livin' the HI life: future halo campers

Monday, October 20, 2008

future halo campers

in my feeble attempts to restrict video games in my own home, it is virtually impossible to keep the little ones away from those tempting controllers when we visit others' homes.

ahonui and his cousin royal found controllers to an xbox in my brother tane's living room during our visit to kapolei this past weekend. no kidding, they turned on the tv, the xbox, AND the halo 3 game on their own!!! if a one year old can do this, what does this say about our intelligence level?

8 comments:

Tane and Angela said...: oh my goodness...tane would laugh at this...you know before i met tane..i really did believe that only little boys played video games..i guess i was extremely wrong=)by the way..one of tane's way of spending time with her is playing halo with her...some things we just can't help=) lol; October 21, 2008 at 7:45 AM
Unknown said...: oh that is hilarious!; October 21, 2008 at 12:01 PM
BETS & VETS said...: I don't get the Halo game but Vete and Tai luv it, this pic. is way cute!; October 22, 2008 at 9:47 AM
The Brownz said...: Hahahaha how cute are they:) Your son is so cute harm.; October 23, 2008 at 6:46 PM
Chris and Channy said...: lol! oh no! they're getting hooked at such a young age!!! :) this picture is classic. too CUTE.

p.s. i tried to tivo your bizarre foods show last month but i couldn't find it on our tuner. do you know if it's gonna air again? do you have a copy i can watch? i'll be in la'ie every now and then while we're here. lemme know. :); October 26, 2008 at 3:58 PM
karebear said...: Oh my goodness! How they learn things so quickly! I swear, this generation is going to so smart with technology. good going boys =); October 27, 2008 at 6:16 PM
BETS & VETS said...: Hey girl luv the show, it was so good to see your beautiful family on tv. Ahonui is a little star- what a cutie!; October 29, 2008 at 5:35 AM
Leise said...: hahahaha too cute! And yes- what DOES that say about us? oh, by the way hi harm! :D; October 29, 2008 at 10:47 AM

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some stuff...

for those of you who may not know much about our family...this one's for you:

1. where are you from?

brandon grew up in kahuku, while i grew up just a few minutes away in laie.

2. so you must have known each other growing up, right?

not quite. although we grew up in adjoining towns, we had no idea that the other even existed! brandon graduated from kahuku high school in 1995, while i graduated from kamehameha in 1999. the only thing we had in common during those days was that my older brother, tane, was brandon's classmate. how funny is that?

3. when did you get married?

we were married & sealed for time and all eternity in the laie, hawaii temple on november 3, 2005.

4. where do you work?

brandon works at the polynesian cultural center and has worked there since june 2005. he is a musician for the canoe show, ali'i luau, and night show.

i work at brigham young university-hawaii as a financial aid supervisor and have been in that department since january 2005. i help students find money to fund their college education.

5. how many children do you have?

three, and they are definitely a handful! our children are the lights of our lives and we are trying to take things one day at a time. but we hope to give them a playmate or two in the future...ya never know!

6. who cares for them while you are at work?

my mother in law watches nahe & linohao in kahuku. and ahonui attends laie elementary school.

7. what do you do in your free time?

if i could wish for more of something, it would have to be that - free time! brandon enjoys getting in his gym-time and practicing his guitar. i love to cook and read...and weirdly enough, cleaning our place actually relaxes me.

8. favorites?

tv shows:

brandon is a non-stop learner. he likes watching the discovery, history, and national geographic channels...but if the UFC is on - forget the rest - he'll be watching the fight.

i am such a girl when it comes to tv. my all-time favorites are "friends" and "seinfeld", although thanks to netflix, i have recently found an addiction to the "gilmore girls". i also LOVE the food network. too bad i can't cook like those peeps...

movies:

ocean's eleven, mean girls, pursuit of happyness, the notebook, count of monte cristo...the usual chick flick classics...brandon's favorite movie is black hawk down. but i think anything with action and/or comedy is cool with him. hehehe.

music:

brandon loves hawaiian, r&b, soul, and jazz music. i'm into almost anything that soothes me, like sade, stevie wonder, miles davis, 'ol school slow jamz & 90's rap. don't hate.

9. plans of moving?

nope. i have never been happier here in laie, hawaii and i'm sure brandon feels the same. if we could stay here for the rest of our lives, i'd be a lucky duck. who wouldn't want to raise their children in the same place they grew up?

i may add or update this information on us from time to time depending on the demand. but if you have any other pressing questions that you would like to know - hollaback!