Introducing the newest member of the family….Kiara Lynn.

A baby will make love stronger, days shorter,

nights longer,

bankroll smaller, home happier,

clothes shabbier,

the past forgotten, and the future worth living for.

–Anonymous

I love this next quote:

A baby is God’s opinion that the world should go on.

–Carl Sandburg

Congrats Johnny, Melyssa and Khaison to a beautiful baby girl!

tough audience. However, we did manage to get them to look at the camera at the same time. Baby steps.

It is so rewarding to see this little dude grow from newborn to a year old! I am so excited to present Kamahele with this 10×20 canvas of his three milestone stages of 3 month, 6 month and a year. What a fun way to wrap up their baby plan!

Obviously not in bloom yet, but we enjoyed the awesome view!

Waves were big on the north part of the island so we decided to go check them out.

While on Maui, I had the chance to visit several historical churches around the island and learn a little about each one. I am not the best landscape photographer so please forgive these generic photos! I know, I know “church hunting” is probably not a top ten to do item when visiting Maui, but maybe that was the reason why I liked it so much. What intrigued me the most was the history or the significance of each one of these places. I think we went to half a dozen locations and each one is so unique in its architecture and cultural influence.
This one here is Maui’s first Christian church, located in Lahaina, which was established by Keopuolani- the wife of King Kamehameha I and mother of his heirs. Originally called Waine’e, this church had a history of being destroyed-four times-when mighty winds blew through area. It was later renamed Waiola (water of life) after its final reconstruction. I took some shots of my favorite features of the church-the historical tombstones, Hawaiian hymnal and Hawaiian influence like the red Kahilis. Really cool!

The rest are random pictures that I thought to include just for fun! Emi loved catching crabs with Kelii at the beach! The last picture was one of the bigger crabs that we caught. They are fast little buggers! Oh, Coco and Papa let Emi and Kenji feed their rabbits carrots from the garden. They couldn’t keep their hands off of these little fur balls!