livin' the HI life: a work in progress

Sunday, September 25, 2011

a work in progress

i'm pretty sure that i'm out of excuses for not updating on a more regular basis. i don't know if i'm feeling more comfortable settling into my role as a mother (even though it's been about 5 years), or if it's because i took a long nap and now i can't fall back asleep. heh. but i finally seem to have time to update! yeah, i'm pretty sure that i'm still a work in progress.

so where shall i begin? well, since it's been almost 10 months - perhaps i'll begin with the most recent...

our baby girl turned a YEAR old on august 30th and we celebrated at the wet & wild hawaii waterpark in kapolei with our family.

i must admit, i freaked out a little while planning the party. i honestly don't know how some people can plan huge events because just brandon's family & mine alone brought the guest count to almost 40 - and it was enough to turn me into a stressball. but after it was all over, and everything turned out fine, i ended up wishing for more days like that.

in my humble opinion, a full day with family, food, and fun is all i ever want. wouldn't you agree?

more updates forthcoming...don't touch that dial! ;-)

1 comment:

mary said...: YAY! YAY! YAAAAY! aw! harm, you look fantastic! i totally agree - i don't know how people do those huge luaus for bdays - i stress and ours are totally smallkine. and i also agree that family and FOOD is the best kind of fun i'll ever want! haha hope you guys are doing great! love you!; September 26, 2011 at 8:35 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!