Our New House?

We have this house in escrow. We are just waiting to see if we'll get the loan from the bank. If so, we should close the deal at the end of March. It's just down the hill from where we are now, so we'd be staying in Manoa. The lot is about 10,500 sq. ft., and the interior nearly 2,600 sq.ft. I won't say here how much it costs, but boy, does that space sound good.

Three Recitals

All three kids did a violin recital today. They all did a great job, and did me proud.

Plus a second post on the same day. That's pretty good for me. =D

2007 Christmas Clips

Didn't take any photos on Christmas day, so I put together a few clips of video that we took that morning,

Bah Humbug !!

Scrooged !!

Halloween

A few pics from Halloween. Johnny and Adrian are elves or hobbits or something from Lord of the Rings or WoW. Zelda was a 50's diner waitress. The bottom pic is them with a group of friends.

I was in D.C. for work - Naomi wasn't too happy with that.

John Jr. - Soccer pics

A few pics of Johnny playing for his new soccer club.

The first two remind me of a comment a parent from his old club - the Riggers - made about John. He was double rostered to a younger (his own age group) team there too, and didn't know those players very well, and so, as usual didn't say much. The parent said: "John is like a Clint Eastwood character. He comes to the field, puts his bag down, plays focused and intense, scores goals, and wins games. When its over he picks up his bag and leaves. No smiles, no words - it's all business."

He can certainly seem like that sometimes. His play is very focused - you can see his brows furrowed most of the time - and he is pretty quiet. His coaches and I always say more communicating on the field will make him a better player and help his team. Anyway, I have a blast watching him play, and am very proud of him.
He played his old team -the Riggers - last week (above). He enjoyed seeing some of his friends he hasn't seen in a while.

John is usually one of the smallest on the field. Especially when he plays with his older team. He doesn't get intimidated easily, though.
Moving up-field.

Coach Todd - Making a point.

Labor Day

A few pics from yesterday. Our friends asked us to join them at their north shore beach house for the afternoon. We don't get to the beach nearly enough.