livin' the HI life: playing catch...up, that is

Thursday, March 5, 2009

playing catch...up, that is

i know, i know, i've been neglecting to post for a while. but i have been quite the busy bee lately. after coming home from san francisco, life has been such a whirlwind of events so i'll do my best to catch everyone up.

my grandpa passed away on february 11, just a few days after i came home. we held his funeral on the 21st since we had to wait for relatives to come in from the mainland. luckily, gramps has been planning his funeral for the past 30 years so we didn't have to guess at who was speaking, performing the musical numbers, or making the food after the service. it was definitely sad to say goodbye to a man who we all love so much, and hold so many fond memories with. it also didn't surprise me to see tons of people at the funeral. it only made me very proud to be his granddaughter, and to know that i was blessed to have spent a lot of time with him.

my nephew, jayson, had his baby blessing a few sundays ago in my home ward. it was the first time we've had a family picture (not quite professional, but can't complain) that includes all the spouses and grandchildren. our family is growing so quickly nowadays with my mom having seven grandchildren and one more on the way (nue, not me!). i just love having family get togethers because i get to catch up with my brothers & sisters, and it's always a full house with babies everywhere and kids running in & out. you just can't escape the love!

brandon and i went to paradise cove luau in kapolei along with all of his musician co-workers (so you know we got the hookups!) the day after i returned from san fran. it was the first time i've seen the show and i gotta say that it was great! the food - 'ONO, the atmosphere - very romantic, and the performances - awesome. it was a wonderful date opportunity for brandon & i since ahonui stayed with his grandparents, so we surely enjoyed ourselves something other than dinner and a movie that night.

pcc did a test on the new night show called "ha" about a week ago for the community of laie, so ahonui & i went to check it out and support our favorite musician. they tested the samoan, tahitian, and fijian sections that night and i think everyone did a superb job! it's a little more suited for the tourists rather than authenticity but i'm sure everyone is anxiously awaiting an exciting new show in the future. (sorry, no pix - you get scolded by ushers with big orange lightsabers in your face if they see so much as a flicker of light coming from your direction. and i don't appreciate being humiliated).

ahonui loves to play with his cousin royal, who is just six months older than him. whenever we drive in the vacinity of his house, ahonui calls out from the confines of his carseat, "woyo! woyo!" over and over again. i have recently discovered that by letting them run loose together at laie park will get him ready for bed a lot earlier and sleep a lot snugglier.

so that pretty much sums up the last month...looking forward to another busy & hectic one!

1 comment:

Kimber said...: Hi Harmony! I was just catching up on Star & Jeff's life and saw her extensive list of friends blogs and wandered onto your site. I just thought I'd let you know I wuz here and I loved getting to know you better through your posts.

I can so relate to your lament over working vs staying home. I know it would be possible to survive somehow by making some lifestyle changes but I don't know of any moms here in HI who just stay home and aren't constantly looking for some way to contribute to the family budget.

So until your hubby strikes a major label contract, if you weren't at byuh you'd be watching someone else's kids or involved in a million other things that would fill up your days and make you long for those times you could just take a sick day and enjoy the precious moments at home. Or that's at least what I tell myself. ;-); May 20, 2009 at 5:32 PM

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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!