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“Dad, you make the goodest things in the whole world!”

Sam proclaimed this over a meatloaf dinner that Dave whipped up somehow while being on “point” for the kids as I finished the last long hours of editing a book. Deadline is this week…may slip from Tues but I’m still hoping it will stick this week.

Dear Sam and Ben,

Ben’s first “hike”! Good morning, boys. It’s 7am and thankfully you’re still asleep after several mornings of early “ups”. I’ve had my coffee and am starting to feel human. It’s quiet here, as I listen to our neighbor water her plants (hopefully hitting ours, too!). I love this picture of you two from a few [...]

Father’s Day weekend

We usually have some kind of adventure on Father’s Day. This year was no exception. Click on the picture to see what we did

Hawaiian canoe adventure

This is adventure day #3 Six of us (4 of whom had never paddled before) rented a Hawaiian canoe (wa’a) from base. We paddled out into the bay and learned the basics from our experienced buddies, Angel and Heidi. Angel called out the strokes for us (1 through 10, then hut, ho and switch) while [...]

Dave’s traditional mai tai recipe

Mom called to look for this recipe today, so I figured I should post it in our “recipe box”… 2oz light rum 1oz orange curacao 1oz orgeat syrup Juice of 1 lime Float dark rum on top  Garnish with pineapple and cherry. Use decent rum, such as Cruzan. Bacardi would be ok.