brother and sister best friends

"A real friend is hard to find
difficult to leave and impossible
to forget."

Kiel and Kaitlyn are more to each other than
just brother and sister they are best friends
and they are always there for each other
even when they don't see eye to eye on
things. Jeff and I are glad that we
raised them to be this with each other
because when we are gone truly all they
will have is each other. and coming from
a family who lost their parents that statement
is true to me. they love to have long conversations
with each other that is sacred between them
(we can't know unless they feel we need to know)


Kiel started his senior year of high school yesterday
and it means a lot of things to all of us. his school year
seems to start earlier and earlier and finishes just as fast.

He is beginning to start production meetings for his fall
school play. and he is his Senior class School Board Rep
among his other activities. he plans on going away to college so
he and Kaitlyn have been making all kinds of plans
of things they want to do and places they want to
go, ( Jeff and I are included in some of them)

they are so much alike yet so different
which has been very interesting, they are
each other's protector and as Kiel has put it
if a guy breaks her heart he will have to break
his face!( Kiel is a black-belt in Aikido)

she says the same thing she does not want any girl
breaking his heart as well.

where ever the path leads them in their lifetime
I am glad that they are friends but incredibly proud
that they are brother and sister.

Magnum P.I. A.K.A. Tom Selleck

On August 22, 1987 I had the sweet pleasure of Having
my picture taken with actor Tom Selleck! it was my last
day of living in Hawaii. so it made it even more special

we lived in Hawaii for 3 1/2 years it was Jeff's overseas
duty while he was in the U.S. Coast Guard anyway I had a job
as a reservationist in downtown Honolulu and I would
always see them filming the popular T.V. show Magnum P.I.
I watched that old t.v. show faithfully still even in reruns today.

The company I worked for gave awesome Christmas presents
to their staff and I got a three day all expense hotel stay at
the resort that was used in Magnum P.I. known in the show
as the Kamehameha Club it is really known as the Colony Surf.

The room was beautiful the kind of room only celebrities would stay
in with a panoramic view overlooking the volleyball quarts and
beach which is when Jeff noticed MR. Selleck getting ready to
go into the beach we ran down and when Tom got out of the Ocean
Jeff explained it was our last day there and that I was a big fan
and He agreed to take the photo it was one of many
high lights in my career as a military wife.

He was the first celebrity that I met and taken a photo with
the second was last month with country singer Taylor Swift.
we did not have any children when we lived in Hawaii
we had great memories and I loved the Hawaiian people
I learned so much, like how to make flower lei's and
to appreciate Hawaiian food. most of the locals as they are called
thought I was of Hawaiian descent. I have a friend who is pure
Hawaiian and still resides there and taught me some hula.
we keep in touch every year around Christmas time.

we are planning a trip to Hawaii after Kiel graduates
(funny note when Kiel was 2 years old he came across the
photo and thought Tom Selleck was a photo of daddy!
kids gotta love em!)

LOVE

The only love you keep is the
one you give away.

Kaitlyn and Me

This is me and my beautiful daughter Kaitlyn.
I feel very blessed to be this teenagers
mother (yes, she can drive me crazy but that is
her job at her age!) but it is a crazy I would not
trade for anything. Kaitlyn was a blessing
because we were told Kiel would be our only child
and then surprise we were blessed with this lovely gal.

she has come from a baby born with low muscle tone
she had to have physical therapy to build it up ( which you
would never know now) to being bit in the face twice by two
different dogs (she still loves dogs) and last year had to have
knee surgery. she is a strong, passionate young lady,
I admire her so, she is strong in her faith and fights for
what she believes in, she is shy but once she feels comfortable
comes out of her shell like gangbusters! I see so much of my
sisters and brothers traits in her.( I also see a lot of me that
i wish I would of become when I was her age)


people say we sound a like on the phone she does not
think so! we always do fun things together weather it
be take a walk , go shopping/or window shopping or
just going to see a "chick flick" or convincing me that
I need to take her and her best friend to a concert or
be the volunteer parent to drive them places!!

she is very close to her brother Kiel which makes me
very happy they are two years apart they are best friends
like my sister Helen and brother Peter were. she is also
close with her God Parents my sis Jeanne and her husband
Shoji.

she has such a big heart and has high aspirations for
herself and I know she will achieve them, because she
knows that God always has her back and that the family
unit is there for her as well.

"The bond between a mother and daughter is LOVE"

Remember When

Do you remember when mom & pop diners would only
serve meals at those times, or when French Fries were really
only 25 cents! and of course getting ice cream for the above
prices was at THRIFTY DRUG STORE

I remember!!

Eve

My sister Eve is such a wonderful person
she is a 2nd grade teacher well she has been
teaching at the same school she student taught
in over 30 years ago and this is her final year
of teaching at the school because she is retiring
this year.
there are many quotes about teachers
but one saying I like that makes me think
of my sis is
"Teachers change the world one child at a time"

I remember my sister bringing home papers to
grade and staying up late she still does this
she now has some of her past students children
and I think that is pretty cool because it is a full
circle thing.

one of her past students was accepted into Harvard
and told her that she inspired him I thought that to be
awesome for her. when she told me that she was retiring
this year I had to stop and think just how many lives she
impacted in her teaching career I know she has helped advise
me and mine when we needed it. she never married and
all the nieces and nephews kind of in some ways became
her kids as well. she used to travel a great deal I hope
she returns to that when she retires. She and Mary
share my parents home.

Eve is quiet, she has a love for plays, (she and kiel just
came back from the Oregon where they attended
a week of plays and she and I share a passion for old movies
and hiking. she has a big heart and will do anything for our
family.

I am glad that she and Kiel have things in common
it's nice that they enjoy this and Kiel plans on taking
her to Oregon again in the future.

another quote that makes me think of my sis is"
"To Teach is to Touch a life forever"

in my youth my sister has touched my life forever
by teaching me and by being my sister.

soul2soul

My husband Jeff and I go on dates and Last night
my husband surprised me by taking me to
see Tim McGraw and Faith Hill and their soul 2 soul
tour. we had such a great time and I was so thrilled to
take these photos.the concert was surprisingly
very long it started at 8:15pm
and was still going on when we left at 11:45!
I love all kinds of music but country music has
been one of my love's! Faith Hill was good
but of course I have to give props to Tim McGraw
my heart melted when he sang "live like you were dying"
because it reminded me a lot of one of my brothers
and then he melted my heart strings with his new song
"if your reading this" because I was thinking about
friends and my nephew being over seas
and my favorite part of the night was the
last song they sang together "I need You"
anyway if you ever get the chance to see them
in concert take a chance and do it!!!