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hawaii beaches take 3 of top 10 spots

TripAdvisor travelers ranked Kailua Beach #3, while Tunnels Beach (Kauai) and Waimea Bay (O’ahu) grabbed 6 and 10, respectively. Pretty cool that we live here. We’d have to agree that this is an awesome beach. Some funny things Sammy has said recently, before I forget: The ladies at the cleaners enjoy talking to him. One [...]

a favor is . . .

“a load” according to Sammy. We were dragging about a dozen big bags of leaves about a block down to some trash cans. This was a favor for a neighbor so that their green waste would get picked up tomorrow. We were walking by anyway and figured we’d help. Sam was a real help dragging [...]

ball kick-and-catch movie

video: ball kick and catch The video above is Sam showing off his kick and catch skills at Gramma and Grandpa Pete’s little cottage. It is wonderful to see him have so much fun with at least one set of grandparents. Wish all the family could be so close! At least we’ve had wonderful extended [...]

Sam drop-kicking

He’s been working really hard on this skill! He drops the ball then gives it a good kick. The ball is one that was sent to us by our postal carrier (Jeanine-Anne) in Coronado when he was born. So the ball is 3 yrs old and still kickin’! It was initially covered with a sweet [...]

sea glass necklace

Sam and I have had head colds all week, so I am particularly pleased that something nice came out of this week – I’ve been slowed down enough to make a necklace out of sea glass we found! I have the bizarre compulsion to clean the house and take care of odd chores when I’m [...]