Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Hi Mama!

How are you today? I just wanted to come by & say "hi" & leave you this picture that I took of the girls today. Gonna go by the house & pick you up to stay at my house while Dad is gone.

Love & miss you...

Sunday, June 27, 2010

Dear Mama,

How are you today? Anything exciting?

Not much on this side. Today i'm hoping to get some things around the house done that i've been wanting to do. One of them is done, so i'm glad for that. This week seemed to fly by & it seemed busy too. This week we celebrated 2 birthdays.

Ke'ola turned 7 years old on Wednesday & they had a bbq for her at Sean's house...

and then yesterday we celebrated Kapono's 6th birthday at Uncle Kamo & Auntie Ami's house...

and look how chubby Kehau is getting. Love it...

Anyhoo, i've been missing you a lot lately. Just wishing that you were here with us...physically...enjoying all these parties, bbq's & get togethers that we've been going to.

Did I tell you that Ry is walking FINALLY? Geez...it took her forever. She was walking all over the yard yesterday & climbing everything.



I love you & miss you more than you could ever imagine...

Sunday, June 13, 2010

Dear Mama,

Did you see us at Relay?  Do you see how BURNT i am?  I don't think i've been this burnt EVER.  I'm sore today, my shoulders & my back.  I had a great time this year, the only thing missing was you...

During the Survivor lap, I couldn't help but cry when I saw all of the kids/babies in the purple shirts holding the sign.  It's just not fair for someone that small to go through something like cancer.  And I continued to cry until well after the Survivors walked by.  I almost felt like I was waiting for you to come around the track.  I waited for awhile & just cried.  I walked my hour from 8-9pm & we hung out with everyone until about 11pm, then headed home.  Ry & I were back at the track around 8:15am.  I bought my string so that I could track my laps & in total, i walked 7 1/2 miles.  It was such a beautiful day yesterday which made it that much easier to walk.  Our whole tent went & walked the final lap & Kapua, Nea, Ry & I were the last in the large group.  It was emotional when we walked through the finish line. I looked up & said "yay....we finished mama!!"

Around 4:15, we were asked by a lady to do a small interview on why we relay on the local tv station.  Tish, Kapua & I walked over & were so nervous, because we just didn't want to cry.  We discussed what we could say, but when we got there, they told us to say "We Relay because...." & that we had to walk & say it all together.  So it's not like we had a 1/2 hour to say why we do.  It was just a small segment combined with other teams.  We decided to say "We Relay for a Cure" & we had to do it over & over while we walked together.  I hope to see it someday.

We had a great time & i'm so glad that we did it this year.  We even won best decorated tent!!  I think next year, we may look in to a different location because our tent got in trouble AGAIN during the evening hours for being too loud.  GO FIGURE! LOL  They actually got in trouble THREE times.  Oh well...who sleeps at Relay anyway??

Thursday, June 10, 2010

Dear Mama,

How are you today?  Anything exciting?  Not much exciting going on today.  But tomorrow is RELAY!!  YAY!!  I'm excited to go & just be there. I'm excited to surround myself with all that Relay represents...the ups, the downs, the struggles, the fight & the will to live.  Even though you won't be there with us tomorrow, I KNOW that you wouldn't miss this event for the world & i'm sure that your presence will be felt by all of us.  I plan on being there for that Survivor Lap & will remember your smile while walking hand in hand with the Aunties.  I will remember when we surprised you with all of the family from Hawaii.  I will remember & celebrate you...

I love you.

**If any of you who frequent this blog would like to donate to our team, please go to our team page HERE or my personal page HERE.  -mahalo**

**Relay for Life 2007**

**From Relay For Life 2008**

**Relay For Life 2009**

Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Dear Mama,

How are you today?  This morning I woke up with green balloons on my mind.  Not sure exactly why.  I was having "domestics" last night in my house & to me the thought of green balloons were a symbol telling me to just "let it go."  And I tried my best to & eventually it worked out.  What's funny is that Kapua thought of balloons too this morning & had the idea of releasing balloons on the Survivor Lap & the last lap of Relay.

Relay is this Friday & Saturday.  I'm so excited for it.  Excited for the event, excited for the reminder to be thankful for what I have & excited to be in the moment.  I'm only signed up to walk from 8-9 on Friday night & then again on Saturday morning from 9-10.  I wanted to allow others to sign up for spots before I sign up for anymore.  I'm truly looking forward to this event.  I need to figure out what I want to wear.  I wanted to have a "holomua" shirt made, but I don't think that'll happen in time.

I've been struggling lately.  Just no patience.  And everyday I remind myself to just breathe & let it pass, but I'm not sure what the deal is lately. 

Anyway, I hope that I make you proud everyday.  I think of you all the time, even when I'm just driving around...I feel like sometimes you're sitting there right next to me in the passenger seat.

I love you...

**I came across this photo in January on a blog that I read often & immediately thought of you**

Thursday, June 3, 2010

Happpy biiiiirthday tooooo yoooooooou!!
Happpy biiiiirthday tooooo yoooooooou!!
Happppy biiiirthhhhday tooooo Mooooooooom!!
Happppy biiiirrrrrthdaaaaaay toooooooooooo yoooooooooou!!

**YAAAAAY!!**

Happy birthday Mama!!  What're you doing today?  Are you & the auntie's, uncle's & Grandpa all going to the casino in the sky today?  Tonight we have hula, but we're potlucking for your birthday & then a few of us are going to Muckleshoot to play for your birthday!!  I can't wait to go. 

Anything exciting lately?  Not much around here.  Over the weekend, we went to Folklife like we always do & decided to do our version of Uncle Patrick's Hit & Run Hula.  Here's a video of our first stop inside the Centerhouse....



We also did Ai Kakou with pu'ili right in a crowded aisle way by the food vendors.  THAT was fun almost hitting people as they walked by us. HA!  Of course we ate & then we went to Uwajimaya after.  That evening we got together to watch the Green River show from the week before on the projector at halau, followed by the Na Hoku Hanohano Awards which was livestreaming online.  Here's us dancing with Teresa Bright - Nani Kaua'i....



Well, i miss you like crazy today & everyday.  I hope that you miss me too.  Love you so much.

OH WAIT!! I forgot to tell you that Ry is FINALLY starting to walk!! YAY!! She's only what?  15 months!!! Sheesh.  Anyway, I got a small video of it today....



I love you....