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23 June 2009

UPDATES:

i went to texas this past weekend to go to mammaw's funeral and was deemed the photographer/videographer. my uncle bobby had throat cancer a few years back, and he was getting some reconstructive work done on his jaw down in houston while i was there. he's been "heavily medicated" for over a week, and during his week+ of surgery and recovery is when mammaw fell ill and passed away, so he doesn't know about it. i tried to take as many pictures and as much video as possible to ease his shock. which, by the way, i am completely amateur when it comes to video editing and if anyone knows how to do it on a mac, please please - advice is very welcome.
mammaw and wayne by you.

my voice came back - YAY! i'm ready to start recording (echo...)
it's me by you.

gwen decided her mouth was empty so she grew her four top teeth and one molar all at the same time. oh, and she learned to close doors from the outside (pulling them closed by the knob) and she pretty much thinks she's the hottest thing since new kids on the block.
gwen and a chicken by you.

addi is talking A TON. i mean, she's been talking for a long time, but it's getting more and more intelligible. and she's starting to do imaginary play and i LOVE IT!! (well, except for when that imaginary play means gwen is in time-out.) and she's starting to ask for the piano all on her own!! we have piano time 3-4 times a week, but it's usually really short and seems to be unproductive, BUT she's starting to play with one finger at a time (YAY!) and more melodic stuff instead of banging randomness (double YAY!)
hair twirler by you.

the weather sure is weird around here lately ... it's almost like mid-fall. crazy windy, rainy, not as warm as usual ... i'm not complaining, it's just odd, eh.
Rainy Beach   60/365 by Corey Hamilton. 
image credit here

we're still hunting ... for houses that is. we're looking at 2 new guys here in hau'ula. we'll keep you updated.
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and that's about it for now ...

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

it's funny that i look at house around here just for fun online (i have an account with practically every realtor out here) and I look at all the same ones you do. They are good picks! I wish I wish we were at a point were we could realistically buy a house!! You're lucky :)

Meg said...

I'm sorry about your grandma Stef. It's not fun to lose the ones that you love.

I'm so glad that your voice is back! I was worried, you have such a great voice.

Your daughters are more than adorable!

I hate house hunting, we went through a ton and it was frustrating. GOOD LUCK!

Kristi said...

so I just found out my mom used that same purple bottle spray stuff you used. I told her the effects. eeek. Anyway what do you use to edit pics on your mac, Paul and i have apeture but wonder if photoshop is better? Anyway I use to edit movies at BYUH if you go into the media lab by the library they are great at helping. It's been a while for me so I don't recall much.

ashley said...

sorry about the loss.

you do look smokin' hot though!

and i love the little ladies, they are so cute! ivy and gwen have the same dress!

Matti said...

I'm sorry about your grandma too stef. But, it's fun to see what you guys have been up to since I've been away. See you soon (like in a couple of weeks soon). :-)

daisy deb said...

what does Gwen have her hand on? and I bought Annie the same shirt...flowers instead of polka dots...cute for sure! love the pics

Jami said...

Sorry about your grandma. That's nice you got to go for the funeral. Good to see you again. I've missed your bloggy-self and your wit :)

liko said...

i love all your photos, and i'm sorry about your grandma. when that day comes for me i will be sad, but knowing what we know, it's all good. we'll get to see and chat with them again. and good to hear your voice is back! i totally forgot about that, but in class you sounded back to normal! and hopefully the weather clears up so that we can join everyone at beach friday tomorrow!!!

mikensi said...

you are simply gorgeous! that's all i had to say.