMk/Qoak0qSSQH0/haircut1_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="376" border="0" /></font></a></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"></font></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TcoPgcqoVTI/AAAAAAAAEMo/nKWIBUAfNNk/s1600-h/haircut2%5B5%5D.jpg"><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#ffffff" size="2"><img title="haircut2" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="557" alt="haircut2" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TcoPgl_vA_I/AAAAAAAAEMs/e3BxfPPi1Q4/haircut2_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="374" border="0" /></font></a></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"></font></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TcoPhExHiFI/AAAAAAAAEMw/cLS6OUnvtmc/s1600-h/haircut4%5B5%5D.jpg"><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#ffffff" size="2"><img title="haircut4" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="391" alt="haircut4" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TcoPhpmxZMI/AAAAAAAAEM0/2Kx_8oFk1AQ/haircut4_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="586" border="0" /></font></a></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">kawena was very quiet the whole time cathy was cutting her hair.  it was pretty funny!</font></p> <p> </p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"></font></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TcoPh_sLh9I/AAAAAAAAEM4/AA2JK3dlI4k/s1600-h/haircut3%5B5%5D.jpg"><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#ffffff" size="2"><img title="haircut3" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="394" alt="haircut3" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5dbm7oV0O69INwVkTpb7mEDBTivyTU_irUS3yJM7uHElubr6ux9vY4sT_1eDIJbzAGsUVSa2NHzdI27bxNGQC09L95C01EQYU-4xs2gAKX67mZSl4fhDE0hdg6FhEfaOlh1iVAxH2Hmc/?imgmax=800" width="587" border="0" /></font></a><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">    </font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">when cathy arrived she told us that we would be able to donate kawena’s hair to locks of love because it was that long!  i had no idea it was long enough!  so, that is nice to know that <em>someone</em> will enjoy kawena’s beautiful hair!</font></p> <p> </p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">here she is showing off her locks</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TcoPigCvOfI/AAAAAAAAENA/tCKX06bYPg0/s1600-h/donation%20hair%5B5%5D.jpg"><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#ffffff" size="2"><img title="donation hair" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="393" alt="donation hair" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk9635_EkqqcoWBgr4pkia0l2wy94E23tQpVms8hZx6de3rDAKuGK475_5K8LQB7XTyT2TttQhL0ZmE4bDCdB1-bTPsj575_7yqWiVOu7syhr7sjxMNNKhoVlwCK6jo33Z8xk0nV0zWlY/?imgmax=800" width="589" border="0" /></font></a><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">can you believe those “bangs”, if you can even really call them that?!  wow!!  that’s all i can say is, “wow”!  cathy told me, much to my relief, that bangs actually are the fastest growing part of your hair.  who knew??!  i sure didn’t, but i am glad to know it now!</font></p> <p> </p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">after cathy left, kawena jumped in the bath to get all those itchy little hairs off of her, but really i just needed to see what i could do with it.  i needed to start with fresh, wet hair to try and style it because i wasn’t liking the above look!  i wanted to try and train the “bangs” to go to the side instead of straight down.  you know, to kind of hide the fact that she did it herself!!</font></p> <p> </p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">this is what we got</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TcoPjVOlS9I/AAAAAAAAENI/KlPQMJKMVNw/s1600-h/hairwet%5B5%5D.jpg"><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#ffffff" size="2"><img title="hairwet" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="645" alt="hairwet" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TcoPjsunyyI/AAAAAAAAENM/duMYuUC9Vb0/hairwet_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="433" border="0" /></font></a></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">from the sides</font></p> <p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhOV1vhEdJJ4lNhyphenhyphenPONynfVZSa3TkkvKVkevnt3wsEfQ8EOCFe73VCdsje0yAgqk3ZAezQZUlUwnGGoROt_U4yBE69o7oW-rxJM77jnbH83Mr7C5OJsz6MG4-Y2-RhKEHCs_kaUS9e3sQ/s1600-h/hairwetleft%5B5%5D.jpg"><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#ffffff" size="2"><img title="hairwetleft" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="636" alt="hairwetleft" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPdeyrUQHVoZXJe3K-WpOR9G5tCTiJAKBETYoIg4Nlbh6Vqgo_qHsWvkY7fHb2VvSWR14yp_hvQ-uHwuCVmgazMxouCz-jpRS6mLXWYM4eEPoyXhDJKC3VmGiewBdgKzFjn4Zd4Yxr9rQ/?imgmax=800" width="427" border="0" /></font></a></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"></font></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TcoPk8wKyvI/AAAAAAAAENY/0buDtPsggQI/s1600-h/hairwetright%5B5%5D.jpg"><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#ffffff" size="2"><img title="hairwetright" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="631" alt="hairwetright" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TcoPlEbeyfI/AAAAAAAAENc/J2MzmOSpUPQ/hairwetright_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="423" border="0" /></font></a></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">this is how short we had to go in the back to make it, somewhat, blend in with all the shortness in the front because, of course, she didn’t touch the back with the scissors.</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TcoPlmvb3xI/AAAAAAAAENg/7rRj2FMEB5s/s1600-h/hairback%5B5%5D.jpg"><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#ffffff" size="2"><img title="hairback" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="623" alt="hairback" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TcoPl7J-9fI/AAAAAAAAENk/yMurOQJHTbU/hairback_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="418" border="0" /></font></a></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">she looks cute, right?  all except those “bangs”.  i will be so happy once those grow out, even just an inch will make a huge difference!!  she seems to like her new hairdo, although she told me tonight that she didn’t want anyone at school to see her hair tomorrow.  not much we can do about that, babe! i don’t know that she really feels that way because she just kind of giggled after that.</font></p> <p> </p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">after about 30 minutes to an hour after she got out of the bath and once her hair dried, it was clear that i was going to have to do more than just comb it to the side to hide the bad bang job.  so, i dug deep into the back of my bathroom cupboards and came up with some “product”, i think it is hair paste, or something like that.  i am not much of a hair product type of person.  low maintenance is my kind of hairstyle!</font></p> <p> </p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">so, i rubbed some of that pasty stuff into my hands and did my best to make her hair do what i wanted it to do.  i think it will take a little time, but i think her hair might cooperate if i train it to go to the side.</font></p> <p> </p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">i think she will be wearing dresses more in the next several weeks.  she told mitch on the phone today that she had to wear dresses so she “wouldn’t look like a boy!”</font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"></font></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TcoPmUj5vII/AAAAAAAAENo/th72fCd0c3U/s1600-h/cutegirl%5B6%5D.jpg"><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#ffffff" size="2"><img title="cutegirl" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="678" alt="cutegirl" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoy2_ILUdFkiyqx7La9UETB2AFZCHeIZzpZeLh4ECifF7lCJrbl8Cf2oAi_SG7of-j-56VEz6MSUnfTw5YpGAq2jQ50QdJ52Zg5EOd5fqw73C7iVa7W4q97OAyf1p0zpywL6xmkVo33l4/?imgmax=800" width="455" border="0" /></font></a><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">     </font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">i think she is pretty no matter what her hair looks like! </font></p> <p> </p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">i just love this girl… every single inch of her!</font></p> mahinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06016657817994625635noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8322398498703935021.post-84013753109754447402011-05-09T21:50:00.001-07:002011-05-09T21:50:19.192-07:00WHY???… a bad mommie moment<p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">tonight was not a good night!  i had one of my “bad mommie” moments!</font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"> </font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">let me explain…</font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"> </font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">as i was getting dinner ready tonight, our sweet kawena, who is 4, told me she had to go potty.  so, off she ran down the hall to the bathroom.  about five minutes later she slinked into the kitchen, sat down at the kitchen table and quickly hid behind the table.  as she did this i caught a quick glimpse of her hair and a little voice inside my head said, “something isn’t right!”</font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"> </font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">so, i said, “kawena, what did you do to your hair?!”  she didn’t budge.</font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"> </font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">“kawena, let me see your hair!!” she slowly raised her head above the table and that is when something snapped inside of me and that is when my “bad mommie” moment began!!</font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"> </font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">i began to yell, “what did you do to your hair??!  oh my gosh!  WHY did you do that??!!”</font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"> </font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">her very sad reply, through tears, was, “i don’t know?!!” then she broke down into sobs.</font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"> </font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">now, if i was a good mom at that moment, i would have realized that she needed me to take it down a notch (or 2 or 3) and comfort her, but like i said… “bad mommie” moment!  </font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"> </font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">i was in disbelief that she would take scissors to her hair in such a horrible way.  i just was so shocked that i just kept ranting about how horrible her hair looked and “why?  why would you do that?” and “now we have to chop it off”, etc. etc…</font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"> </font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">i feel so awful because that is not what she needed at the moment. </font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"> </font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">she ran off to her room and stayed there until dinner was ready.  it was good because it gave me time.  once i had calmed down and gotten over the shock of it all, i finally returned to my “good mom” self.  </font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"> </font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">i called her to dinner and she came to the table.  i could tell she was very upset about the whole thing and that she didn’t realize what she was doing when she cut her hair, she did know it would be so permanent!  i sat down next to kawena and held her as she cried into my chest. i told her that it was just hair and that it would grow back.  and she cried. we just sat there like that and she cried some more.  i took her into my lap and cuddled her close to me until her crying subsided.  i told her i was sorry that i yelled at her and told her that i should not have done that.</font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"> </font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">when jessie (our help for the night) came over, kawena hid under her blanket and said through her sobs, “i don’t want jessie to see it!”  it broke my little heart to hear my sweet kawena crying and so ashamed.</font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"> </font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">as the night went on we all got used to the new kawena.  things went on as usual, but every time i looked at her i just couldn’t believe she actually did that!!</font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"> </font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">i called a friend who said she would come over tomorrow morning to fix it.  we shall see what she can do with it…</font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"> </font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">just before bed she came to me and said, with a smile on her face, “my hair looks really bad!”  i simply said, “yes it does!”  and then she said, “but cathy will fix it tomorrow and then it will grow back out.”  i sadi, “that’s right!”  then she said, “i’m never going to do that again!”  </font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"> </font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">thank goodness for that!!</font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"> </font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">now, i know you are all dying to see the pictures so here you go…</font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"> </font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">what i found in the bathroom:</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TcjD8oP3EiI/AAAAAAAAELg/DYCxVy1wVno/s1600-h/2011May09_0009%5B5%5D.jpg"><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#ffffff" size="2"><img title="2011May09_0009" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="387" alt="2011May09_0009" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TcjD9I2nn0I/AAAAAAAAELk/SG0gv55_C1Y/2011May09_0009_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="577" border="0" /></font></a></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"> </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TcjD9uOc66I/AAAAAAAAELo/vAVx6Ri5xj0/s1600-h/2011May09_0014%5B5%5D.jpg"><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#ffffff" size="2"><img title="2011May09_0014" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="388" alt="2011May09_0014" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TcjD99BPEmI/AAAAAAAAELs/vtDM5G3m3ts/2011May09_0014_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="578" border="0" /></font></a></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">oh how i despise you, scissors!!  i knew i should have picked you up and put you away when i first saw you lying on the hall floor!</font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"> </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TcjD-aahjUI/AAAAAAAAELw/Ae10m19yCUc/s1600-h/2011May09_0013%5B5%5D.jpg"><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#ffffff" size="2"><img title="2011May09_0013" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="385" alt="2011May09_0013" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TcjD-_9iQ7I/AAAAAAAAEL0/feTp4y1uCTM/2011May09_0013_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="574" border="0" /></font></a><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">such beautiful hair!  at least she cleaned up after she was done chopping!!</font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"> </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TcjD_LnhQ3I/AAAAAAAAEL4/Q5U1Q_CkZE4/s1600-h/sad%20kawena2%5B5%5D.jpg"><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#ffffff" size="2"><img title="sad kawena2" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="383" alt="sad kawena2" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TcjD_YTCqZI/AAAAAAAAEL8/MAINPp8wTdI/sad%20kawena2_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="574" border="0" /></font></a><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">she was so sad!</font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"> </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TcjD_wmbuBI/AAAAAAAAEMA/oJxpW4J6jIE/s1600-h/left%20side%5B5%5D.jpg"><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#ffffff" size="2"><img title="left side" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="384" alt="left side" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TcjEAvLqrkI/AAAAAAAAEME/ox7Sy_tWbmA/left%20side_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="576" border="0" /></font></a></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"> </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TcjEBCsB8cI/AAAAAAAAEMI/rwwJ__U-RE4/s1600-h/right%20side%5B5%5D.jpg"><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#ffffff" size="2"><img title="right side" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="388" alt="right side" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TcjEBo_uHaI/AAAAAAAAEMM/MvE_fub_feo/right%20side_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="578" border="0" /></font></a><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"> just last week i was commenting on how long and beautiful her hair had gotten!  it was so beautiful!   </font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"></font></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TcjEB2sGHqI/AAAAAAAAEMQ/fSKpwDD3qh8/s1600-h/sad%20kawena%5B5%5D.jpg"><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#ffffff" size="2"><img title="sad kawena" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="385" alt="sad kawena" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TcjECbC2WcI/AAAAAAAAEMU/1rZRzhnB7Qw/sad%20kawena_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="578" border="0" /></font></a><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">don’t those sad puppy dog eyes just break your heart??  they do mine!</font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"> </font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">i really don’t know what can be done to salvage that haircut, it’s like a mullet gone bad!!  what am i saying… a mullet <strong><em>is</em></strong> bad!!  </font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"> </font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">we shall see what magic can be worked tomorrow morning!  stay tuned for the “new do”!  it’s a good thing she is such a pretty little thing… she’d probably look good bald… though i hope to never have to see her bald!!</font></p> mahinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06016657817994625635noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8322398498703935021.post-86641118589572495102011-03-30T12:23:00.000-07:002011-03-30T12:24:31.885-07:00future rock climber<div>this girl is a SERIOUS climber...</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/_Lnk6yLbF-0?hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/_Lnk6yLbF-0?hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>mahinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06016657817994625635noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8322398498703935021.post-90009583199161993172011-03-30T11:43:00.001-07:002011-03-30T11:46:21.824-07:00<p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">i know i have been neglecting this blog, but i am still here wanting to update, but these lovelies… </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TZN5w2vHtoI/AAAAAAAAEKQ/CEB23sOHK2U/s1600-h/all6%5B5%5D.jpg"><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#ffffff" size="2"><img title="all6" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="394" alt="all6" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TZN5xWg3XVI/AAAAAAAAEKU/podI6Pb6m7U/all6_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="587" border="0" /></font></a><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"> </font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">are keepin’ me busy!!</font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"> </font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">and these little fatty’s…</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TZN5x1g2_ZI/AAAAAAAAEKY/tnp4Ujx5MWk/s1600-h/both1%5B7%5D.jpg"><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#ffffff" size="2"><img title="both1" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="393" alt="both1" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TZN5ySGOkYI/AAAAAAAAEKc/O4Pxt8TUM04/both1_thumb%5B5%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="586" border="0" /></font></a></p> <p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ5J4rlBi0YsaCU1zQMiZ65ATvjIUeE4OjNRhiZyKSnUjA3Hga61kE6J5-tjqN-eZlMSeeCoKvxgysmgMPJLBgm4HFMaMH3nPZhmjUKKtNL5FkfddDIfoqRv9rdQaa7ht0nf3QoMNgVvc/s1600-h/both2%5B5%5D.jpg"><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#ffffff" size="2"><img title="both2" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="393" alt="both2" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TZN5zrbZ4rI/AAAAAAAAEKk/hNziaK_lj6E/both2_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="586" border="0" /></font></a></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">are already four months old!!  i know… where did the time go??  i still haven’t even written down their birth story.  i plan to do it, still, and hope to do it before they are walking!! ;o)</font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"> </font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">we did have their 4 month appointment this week so here are the stats:</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TZN50CLE_vI/AAAAAAAAEKo/4tmzVrRUKH8/s1600-h/makaio%5B9%5D.jpg"><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#ffffff" size="2"><img title="makaio" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="402" alt="makaio" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TZN506-3nkI/AAAAAAAAEKs/fM0OcvlsjaE/makaio_thumb%5B7%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="270" align="left" border="0" /></font></a><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"> </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TZN51WnSbxI/AAAAAAAAEKw/T0kzucPLbYw/s1600-h/makaiooh%5B8%5D.jpg"><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#ffffff" size="2"><img title="makaiooh" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="402" alt="makaiooh" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TZN51tkIHmI/AAAAAAAAEK0/0u47eZDHlqw/makaiooh_thumb%5B6%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="270" align="right" border="0" /></font></a></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"> </font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"> </font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"> </font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"> </font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"> </font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"> </font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"> </font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"> </font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"> </font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"> </font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"> </font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"> </font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"> </font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"> </font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"> </font></p> <p><font size="2"><font face="Comic Sans MS"><strong><u>makaio</u></strong> (our reserved, mellow observer)</font></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">2 months: 10 pounds 3 ounces (10%), 22 inches (10%) head 15.25 in (20%)</font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">4 months: 14 pounds (30%), 24 1/4 inches (25%) head 16 1/2 (30%)</font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"> </font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"> </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TZN52IMaleI/AAAAAAAAEK4/bjaSrifodKc/s1600-h/maui%5B7%5D.jpg"><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#ffffff" size="2"><img title="maui" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="404" alt="maui" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TZN525OFXmI/AAAAAAAAEK8/PYNwc8GC0Sg/maui_thumb%5B5%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="272" align="left" border="0" /></font></a><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"> </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TZN53C3569I/AAAAAAAAELA/ODUaWAumgvY/s1600-h/mauismile%5B8%5D.jpg"><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#ffffff" size="2"><img title="mauismile" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="403" alt="mauismile" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TZN535YutNI/AAAAAAAAELE/coQl99q0imA/mauismile_thumb%5B6%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="270" align="right" border="0" /></font></a></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"> </font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"> </font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"> </font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">   </font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"> </font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"> </font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"> </font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"> </font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"> </font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"> </font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"> </font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"> </font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"> </font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"> </font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"> </font></p> <p><font size="2"><font face="Comic Sans MS"><strong><u>maui</u></strong> (our sometimes blue eyed, social charmer)</font></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">2 months: 10 pounds 9 ounces (20%), 21 3/4 inches (10%), head 15 in. (10%)</font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">4 months: 15 pounds (50%), 24 1/2 inches (30%), head 16 1/4 in. (25%)</font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"> </font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">as you can tell, they are growing nicely!! they are both starting to smile and coo and laugh, which we all love!!</font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"> </font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">here are some more pictures to enjoy until next time… whenever that is:</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TZN54eXuA0I/AAAAAAAAELI/I6CKm-HTS6c/s1600-h/boysandmahea%5B6%5D.jpg"><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#ffffff" size="2"><img title="boysandmahea" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="385" alt="boysandmahea" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TZN543bmeLI/AAAAAAAAELM/xM518AI_FGs/boysandmahea_thumb%5B4%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="573" border="0" /></font></a><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">mae mae lovin’ on her brothers!  maui looks a bit nervous! </font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"> </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TZN55b8456I/AAAAAAAAELQ/YYt2YL61ALQ/s1600-h/kawena%5B5%5D.jpg"><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#ffffff" size="2"><img title="kawena" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="390" alt="kawena" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TZN56RSBp8I/AAAAAAAAELU/-IFSGbJY600/kawena_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="581" border="0" /></font></a><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"> </font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">kawena 4 1/2</font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"> </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TZN564MI3wI/AAAAAAAAELY/rdk5VbAQjvA/s1600-h/mahea%5B5%5D.jpg"><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#ffffff" size="2"><img title="mahea" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="390" alt="mahea" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh10pDfp3UxojiliPK0wrr0jSsfQG9PJwnEiiRKE0p2zwxPGS5vMK7Wu8horSShZhJFARoZogiJqnEquHpdAdXZdAxB68vhR1gg9IyVVwnufTniZUrfWEfEHUYpzaj0uoDrwA0nwwJleq0/?imgmax=800" width="581" border="0" /></font></a><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"> mae mae 2</font></p> mahinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06016657817994625635noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8322398498703935021.post-41585528064957340442011-02-02T15:51:00.001-07:002011-02-02T15:51:49.572-07:00snow day<p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TUnfzzVQkLI/AAAAAAAAEHQ/H5bakbaxGSU/s1600-h/snowbike%5B5%5D.jpg"><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#ffffff" size="2"><img title="snowbike" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="394" alt="snowbike" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TUnf0lxuauI/AAAAAAAAEHU/TdzXG0_iOZk/snowbike_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="587" border="0" /></font></a><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"> </font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">we are on our second snow day, today!  in the past, or more specifically before the twins were born, i did not like snow days when school was cancelled.  however, things have changed!  now, i look forward to the days that the three oldest are home, for the simple fact that i have extra hands and helpers!</font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"> </font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">you see, having the twins, who are so dependent on others, and our high spirited 2 year old at home with just me brings it’s challenges!  i struggle on the days when the two oldest are at school all day and kawena is at preschool in the morning.  i cannot leave the boys where mae mae can reach them without me right there.  if i put them in their swings she likes to hang on the swing and put her face right in their faces.  if i put them on the ground or on the couch or even in their bouncy chairs, mae mae is on top of them giving them “love”.  she loves to poke their eyes or squeeze their heads or other “fun” things.</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TUnf1GX3_II/AAAAAAAAEHY/-7atj_KB_4s/s1600-h/savingboys%5B5%5D.jpg"><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#ffffff" size="2"><img title="savingboys" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="402" alt="savingboys" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TUnf1iDBuWI/AAAAAAAAEHc/luIy7SomhTY/savingboys_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="599" border="0" /></font></a><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"> </font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">on those days, i have to get creative in figuring out how to keep the boys safe from their loving youngest sister.  much of the time, i have to lock them in my bedroom, hopefully asleep, so she doesn’t have access to them.</font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"> </font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">so, you can see why i LOVE snow days… all of my little helpers, so willing to be of service!  before we went from a family of 6 to a family of 8, snow days were an annoyance because it meant i had to change my plans.  i don’t have many plans these days, aside from staying at home and keeping the twins safe, so that isn’t a problem! :o) </font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"> </font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">so, we say… bring on the snow!!</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TUnf2ZiMamI/AAAAAAAAEHg/IymOTXPQDMU/s1600-h/snowplaycar%5B5%5D.jpg"><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#ffffff" size="2"><img title="snowplaycar" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="401" alt="snowplaycar" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TUnf23NDyFI/AAAAAAAAEHk/SR4x5trFxxM/snowplaycar_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="601" border="0" /></font></a><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"> </font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">it has been very cold outside!  in fact, it has become very obvious that this house is very old and needs new windows in a bad way!  </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TUnf3cFB1rI/AAAAAAAAEHo/VUWsn4HKq8E/s1600-h/frostinside%5B5%5D.jpg"><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#ffffff" size="2"><img title="frostinside" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="405" alt="frostinside" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TUnf4CZvgFI/AAAAAAAAEHs/Y0E9Ws6iwVA/frostinside_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="604" border="0" /></font></a><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"> </font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">when there is frost on the inside of the window, you know you need new windows.  i can almost see the $$ seeping out and blowing away in the arctic wind.  at least the girls are making the best of it:</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TUnf4oxL7lI/AAAAAAAAEHw/TP2WfeI2lR8/s1600-h/printsonwindow%5B5%5D.jpg"><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#ffffff" size="2"><img title="printsonwindow" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="402" alt="printsonwindow" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TUnf5CYgEFI/AAAAAAAAEH0/We2MUTLyJVs/printsonwindow_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="599" border="0" /></font></a><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"> </font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">window art!  and one lucky person will get to clean the windows once it all melts away leaving cute, little, dirty hand prints! who will it be?  i have my suspicions, but i will keep it to myself! :o)</font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"> </font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">the cold didn’t, however, keep the girls from going out for a little snow fun in the backyard.  i believe it was somewhere around 8 degrees when they were outside.  i could only be out there for a few short minutes to capture these pictures and then i was back inside where it was toasty!</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TUnf5zZaZpI/AAAAAAAAEH4/HZLAM6_kx9A/s1600-h/nanisnow%5B7%5D.jpg"><font 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size="2"><img title="snow3" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="426" alt="snow3" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TUnf_6JTK-I/AAAAAAAAEIk/mNG5yqcPk6I/snow3_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="286" align="left" border="0" /></font></a><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"> </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TUngAiVDt8I/AAAAAAAAEIo/NPlUrUK41cQ/s1600-h/snow4%5B6%5D.jpg"><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#ffffff" size="2"><img title="snow4" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="424" alt="snow4" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TUngBJRrO4I/AAAAAAAAEIs/U-yLSfTB9LU/snow4_thumb%5B4%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="285" align="right" border="0" /></font></a></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">                                                                    </font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">yes, we are ALL enjoying our snow day!</font></p> mahinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06016657817994625635noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8322398498703935021.post-5683924052044500272011-01-27T17:25:00.001-07:002011-01-27T17:25:35.312-07:00she’s 2<p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TUIM6E6jevI/AAAAAAAAEGg/b1nPS0A8ZBk/s1600-h/maemaeclosesepia%5B5%5D.jpg"><img title="maemaeclosesepia" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="396" alt="maemaeclosesepia" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TUIM6vtlG2I/AAAAAAAAEGk/-fbP9EqcJck/maemaeclosesepia_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="590" border="0" /></a> </p> <p> </p> <p>mae mae, what can i say!  you are a joy!  you have an energy for life that i never knew existed in a two year old!  you’re a monkey and so full of energy!</p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TUIM7dxLWcI/AAAAAAAAEGo/pOFow4hJT_Y/s1600-h/maemaecurls%5B5%5D.jpg"><img title="maemaecurls" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="441" alt="maemaecurls" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TUIM75OM32I/AAAAAAAAEGs/ufQeltUb7UU/maemaecurls_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="588" border="0" /></a></p> <p> </p> <p>many people have said about you that you are the happiest little girl.  i would have to agree!  you are quick to laugh and to find joy in the simplest things!</p> <p> </p> <p>some of the things i love about you right now are:</p> <ul> <li>you sleep in kawena’s radio flyer wagon </li> <li>you don’t run, you gallop… like a horse </li> <li>you are trying to speak, but much of what you say is very hard to decipher.  it is both cute and frustrating all at the same time </li> <li>you laugh A LOT </li> <li>your sisters absolutely adore you </li> <li>you love your brothers</li> </ul> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TUIM8V0xm8I/AAAAAAAAEGw/PJXn50X-ny8/s1600-h/maemaemakaio%5B5%5D.jpg"><img title="maemaemakaio" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="407" alt="maemaemakaio" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TUIM84oK5kI/AAAAAAAAEG0/qD3BOfchJv4/maemaemakaio_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="606" border="0" /></a> </p> <ul> <li>you get SUPER excited when your sisters get home from school and your daddy gets home from work and you scream with joy </li> <li>you comfort your sisters when they are sad and crying with a hug </li> <li>you are very sensitive to others emotions </li> <li>you cried when we were watching the lamb of God movie when they killed Jesus </li> <li>you are good at entertaining yourself when you have no sisters to play with </li> <li>you are a very smart girl </li> <li>when you scream because you are so happy and excited</li> <li>you play so well with your sisters</li> <li>you go to other people without a problem</li> </ul> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TUIM9RUFKbI/AAAAAAAAEG4/eWfAsh3JIj8/s1600-h/maemaestroller%5B5%5D.jpg"><img title="maemaestroller" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="672" alt="maemaestroller" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TUIM91wp2tI/AAAAAAAAEG8/rsS3ZFNKgdE/maemaestroller_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="451" border="0" /></a> </p> <p>some of the things that i could do without:</p> <ul> <li>your amazing ability to climb… on EVERYTHING </li> <li>finding you on the counters in the kitchen playing with the knives or getting into the candy</li> <li>your love for playing in the bathroom</li> <li>your laying on the boys or poking them in their eyes or shoving the pacifier in their mouth, etc….</li> </ul> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TUIM-d0yhBI/AAAAAAAAEHA/gzJV0Kp_m_A/s1600-h/savingboyspaci%5B5%5D.jpg"><img title="savingboyspaci" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="404" alt="savingboyspaci" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TUIM-qFEltI/AAAAAAAAEHE/MDK51OLX-R0/savingboyspaci_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="602" border="0" /></a> </p> <ul> <li>you don’t nap (but i do make you have quiet time which you don’t like </li> <li>your fun screaming fits </li> <li>your inability to communicate what you need and want to us </li> <li>you wake up way to early (one morning it was before 6 am, but usually it’s around 7) </li> <li>your ability to make a mess of your food when you are done eating and start playing with your food </li> </ul> <p></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TUIM_B6EQ5I/AAAAAAAAEHI/lGvqrmwlawI/s1600-h/maestroller%5B5%5D.jpg"><img title="maestroller" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="400" alt="maestroller" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TUIM_gJBKAI/AAAAAAAAEHM/S0VpOxzHlZw/maestroller_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="596" border="0" /></a> </p> <p> </p> <p>mae mae, you have added so much life and fun to our family!  we are so happy that you came to us and love every inch of you!  i can’t believe you are 2!!</p> <p> </p> <p>happy birthday baby girl!  we love you so much!!</p> mahinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06016657817994625635noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8322398498703935021.post-60747056319457006202011-01-20T12:38:00.001-07:002011-01-20T12:38:24.908-07:00quotable quote #1<p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TTiPLUebDTI/AAAAAAAAEGY/G2KkDQAt5QE/s1600-h/2011Jan11_0007%5B6%5D.jpg"><img title="2011Jan11_0007" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="440" alt="2011Jan11_0007" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TTiPL6A6YLI/AAAAAAAAEGc/ZGGS4dQZzcU/2011Jan11_0007_thumb%5B4%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="586" border="0" /></a> </p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">kawena and makaio</font></p> <p> </p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="3"></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="3">kawena has been having lots of potty accidents in the past few weeks. super frustrating!  mitch even put a diaper on her last night as a joke.  she didn’t think it was so funny!!  she took it off very quickly!</font></p> <p> </p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="3"></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="3">as she was going off to bed last night she said, very seriously, “i am following satan because i keep having accidents!”  hopefully, thinking that will help her STOP having accidents because i know she doesn’t want to follow satan! ;o)</font></p> <p> </p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="3"></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="3">another cute thing she was saying last night when her sister was getting in trouble was, “her heart feels sad!”  then she also said, “i need to go potty.  my heart feels happy because i am going potty in the toilet!”</font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="3"></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="3"></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4">i {heart} kawena!</font></p> mahinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06016657817994625635noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8322398498703935021.post-77318777436969858372011-01-16T12:00:00.001-07:002011-01-16T12:00:28.168-07:00a forgotten post<p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="3">i just realized, in all of the craziness that has been our life these past months, that i never wished you a happy, merry christmas.</font></p> <p> </p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="3"></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="3">so, here is a belated christmas card for you, my friends:</font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="3"></font></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TTNARtH_AlI/AAAAAAAAEGQ/cySrXjZ9aXg/s1600-h/christmascard2010copy%5B7%5D.jpg"><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#ffffff" size="3"><img title="christmascard2010copy" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="732" alt="christmascard2010copy" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TTNASCDU7tI/AAAAAAAAEGU/emGk1oFFXEk/christmascard2010copy_thumb%5B5%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="587" border="0" /></font></a><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="3"> </font></p> <p> </p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="3"></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="3">i hope it was very merry, indeed!</font></p> <p> </p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="3"></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="3">p.s. i have decided that having a baby, or two for that matter, right before christmas is not ideal!  it kind of throws the whole “simplify for the holidays”  out the window!  </font></p> <p> </p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="3">just in case you were wondering! ;o) </font></p> mahinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06016657817994625635noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8322398498703935021.post-13858426468731497832011-01-11T21:31:00.001-07:002011-01-11T21:31:06.015-07:00while you were nursing…<p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">having twins comes with its challenges…</font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"></font></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TS0uhv7YjiI/AAAAAAAAEGI/7o02-zQF0Bw/s1600-h/2010Dec10_0001%5B6%5D.jpg"><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#ffffff" size="2"><img title="2010Dec10_0001" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="444" alt="2010Dec10_0001" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TS0uiRqguyI/AAAAAAAAEGM/raQ3ySzTTSY/2010Dec10_0001_thumb%5B4%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="592" border="0" /></font></a><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"> </font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">need i say more??</font></p> mahinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06016657817994625635noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8322398498703935021.post-36450876587706725052011-01-09T14:48:00.001-07:002011-01-09T14:48:17.255-07:00introducing…<p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TSotDBIFSCI/AAAAAAAAEFg/4p4MkpaQN0w/s1600-h/announcement%5B7%5D.jpg"><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"><img title="announcement" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="472" alt="announcement" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TSotD1TR0RI/AAAAAAAAEFk/dgZiuRpqot8/announcement_thumb%5B5%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="590" border="0" /></font></a></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"> </font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">if i was on top of my life right now this would have been posted sooner and not, say, when the boys are already 6 1/2 weeks old! </font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"> </font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">we are loving our boys!  they are two of the sweetest little guys! the girls love that there are two of them... nani AND kale'a can each hold one at the same time!  and i love when they do!  they are such big helpers that this is the first time in my life when i DIDN’T want them to go back to school!</font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"> </font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">this is just a quick post to announce that we did indeed welcome these boys into our family on thanksgiving day (yup, that is the day after i was released from my 5 week hospital stay) and that i am still alive!  i do plan on posting the birth story because i love birth stories and this one was pretty crazy, but wonderful!  plus, i need to write it down!  however, that will be saved for a later date when things are a little more… haha, i was going to say normal, but that won’t be for awhile, i’m sure!  so i will just say that the birth story will have to wait! </font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"> </font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">until then, here are a few more pictures of our dear boys:</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TSotES6v1NI/AAAAAAAAEFo/cZ3QtzE_e3I/s1600-h/2010Dec11_0035%5B5%5D.jpg"><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"><img title="2010Dec11_0035" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="733" alt="2010Dec11_0035" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TSotEmDZiwI/AAAAAAAAEFs/o05-m6OrV60/2010Dec11_0035_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="492" border="0" /></font></a><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">makaio on the left and maui on the right.</font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"> </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TSotFKtxUdI/AAAAAAAAEFw/mO9P8cn-8-4/s1600-h/2010Dec11_0161%5B5%5D.jpg"><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"><img title="2010Dec11_0161" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="399" alt="2010Dec11_0161" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TSotFsO3dDI/AAAAAAAAEF0/nrMckjWKQHQ/2010Dec11_0161_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="595" border="0" /></font></a></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">baby toes, love them!!</font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"> </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TSotGAkA-FI/AAAAAAAAEF4/HtnrbRVQUp4/s1600-h/makaio1%5B5%5D.jpg"><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"><img title="makaio1" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="400" alt="makaio1" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TSotGwCe9dI/AAAAAAAAEF8/lIVThff-s5M/makaio1_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="596" border="0" /></font></a><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"> makaio (baby a)</font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"> </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TSotHG3U40I/AAAAAAAAEGA/Wi8nnBduBZs/s1600-h/maui2%5B5%5D.jpg"><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"><img title="maui2" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="398" alt="maui2" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TSotHhHhnbI/AAAAAAAAEGE/49adUVWERO8/maui2_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="593" border="0" /></font></a><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"> and maui (baby b)  i love the wrinkles!</font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">i’m off to love up my boys!!  it is AMAZING having 2 babies to love!!  twins are the best!</font></p> mahinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06016657817994625635noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8322398498703935021.post-39701722815426732122010-11-23T17:08:00.004-07:002010-12-07T14:41:07.681-07:00while you were in the hospital...<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">note: </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">this post was supposed to be up back before my release from the hospital, BEFORE the babies were born, but i was having some video upload problems. i finally figured it out, so enjoy our little monkey! my favorite video is the last one!</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">one thing that has been hard about being in the hospital is all of the things i have been missing of the girls! especially mae mae! she is at the age where she is learning so much! for example, when i was admitted to the hospital she maybe said 10 words.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /><br /></span><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/sa_SQj8npDc?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/sa_SQj8npDc?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">mae mae is a super monkey now. since i was admitted to the hospital she strted climbing out of the crib. that caused some problems for nap time with many of the wonderful people who were watching our girls!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">the lack of napping led to this many nights at the dinner table:</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Qt0yaJDQM6A?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Qt0yaJDQM6A?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">mae mae is an extremely strong girl! she obviously has a lot of upper body strength! last night mitch made the observation that she will probably be great friends with her brother's, a bit of a tomboy. i think that would be great! she is the closest in age to them so it would make sense! here she is showing off her mean strength, maybe she's just super eager to help with the dishes! awesome!</span></span></div></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /><br /></span><div><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/2CJ4dgeD2R4?hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/2CJ4dgeD2R4?hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div>mahinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06016657817994625635noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8322398498703935021.post-37878830341813764842010-11-23T16:50:00.001-07:002010-11-23T16:59:07.182-07:00on the eve of my hospital release<p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">wow!  so, we actually made it this far. the doctors didn’t think i would make it to 35 weeks, but after almost 5 weeks of laying in a hospital bed i am one day away from being sent home.  this is the eve of my hospital release!</font></p> <p> </p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">in honor of such a big day, i decided to post some pictures of my stay here and to share some of my observations and thoughts on hospital bed rest when pregnant with twins…</font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"></font></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TOxTCUi-0rI/AAAAAAAAEEU/fE_tayZ7mfk/s1600-h/34weeks%2B2daysinbed%5B5%5D.jpg"><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#ffffff" size="2"><img title="34weeks 2daysinbed" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="380" alt="34weeks 2daysinbed" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TOxTDQHgfXI/AAAAAAAAEEY/FJe4Eg55cQQ/34weeks%2B2daysinbed_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="566" border="0" /></font></a><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"> </font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">this is me in my hospital bed 4 days ago (34 weeks + 2 days)  </font></p> <ul> <li><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">my first observation is that i am HUGE!  look at that belly!!</font> </li> <li><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">my second observation is that the nurses have been lying to me!! I SEE STRETCH MARKS!!!  a sad realization, to be sure, but probably not wholly unexpected!!</font> </li> <li><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">i am so grateful for cell phones and texting!  while in the hospital for an extended length of time, having a connection to the outside world is crucial to ones sanity!  (i think i was talking to my dad in the above picture)</font> </li> </ul> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TOxTEkLT68I/AAAAAAAAEEc/SMhlcipkKm0/s1600-h/2010Nov14_0012%5B11%5D.jpg"><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#ffffff" size="2"><img title="2010Nov14_0012" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="377" alt="2010Nov14_0012" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TOxTFu8rW8I/AAAAAAAAEEg/4omRhoWAsIo/2010Nov14_0012_thumb%5B7%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="562" border="0" /></font></a></p> <ul> <li><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">visits from our girls always brightened my day.  i looked forward every week to sunday when mitch and the girls come to visit me.</font> </li> </ul> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"></font></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TOxTGiAc8PI/AAAAAAAAEEk/ueKRpbQ-6Wo/s1600-h/2010Nov14_0003%5B5%5D.jpg"><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#ffffff" size="2"><img title="2010Nov14_0003" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="505" alt="2010Nov14_0003" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TOxTHXaRfGI/AAAAAAAAEEo/Njg6II7A7gw/2010Nov14_0003_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="339" border="0" /></font></a></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"></font></p> <ul> <li><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">when mitch calls and asks if i want him to bring mae mae or if he should leave her at barbmom’s for their sunday visit, always tell him to bring her because when he shows up without her you will regret it and be sad!</font> </li> <li><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">even though mae mae is into everything and wants to climb all over me it is still better when she is visiting!  it causes a lot more stress, but it is so worth seeing her excitement at seeing me!!</font> </li> <li><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">the hospital has great juice and cool straws (the little red coffee stir straws) because the girls ALWAYS have to get some while they are here.</font> </li> <li><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">the nurses love our girls!</font> </li> </ul> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TOxTIc3sJSI/AAAAAAAAEEs/IIpkZwbZTZQ/s1600-h/2010Nov14_0004%5B4%5D.jpg"><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#ffffff" size="2"><img title="2010Nov14_0004" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="337" alt="2010Nov14_0004" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TOxTKuPeiBI/AAAAAAAAEEw/JciZpf4YlOI/2010Nov14_0004_thumb%5B2%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="226" border="0" /></font></a><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">     </font><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TOxTLbWtIyI/AAAAAAAAEE0/St3nrPWRaIQ/s1600-h/2010Nov14_0009%5B4%5D.jpg"><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#ffffff" size="2"><img title="2010Nov14_0009" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="223" alt="2010Nov14_0009" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TOxTMHVelhI/AAAAAAAAEE4/k9Z-J2Kt_gw/2010Nov14_0009_thumb%5B2%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="332" border="0" /></font></a><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"> </font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"></font></p> <ul> <li><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">showering every three days makes for very greasy hair on the last day!</font> </li> <li><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">i have not fixed my hair or worn make-up for 5 weeks straight!</font> </li> <li><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">laying around in bed all day makes you always look tired with puffy eyes!</font> </li> <li><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">my legs have gotten really hairy with only one electric shaving the whole 5 weeks i’ve been here, thanks to nurse kim for the grooming!</font> </li> <li><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">it’s easy to become friends with your nurses when you get the same nurses several times a week!!</font> </li> <li><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">apparently, not all patients are happy and nice.  i have been called “the nice patient who doesn’t ever need anything” and “the happy, positive patient”!</font> </li> <li><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">nurses really like nice, friendly patients!!</font> </li> </ul> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TOxTNyeN4aI/AAAAAAAAEE8/eYI8niDZDGE/s1600-h/2010Nov14_0015%5B5%5D.jpg"><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#ffffff" size="2"><img title="2010Nov14_0015" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="390" alt="2010Nov14_0015" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TOxTO4-wPgI/AAAAAAAAEFA/v8SiIwgjfG4/2010Nov14_0015_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="581" border="0" /></font></a></p> <ul> <li><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">i love the art work on my whiteboard.  nani and kale’a drew these for me when they came for a visit.  i love the babies that nani drew. they are so cute and tiny!  the nurses love the babies, too!  i love the cheery bright colors that kale’a put up for me to look at everyday!</font> </li> <li><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">when you’re in the hospital, unable to see your family daily, it is VERY important to have a picture of them close by so you can look at them!</font> </li> </ul> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"><img title="IMG_8269" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="612" alt="IMG_8269" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TOxTPpYfrHI/AAAAAAAAEFE/iJAVf4YgYi0/IMG_8269_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="408" border="0" /> </font></p> <ul> <li><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">i stare at this picture on my wall A LOT everyday!!!  and, without fail, it always makes me smile!</font> </li> <li><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">i REALLY miss my husband!</font> </li> <li><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">the longer i lay in a hospital bed the more my body starts to ache ALL OVER!  the last few nights have been especially difficult! no matter what side i sleep on my shoulder or my elbows, or my hip or my knee, or my back screams out at me in protest!</font> </li> <li><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">nighttime is especially lonely!</font> </li> <li><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">when i’m alone, in the dark, trying to sleep is when my mind runs wild.  nighttime is when i worry the most about every little contraction, or twinge in my cervix.</font> </li> </ul> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"><img title="34weeks 2daysfront" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="595" alt="34weeks 2daysfront" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TOxTQ2e58TI/AAAAAAAAEFI/lDEbCweka14/34weeks%2B2daysfront_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="399" border="0" /> </font></p> <ul> <li><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">the hospital dietary needs a bigger variety for long-term patients!  i mean, REALLY!!</font> </li> <li><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">getting dressed in your clothes everyday makes me feel much better. i think i wore a hospital gown for the first 2 maybe 2 1/2 weeks before my doctor told me i didn’t have to wear the hospital gown, but could wear my own clothes!!</font> </li> <li><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">free wi-fi totally ROCKS!!</font> </li> <li><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">when you lay in bed all day except to get up to go potty, your muscles get REALLY weak!  it doesn’t help that i am lugging around two 6 pound babies, either!</font> </li> <li><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">my belly is heavy to carry around!</font> </li> <li><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">mechanical beds are a lifesaver!  it’s much easier to get out of bed!</font> </li> <li><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">even though my bed is a tempurpedic, my body still gets sore, just not as quickly as it would if it wasn’t a tempurpedic!</font> </li> <li><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">i would have died without the fan they gave me from labor and delivery.  the nurses like my room because it is “so fresh” and cool.  </font></li> <li><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">it’s a strange thing to look out my window everyday and see sunshine, especially now that everyone is talking about how cold it is.  i look out and it looks exactly the same as the day i came in, so i just assume it is still warm.</font> </li> </ul> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TOxTSPCJdkI/AAAAAAAAEFM/GupSdtyFluE/s1600-h/halloweenkidsmom%5B5%5D.jpg"><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#ffffff" size="2"><img title="halloweenkidsmom" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="374" alt="halloweenkidsmom" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TOxTTMZT_GI/AAAAAAAAEFQ/MErN5epEwac/halloweenkidsmom_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="561" border="0" /></font></a></p> <ul> <li><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">one of the greatest things i love to hear from the nurses or doctors is, “the boys are looking great!!”  music to my ears!</font> </li> <li><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">the other thing i love to hear is, “they are both head down!”</font> </li> <li><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">twin boys move A LOT!!  i look at my belly and it is crazy to see it move so much!!</font> </li> <li><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">even with good veins i.v.’s are never fun to get started.  my veins seem to roll out of the way when the nurses are trying to get a new iv line in.  twice i have been stuck in 4 different places before they actually got it in.  the frustrating thing is that they haven’t used the i.v. since i was admitted 4 weeks ago!!</font> </li> <li><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">i.v.’s in the hand suck!!</font> </li> <li><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">a good i.v. is worth it’s weight in gold!  i have had this one stay good since the 9th of november!</font> </li> <li><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">getting woken up in the middle of the night from a dead sleep to take your medicine is not fun!  they wake me at midnight and 6 am every day!</font> </li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">the most important observations that i have made are these:</font></p> <ul> <li><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">miracles happen!</font> </li> <li><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">prayers are answered!</font> </li> <li><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">a good ward family is an amazing thing!</font> </li> <li><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">marrying mitch was the BEST decision i EVER made, hands down!</font> </li> <li><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">our girls are extraordinary!</font> </li> <li><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">i don’t know how we could have gotten through this without the gospel or our knowledge and faith in our Savior Jesus Christ and our loving Father in Heaven!  SERIOUSLY! </font></li> <li><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">i know our Heavenly Father is mindful of us and He loves our family because he gave us this trial so we could be made stronger.  and i believe that we have been made stronger individually and as a family!</font> </li> <li><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">faith can bring about marvelous things!</font> </li> <li><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">these boys are going to be a huge blessing to our family!</font> </li> </ul> mahinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06016657817994625635noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8322398498703935021.post-88537412998047254162010-11-18T16:53:00.001-07:002010-11-18T17:25:58.985-07:00mama’s belly pie<p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">one of the girls favorite things is when mitch gets hungry for “belly pie”!  anytime he sees a bare belly he just has to get him some belly pie!  so, he chases the girls around the house and pins them down to eat their bare belly pie, all the while the girls are screaming and laughing and wriggling around trying to break free of his belly pie frenzy!  i love to watch it!  lately even, mahea has been lifting her shirts up to expose her bare belly to mitch tempting him to eat some!  of course, he does and she loves it!!  it is so adorable!</font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"> </font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">since i have been in the hospital, i have not taken any belly pictures.  so, last wednesday when mitch surprised me with a sleepover in my hospital room i had him snap some pictures.  then again on sunday i had him take some more.</font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"> </font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">so, here is my belly (comparison to last photo taken):</font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"> </font></p> <p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidQohCl4sbNUmWuerM_J0VY9R297ZezneBdMSV0Xrg0uX4SvTdEiemmczY4_9bVQXbiSL6syJll1eokK6mlnb1875BEC4myOJKuEJQKzuDAhdCQdNoEglC1FEA4QwKALuhppLxPo60aTU/s1600-h/27w+2dbelly3%5B6%5D.jpg"><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"><img title="27w 2dbelly3" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="386" alt="27w 2dbelly3" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TOW8bGHmjvI/AAAAAAAAED4/Q0HKEB_bISI/27w%2B2dbelly3_thumb%5B4%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="290" border="0" /></font></a><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">       </font><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TOW8b6IhhOI/AAAAAAAAED8/GyEFjM8MWD8/s1600-h/33weeks%5B5%5D.jpg"><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"><img title="33weeks" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="386" alt="33weeks" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TOW8caVvagI/AAAAAAAAEEA/Txf20VluUG8/33weeks_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="258" border="0" /></font></a><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"> </font></p> <blockquote> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">             27 weeks + 2 days                                                         33 weeks</font></p> </blockquote> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"> </font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"> </font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">and here is my “belly pie”:</font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"> </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TOW8dRzz_-I/AAAAAAAAEEE/jb2t6yEA908/s1600-h/33weeks%2B4days%20barebelly%5B5%5D.jpg"><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"><img title="33weeks 4days barebelly" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="477" alt="33weeks 4days barebelly" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TOW8eOBu1oI/AAAAAAAAEEI/OqfCljU90ZA/33weeks%2B4days%20barebelly_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="320" border="0" /></font></a><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">                                                          33 weeks + 4 days</font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">                           </font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">lately, when i get a nurse that had helped me a week or two earlier they see me and they all say, “wow! you have grown!!”  i guess the growth is more obvious when you’re not around it everyday.  i can tell whenever i get up to go potty that my belly seems to be getting heavier and heavier!  it’s a good thing, though!!  that’s why i am still in the hospital, to grow these babies!</font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"> </font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">i am happy to report, also, that, according to my nurses, i still don’t have any stretch marks on my belly pie!!  of course, i am just going on their word because i can’t see the underside of my belly!!  :o)</font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"> </font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">here is another picture (very unflattering) of my belly from the front.  i was brushing my teeth and trying to sit in a semi-reclined position when mitch snapped this shot.  since i know you all are just dying to know where i have been living the last 4 weeks, you can also get a glimpse of my <strike>luxury hotel</strike>  hospital accommodations.  i even labeled things for you, cuz’ i’m nice like that:</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TOW8fIgwDqI/AAAAAAAAEEM/NNc99bhchmE/s1600-h/hospitalsetup%5B5%5D.jpg"><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"><img title="hospitalsetup" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="393" alt="hospitalsetup" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TOW8gV7I6DI/AAAAAAAAEEQ/CvXirJFC8Ow/hospitalsetup_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="586" border="0" /></font></a><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"> </font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">the hospital has the most awesome ice chips! i know, weird, but it is so true!!  let me tell you that i am so grateful for free wi-fi and my macbook!  these two things have been a lifesaver!  i have been able to finish my christmas shopping, blog, facebook, chat, skype every night with my kids and mitch, listen to music, watch movies, edit photos, make a photo calendar, and i’m even working on getting a christmas card out this year (something i haven’t done for ages!!).  so, if you want a card from yours truly, which just might include a baby announcement with two cute mason boys, send me an email with your address to </font><a href="mailto:mahinamason@comcast.net"><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">mahinamason@comcast.net</font></a>, even if you think i have your address please send me an email anyway, just in case!</p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"> </font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">so, if you are wondering what the “SCD” tubes are, i will tell you because i didn’t know what they were 4 weeks ago, either.  i have been wearing these since the first day i was admitted to the hospital in preterm labor.  being that i am on bed rest and use my legs very little my risk of forming a blood clot in my legs is increased.  these little SCD’s are like a little massage for my calves.  i wear these lovely white knee high wraps on my legs.  then, i plug the tubes into the leggings and turn the machine on.  there are three chambers in the leggings, one above the next and the machine pumps air into each chamber starting at the ankle moving up to just below the knee.  then it lets the air out.  it does this about every 30 seconds all day and all night!  so far,  it has worked and i am clot free!!  i don’t mind it so much, it feels like a massage.  the only annoying thing is when i am trying to sleep at night my legs sometimes get a bit tangled in the tubes!  that’s a small price to pay for clot free and varicose vein free legs!!</font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"> </font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">today, i am 34 weeks + 1 day and they will send me home the day before thanksgiving!!  i’ve got 6 days left!  they will take me off the medication and just let nature take it’s course.  mitch thinks i will have them sooner rather than later (like within days or hours of being released) and i keep teasing that i will probably have to be induced 3 weeks after i get home.  i hope mitch is right, though, this time!</font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"> </font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">i had an ultrasound today and found out that both babies are still head down.  they measured them, too, and they both weigh approximately 5 pounds 13 ounces!  which is awesome!!  still measuring about a week+ bigger than gestational age.  three weeks ago when they measured  them baby a was 4 pounds 12 ounces and baby b was 4 pounds 4 ounces which was 2 1/2 weeks and 2 weeks bigger than gestational age.</font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"> </font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">our family is surviving this really well!  i am amazed at how the girls have handled this!  our family is being made stronger through this trial and i can see everyone’s faith growing as we put our trust in our Heavenly Father.  i know we don’t ever want to go through trials, but i can honestly say that i am grateful that our Heavenly Father saw fit to give us this trial!!  i know He loves us and He has trusted us to make it through this together and to come out stronger for it!</font></p> mahinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06016657817994625635noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8322398498703935021.post-2849923445995151722010-11-14T15:05:00.001-07:002010-11-14T15:05:58.686-07:00nani, the glue<p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TOBdIkHIAeI/AAAAAAAAECA/JurTePeswaw/s1600-h/nani14.jpg"><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"><img title="nani1" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="393" alt="nani1" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TOBdJxi1CyI/AAAAAAAAECE/T5raILuJhi8/nani1_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="586" border="0" /></font></a><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"> </font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">i was just talking to my dad on the phone and we were talking about our girls.  he was asking how they were doing through this whole ordeal and i told him that they are doing surprisingly well!  unless everyone is telling me what they think i want to hear and not the truth, the word is that they are still very sweet and good when they are being watched by all of the amazing people in our ward.</font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"> </font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">i’ll admit that they are doing better than i expected they would. i’ve seen other families go through separations similar to ours and the kids seem to start breaking down after about a week.  they start acting out or become grumpy, withdrawn, or sad and manifest it through bad behavior.  like i said, unless people are not giving me a truthful picture, then our girls are doing incredibly well!</font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"> </font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">so, i was talking to my dad about all of this and then we started talking about how well our girls get along.  we really have been blessed with girls that are good friends that watch out for each other!   sure, they have there moments, but for the most part they are great friends. they love to play together and imagine up games that include all the sisters.  </font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"> </font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">just yesterday while i was talking to mitch on the phone, i could hear the girls screaming in delight and laughing in the background.  apparently, they were playing a game of hide and seek that involved all 4 girls.  mahea would just follow the seeker around and as soon as they found someone she would squeal in delight!!  it was music to my ears and i couldn’t help but smile!!</font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"> </font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">anyway, while talking with my dad about how well the girls get along i said, “i think a lot of it has to do with nani.  she is so sweet and thoughtful.  she watches over her sisters and takes care of them.  even when kale’a is getting in trouble she will defend her!  being the oldest she is setting that example for her sisters”  this, of course, was no surprise to my dad and he said, “i know, you can see it in her eyes, her kind, sweet countenance!  she is the glue!  i can’t think of a better way to put it, but she holds everything together!”</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TOBdKoY69WI/AAAAAAAAECI/C-klB3MUk_o/s1600-h/2009Jul18_00675.jpg"><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"><img title="2009Jul18_0067" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="639" alt="2009Jul18_0067" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TOBdL7W5koI/AAAAAAAAECM/sB48aV19FeU/2009Jul18_0067_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800" width="429" border="0" /></font></a><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"> </font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">i’d never thought of it that way, but that is exactly who she is!  she is the glue of the family!  i love this picture of nani holding her sisters hand on a hike we took two summers ago.  she was caring for kawena and making sure she got safely through the water without falling or getting hurt.  this picture says so much about who nani is.  she is a protector and a leader amongst her sisters.</font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"> </font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">nani has a genuine concern for others.  i remember last year at the end of the school year i was talking with one of nani’s teachers.  she told me that nani has a very caring heart. several times throughout the year she would inquire about the well-being of a fellow student who had gotten hurt because she was concerned for them.  this was not just a one time thing, anytime one of the students in her class got hurt or sick and was not in class she would ask the teacher how they were doing.  nani was given a heart of compassion for others and her peers are drawn to her because of her kindness and caring.</font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"> </font></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TOBdMdT_0RI/AAAAAAAAECQ/aM2_F0eTroA/s1600-h/IMG_83385.jpg"><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"><img title="IMG_8338" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="666" alt="IMG_8338" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TOBdNM8pObI/AAAAAAAAECU/48HzuiTGAts/IMG_8338_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800" width="444" border="0" /></font></a><font size="2"><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font size="1">nani and her cousin, kele, this summer in california</font> </font></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"> </font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">since my last post, nani has come to visit me twice in the hospital!  the first time was last monday and being a school night we pretty much spent most of the time doing her homework that was due the next day.  even though we were doing homework and not playing games and coloring, like i did with her sisters, we still had a great time.  maybe that was because she had just a little bit of math and the rest was creative writing stuff.</font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"> </font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">nani is a very creative person.  for as long as i can remember, whenever she has been asked what she wants to be when she grows up it is always something that involves art and creativity.  the first thing she wanted to be, many years ago, was a photographer.  now, if you ask her she will tell you that she wants to be an author and illustrator!  she has already written several stories and loves to draw and create!</font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"> </font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">so, here in my little hospital room, laying in my bed together we imagined up a story about a cheetah that walked into her school’s library and began reading books.  once we finished that story, we wrote a free verse poem about babies, about how they are sweet and sometimes stinky, how they are soft and cuddly, how sometimes they just cry and cry, but most importantly how much we love babies!  it was fun to be creative with my author/illustrator daughter!!</font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"> </font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">her second visit was yesterday.  she really wanted to watch saturday cartoons because “we don’t have cartoons at home”!! so, we watched a little bit of them while she showed me how to make bracelets out of yarn. then, i taught her how to play solitaire, which she picked up quickly and enjoyed, we never did win, though!  after that, she told me that she wanted to do homework and i thought, “really?”  so, again we did homework… the creative kind!</font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"> </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TOBdN7cFiDI/AAAAAAAAECY/m-3voD2gic0/s1600-h/nanisepia11.jpg"><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"><img title="nanisepia" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="695" alt="nanisepia" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TOBdO-rizWI/AAAAAAAAECc/k4n5m50bdlc/nanisepia_thumb7.jpg?imgmax=800" width="466" border="0" /></font></a><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"> </font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">i wasn’t completely shocked that nani wanted to do homework.  she is a very responsible girl.  there have been many mornings where she has asked mitch to wake her up early so she could finish her homework that she didn’t have time to finish the night before.  she is just like that.  she may have inherited some of my perfectionistic tendencies???  whatever it is, she sets a high standard for herself and most of the time she reaches it of her own doing!!   though it was homework we did, we were still laughing and having a great time just being together.</font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"> </font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">i love my nani girl!  she is super helpful at home.  being our first child and the oldest, there is a lot more responsibility placed on her.  sometimes she doesn’t think it is fair, but she still is my little helper and does so much around the house to help… especially since i have gotten so big and was having a hard time doing everything i used to do!  i know that she will be such a blessing when these boys join our family.</font></p> <p> </p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">noelani, her given name, in hawaiian means “heavenly mist”.   mist is soft, and gentle, it is not harsh, but subtle.  mist can make light visible.  that is our nani.  she has a gentle sweetness about her and she shines her light for all to see!</font></p> <p> </p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">i loved having nani with me in my hospital room, just her and i.  i think that in bigger families you miss out on a lot of the one-on-one time, but when you are given a chance to have some you realize what a blessing it is.  while she was with me i paid close attention to who nani is.  i listened and i watched as she talked to me and as we worked together.  i felt so strongly the sweetness of her spirit in this room.  i know that she is a daughter of God and He loves her so much, just as she loves Him.  i could feel it as i lay next to her.  she has such a desire for righteousness and a hunger for truth and light.  i watched this daughter of mine and i was so grateful that she came to our family.  she blesses our family everyday!  she is “the glue”, as my dad said, that holds our family together with such strength,… and i am proud to be her mother!</font></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TOBdQMX5xsI/AAAAAAAAECg/qI0jX5sfCe4/s1600-h/nani%5B5%5D.jpg"><img title="nani" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="385" alt="nani" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_d044pGFFO5A/TOBdRSSSvPI/AAAAAAAAECk/YiTydhyVwjI/nani_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="574" border="0" /></a></p> mahinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06016657817994625635noreply@blogger.com8