Where Globe-Trotting meets Beach-Combing
Moving is hard! As I mentioned, Chris started work less than 12 hours after got here, meaning our first weekend in Hawaii was spent scrambling to buy a truck (read: hangry bickering in front of the kids). Well we actually found something great and Chris is now the proud owner of a maroon truck…
Isaac (5:48am): “I like Hawaii a-cuz I can wake up early—wait we didn’t have to switch our language yet! Humuhumunukunukuapua’a!” Isaac (7:45am): “Why is it so green? ” Isaac (8:05am): “Hey, what is that chicken doing there?” (At the airport) Eloise (6:30pm) “Beach! No leave beach! Waaaa!” Eloise (6:40pm): “Pet the CHICKEN?!” (Kailua Beach…
It’s late and we’re tired but WE ARE HERE! New friends from the squadron met us at baggage claim with leis, a truck to borrow, and a Hawaiian gift bag. We feel so very welcome! Thank you!
LA PAZ, Bolivia—Tears ran down three-year-old Shaynna’s cheeks as she alternated between laughing and sobbing in her daddy’s arms. He blinked away tears and his voice broke as he said “Felice! Felice!” Pure happiness—that’s what it felt like to see Shaynna’s cheeks rosy instead of blue. I left Poway a couple weeks ago on a…
Like the rookies that we AREN’T, Chris and I failed to check our flight status before we left. I guess in all the moving chaos we forgot we forgot standard traveling protocol. So my cousin Jesse drops us off at the airport and we lug our 10,000 bags and cat to the counter, only to…
It’s the kids’ last day of school! I’m excited and wanted the kids and their friends to feel excited, to end on a high note, rather than just disappearing. “What do you think?” I asked Isaac. “Do you want cupcakes or cookies for the last day of school?” Then I remembered the rainbow cakes at…
“Spring has sprung; the grass is riz. I wonder where the boidie is? There’s a boid upon the wing. Well that’s absoid! I thought the wing was on the boid!” In this way my mom greets springtime. Her mom always quoted that rhyme in the spring, among these hills, these flowers, these colorful chirping birds. My mom…
