We give thanks

charsiu stuffing...

Thanksgiving window decorations

great appetizers and Noe's rolls..just before she eggwashed them and put them in the oven to finish browning

It wasn't the typical Thanksgiving celebration; the snow set me back a few days, our leftover potluck/volleyball activity was celebrated on Black Friday and our actual family feast was on Saturday! Play was great and it took days to recover.

first snow 2010

WOW! It came with howling winds and uprooted trees and mad traffic! I was able to get home in the Beetle but left the car in the street when I couldn't get into the driveway forward or reversing. I thought something was fishy cuz these cars are supposed to be good in snow, I think, turbo or no turbo. After 3 days of being housebound I read through the entire owner's manual and think it says when driving in snow, turn off the anti-slide switch. A scary thought! So now I'll call my VW guru and pose the question and get some cables for the front wheels. I know this is just the beginning and I don't want to be stranded somewhere.

like losing a limb

Thought I'd be dead in the water with no lifeline but a local computer store set me up and when I got home with the new tower Brandon showed me how it's done...now I'm trying to find my "old" stuff on one hard drive, and run the new stuff on the new drive. Interesting.

Coiled

I've made 2 of these coiled "plates" and hope to eat some noodles in them one day! They take about a couple of hours to make. I need to use a glaze that lets the coil patterns show..I like how they look so far, and when I do them again, I'll not make it so deep. As to work on the wheel, I think I can use more clay and do larger pieces. The quarter is nearly over...I mean, I can keep making stuff but they won't make the kiln deadlines after Thanksgiving. I stayed til midnight helping to unload the hot pieces and reload with new pots again!

up and coming dancer

Noah is hamming it up and likes to shake his bootie too!!

Making yarn lei

I guess you never know what your child is going to learn to do! Kawika is doing a bunch of these for the girls soccer team he helps coach. Tonight is the awards dinner.

Sewing Lessons

Lehua is modeling the skirt she made in sewing class. Kawailani just wanted to be in the pictures and didn't care what she was looking like!

Dancing AFTER dinner

Kawika is the biggest fan of the latest dance stuff on the Wii system!!

Lillah-monster

She is coming along just cutely! I don't know if we'll ever be able to guess her REAL age since she was born 2 months early! She's been here for 6 months now and is slowly catching up to her age, but I think we count her as 4 months in progress! She is the apple of her daddy's eyes!!!