Chicken Strips and BYUH

This morning as I was getting breakfast going, Micah proclaimed, "Awwwwh. I don't want to go to school today. (growl). But I want to eat chicken strips!" Needless to say, I laughed out loud and so did Randy. The dilemmas of a 5 y.o. For those of you still scratching your head at that statement, Micah was referring to what was on the menu at the cafeteria for lunch today. He did go to school with some resistance but then conceded to another day of school. He has improved. He does go now on his own. Yay Micah!
After dropping the kids off to school, Randy and I drove down to his work. There was a meeting at BYUH for all the faculty, staff and administration, where they would welcome the new employees. The spouses were invited to attend. So I took advantage of having no kids and joined my husband. I have just enjoyed seeing all the familiar faces from friendships before. I also enjoy just being on the campus. After being and working in other places for Randy and I, you really appreciate how special BYU-Hawaii is. After spending all morning with him, we had lunch. I know, I'm spoiled. I then headed home to pick up the kids from school (they have early release on Wednesdays). We got home, did some homework, then headed back to BYUH to go swim in the pool there. The kids really enjoyed that good old chlorine water. After swim, we headed home to relax. That evening we went over to the elementary school for Kara's open house. She had made a dinosaur diorama. She had done a good job. My little ar-teest!


I took the kids home and headed out the door back to BYUH (it's 7 mins from my house in case you were wondering), for a dinner they were having for the new employees. Let me just say they have some good chefs there. It was great food! It was a busy day but a fun one. It also helped me to see what a blessing it is, not only for Randy, but for the rest of us, for Randy to be working at BYUH.

Catching Up!

I'm not quite there yet with all my posts, but I am catching up. I have the most recent post up, and am trying to (randomly it seems), work backwards. I posted, along with this recent one, Micah's birthday (in July), and Memorial Day (in May). Happy reading.

Happy Birthday Callie . . . and Aunty Julie . . . oh yeah, and Tanith.

August 18th is a special day in the Sasaki Clan. We have three family members born on that day. Cool huh. The first is Aunty Julie, then Tanith, and now Callie (Aunty Julie's daughter). Today we gathered at Callie's house for her 1st birthday!!! It was fun! We did all kinds of things:



- got dirty -saw bugs -pet a dog -ate cake -started a fire
-ate food -made smores -ate food -talked with friends
-talked with family -played games -did I mention eating food?

It was a night filled with activity and fun, and we are so glad we were able to be a part of the celebration. Happy Birthday Girls!

A Jillion Pieces

Randy's youngest sister, Aunty Jill (as she is best known as), started her own little business. She's been doing it for over a year now. She makes jewelery, cute jewelery, actually it's more like delicious jewelery. I think she is inspiring because this is something that she enjoys to do, and she has been making a living out it. Way to go Jill. She sells her stuff online at myspace.com/ajillionpieces. You should check out the website because the pictures show her pieces well. BTW, they're great christmas and birthday presnts as well (I know, I'm shameless).
She had her first craft-fair event. We decided to check it out. The whole family was pretty much there to support her. It was a fun day being there.

The top-middle picture is Jill, she's wearing pink. The other picture on the bottom-left is Jan (the oldest of the 3 sisters). Julie was there as well helping out. Kara modeling a piece that grandma bought for her. The boys went and did something manly, they got sharks painted on their arms (cave-man grunt here).

Done!

I finished the book! With some planning of meals ahead of time, and intermittent breaks to check on the survival of my family, I read the last page today. I agree with Shannen, that it was the best out of the whole series. Let me just say, I had the most fun reading it, mainly because the texting between chapters and scenes with some of you was great. Every time I stopped to read, I had my phone with me (you'd think it was my bookmark). Thank you guys!!! Let me know when the rest of you are done.

Ali'i Beach

My sister-in-law attends the ward that we used to be in before ever moving to AZ. We still feel a part of that ward due to the many friends we have there. Jan invited us to their ward picnic they were having at Ali'i Beach Park (which is in Haleiwa). After driving to Walmart first for some miscellaneous items, a bathing suit, and Breaking Dawn, we headed back to Haleiwa. We were successful with all but the swim suit for me. Oh well, I will just have to keep looking.

The kids were happy to be going to the beach, and especially since there would be cousins to play with. The boys played in the sand and surf. We had a hard time (or at least I did), getting the kids from the beach to the grassy area for some lunch. Lunch of course, was a potluck of irresistable local kine grinds (hehe). Jan and Aaron and their gang had to leave early. We stayed behind for 2 more hours of fun in the sun. There were turtles in the water close to us. Every 5 mins, you would see them pop their head out of the water for a breather. One popped his head out, which caught Micah off guard because it was closer than he was comfortable with. Oh yeah, almost forgot. Micah had caught a baby crab and was playing with it. All of sudden he started screaming, and I figured out, he dropped the crab in his pants (keep the comments clean now). He was jumping up and down screaming. I was laughing. I told him to take his pants off. He began to do it, then came to his senses that he was in a public place (I know, I still have it in my head that he's younger than he is), and looked at me like "are you crazy". I then directed him to go in the ocean and do it because no one would be able to him. Here's where it gets a little complicated. The turtle that was slowly moving to shore was still in the water. Which was scarier, the turtle, or the crab in the pants. Micah opted to get rid of the crab, he hesitated, but finally resolved to jump in the water. He stripped while in there and got rid of it, we think. He put his pants back on and came out. This is why I started blogging (LOL).

Yes, that is me under that towel. I buried myself in my highly anticipated book of the year "Breaking Dawn". I didn't realize Randy took these pictures of me until we got home. The towel on my head was for two reasons, to cut down the reflection of the sun off the sand and to keep from getting too wet when the rain showers passed through. It was a fun day, thanks for the invite!

Breaking Dawn

In honor of the release of Breaking Dawn, I put up this eye-sore of a  background to celebrate the countdown. Bear with me, less than 24hrs to go.