Storm Watch

We're camping out at home today as everything across the island is shut down due to Iselle.

Doppler of the island (Hawaii News Now)

Here comes the wind and the rain!

Waiting for Iselle to pass. Owen reading, Mike and Aki playing memory, I'm baking cookies. It's Hawaiian style snow day.

Summer Adventures

We spent a lot of time this summer with cub scouts and girl scouts


Pack 325 Makapuu Hike


Aki making butter and learning about emulsification at STEM camp


Making ice cream and learning about thermodynamics at STEM camp


Whipping rope ends at Cub Scout summer camp




Troop 870 at Moanalua Valley Trail


Aki and mama on the hike


Post hike refreshment at Waiola


Fishing at Kawelo Basin


Aki caught a Humuhumunukunukuapua‘a


Owen and Daddy practicing how to cast

Aki's Kindergarten Ho‘olaule‘a

Aki has been practicing hard with her hula for this "May Day" performance.


Map of Oahu with keiki's drawings


"And now it is time for the keiki kane to dance Ho‘okele"


Aki performing her hula


E and Aki

Spring Break on the Big Island

The whole family with Kung Kung and Grandma spent 4 days on the Big Island over spring break. It's Owen and Aki's first time at Volcano National Park. First stop - farmers market in Hilo.


This is apparently the last durian on the island for the season!


Beautiful fruits: Mountain Apple and Apple Banana


Ninole post office, Hawaii's smallest post office


Laupahoehoe Point memorial. Mike's uncle Jitsumi Yamamoto was 14 when the tidal wave struck.


Waiting for the rain to let up


Mike and his dad at Akaka Falls Park


Beautiful Akaka Falls


Ohia lehua


Storm approaching the Hamakua coast


Little hikers


Thurston Lava Tube hike


Holei sea arch


Owen on lava hills


Halemaumau Crater at night


Petroglyphs at Pu‘u Loa


Aki on Petroglyph trail


Stinky steam vents


Rainbow Falls


We also went bowling at KMC!

Aki and E are 6!

Happy Birthday our silly and spunky girl!




We celebrated with a LEGO Birthday / Bowling Party with E!


Happy Birthday, March babies.


Birthday twins

Aulani Weekend

For President's Day weekend, we took a stay-cation at Aulani. The wet weather didn't deter us from enjoying ourselves.


Wonderful storyteller


Storytelling about menehune and waa


Floating down the lazy river


Still having fun on the rainy day


We also had fun slumbering and watching the Olympics in the nice room.

Owen's Families are Forever Performance

Owen's 2nd grade class put together a performance as a tribute to their heritage and families as well as history of the melting pot here in Hawaii.


Ready for the show!


Opening number


Internment camp song


Owen is "2 scoops rice" in the "spam, eggs, and rice" trio