Brent Hanging Out

He loves to climb in the pillows on Mommy and Daddy's bed.

Dance/Play Time with Daddy

The kids LOVE it when Daddy comes home from work! ;-) And they have a new love for techno music.

Time For A Bigger Pool

Kids are still having fun though :-)

Playing Games

Bike Down

The pictures make the bike look better than it actually is, but with my trusty Schwinn Woodlands bike needing two new tires and tubes (possibly rims), new brakes, and taking on lots of rust from the Hawaiian climate its time had finally come. I don't remember the exact date, but I believe I have had this bike since 1994. I bought it used and was probably the best $100 I will ever spend. 18 years of good service and 1000s of miles riding all over warren county (especially to the Apgars on the old forest service road), off roading, back and forth to highschool, around college (when my knee wasn't in some form of brace), commuting to work in DC, and catching the boat in HI is pretty good for a bike. It is just sad to see it go as this bike has enabled me to go places for most of my life. Some parts (seat, pedals, lights, bike rack, pump, etc. . ) of the bike were salvaged and made their way onto Naomi's bike (which was an old bike from my family as well) as it has held up better here in Hawaii (more aluminum parts).

Me on my bike in spring 1995

My Bike currently

Naomi's bike with salvaged parts

Guess What I Just Had?

Guess what my mommy just gave me?

Here's a hint.

Here is another hint.

A blue sucker!

Washing The Car

Here is Amber helping me wash the car. Both Amber and Brent thought that the soap suds were more fun than actually getting the car clean :-)

Kids Playing At Beach

At The Beach With Jana And Glenda

Amber making "oatmeal"

Visit with More Friends

A couple days later, my friend and former roommate Jana (again from VA days) and her mom Glenda came out to visit Oahu and Maui. They stayed with us for a few days. The kids of course enjoyed the extra attention, and it was great for me and Lucas to catch up with old friends. [Jana introduced me to Lucas at Bible Study almost 8 years ago now!...the rest is history.] Jana and Glenda treated me to a girls' dinner out too - so nice.

Dinner with Friends

Our friends (from VA days) Robert and Merry were passing through Waikiki as they led a senior adult church group on a tour/cruise of the Hawaiian Islands. We were able to meet up with them for a brief dinner the night they arrived. They had been up for 24hrs by the time we were done at the Cheesecake Factory. But it was really nice to see them and for them to meet Brent!

I bought Ring Pops for the kids. This was a special dessert for them and a great quieting device as we adults could talk more easily then. ;-) Robert and Merry shared some of their fresh flower tour leis with us.

Passport Pictures

Just for laughs, here are our "lovely" passport mug shots. They do tell you to be "expresionless" so I blame the State Department ;-)

Around the House

This giant box has been great fun to play with!

Amber has been "reading" her toddler Bible a lot recently and asking questions about Jesus.

We were getting our passport pics updates (i.e. mug shots), and Amber wanted to make sure we took one picture all together. So here it is.

Growing Grass and Baby Belly

Here I am at 32 weeks pregnant.

Lucas is training the kids young. :-) Really, the lawnmower was off and he was letting them practice pushing it around the yard.

Daddy Time

We date night swap often with our friends here - it's great! Here Lucas is overseeing the dinner consumption of the older 3 kids while I prepared food for baby Logan. All the kids love "Uncle Lucas" because he reads lots of stories with them, and chases them, and plays animals with them,...