Thanksgiving 2009

We had a good time hosting Thanksgiving this year. The O'days, Meeuwsens, and Czyszczons were all able to make it along with Karyn.

Jordin's B-day

We went up to LA o celebrate Jordin's 1st bday. The girls had fun with the pinata and treasure hunt.

Love you Dad!

I can't believe it's been a year since dad passed, it seems like yesterday he was still here showing me how to paint, talking about his adventures as a Pilgrim in Hawaii, and shuttling us around for our AYSO soccer games. I miss you dad and you'll always be in our hearts, love you!

At the paddle out at Magic Sands where Dave dove dad's ashes into the sea...

Our wedding day

Right after our ceremony, dad looked good in a tux!

At our rehearsal dinner

At my college graduation

With mom, dad and big bro Dave and our matching outfits made by mom...

At Hapuna Beach with dad as a keiki...

Zoo day!

This Monday was Khloe Mai's official bday so Geanie and I took the day off and enjoyed it with our little girl at the Zoo. She had a great time looking at the birds and barking like a dog at the monkeys! The new elephant exhibit was cool and KM really like pulling on the fences and wires surrounding the animal cages. After a nice relaxing stroll at the zoo we took off and had nice family Spices of Thai lunch and luckily KM took a nice nap in the car on the ride home.

Khloe Mai's 1st Birthday!

I can't believe it, we're celebrating Khloe Mai's first b-day! In true Hawaiian fashion we had kalua pig, terry beef, mahi mahi, mac salad and rice! We thankfully didn't cook all the food and Kealani's did a nice job of providing the food. Khloe Mai had a great time with all of the kids and rarely left the slide or her car. Ashley's cousins Ila, Tucker and Ryan were great babysitters and kept a watchful eye on Khloe Mai. Geanie's family also made it down it was great to have so many friend and relatives to celebrate KMs first birthday. Thanks to everyone that showed up, the gifts, the donated lawn furniture and kegerator, and for all of the fond memories with Khloe Mai that day! We look forward to celebrating many more happy birthdays inthe future!

New Dining Room

Geanie got inspired to get our dining room redone. We repainted the walls, changed the lighting, updated the drapes and bought some new leather chairs and a storage cabinet.

Gotwald's Wedding

My good friend from Rose Greg Gotwald got married in Indy this weekend and I left the wife and kid and took a flight out there to help celebrate. I stayed with Kelly Ojala and his wife Megan (who's expecting) and had a great time going to Broadripple that Friday night and rehashing punchy face with Rev! We had a cool little Rose alumn soccer game early Sat morning and Ian/Andy Doll almost had to be taken off in a stretcher. I also almost froze my toes off playing in the wet grass!

The wedding was awesome and Greg and Lindsay are such an awesome couple! Michael Nietch almost missed the ceremony but some how he pulled it off and was there in time. I of course drank too much both nights, slept too little (about 6hrs total) but had a fun time seeing a lot of old college buddies I haven't seen in a long time, some over 10 years! I also realized that traveling without your family is nice but it really sucks when you miss them! It was nice to get back into SD, I don't like cold weather!