Quarterly Update:

So here is a brief rundown of the past 3 months. We really are trying to Blog more often but we are usually at work and school in town (Honolulu, 1 hour away) and don't seem to find the time. When we are home we are usually making food and watching the Dick Van Dyke Show so you can see that there is little time for extra curricular activities. I don't know how everyone keeps up? Soon we will learn....baby steps, baby steps.
Well, we ended 2007 in Portland Oregon. On our last day we were able to spend some time with some of my good friends from High school. Kristina Shaw and Natalie Wilson. Natalie and Mark just bought a cute house in Portland and they have 2 gray Hens in there back yard. They don't have names but I wanted to call them Henrietta and Florence.


We went out that night and ate the worlds largest Pita....

Came home and took apart the Charlie Brown Christmas Tree (then loaded the dry thing up with fireworks at the beach and set it in FIRE)...

My sister Joni traveled back to New Orleans to march in Harry Connick Jr's Mardi Gras Parade called "Orpheus". She plays a huge drum in a Samba group. Lookin' hot my sista!

Chris turned the big 30 on Feb. 3rd so I threw him a party 'Senior Citizen' style! he made a doodie when we surprised him that night and I was so glad he was all diapered up!

We got the organization bug and pulled everything out of our garage and organized it on the lawn. We gave away %60 of the crap.


The garage was tidy but the overflow....


ended up in the house for more sorting.

Our Cesspool was finally cemented in.

We had crazy surf on the North Shore (pics are of Waimea).

Chris made an "UnBirthday" cake (he said he was hungry for chocolate).


I had surgery for Endometriosis which went well. But I had a slight case of Anemia afterward and my back bruised up. We will start Invitro this summer which means I will be overloaded with Hormone shots and cannot be held responsible for irrational/wacky behavior.

While recovering I learned how to solve the Rubik's Cube... 3 min. is my best time so far.


Our friends Tad and Amber Baltzer and Johnny and Julie B came out to visit and Tad made an illegal left hand turn on his board. His board crashed on his head and part of his fin broke off and was stuck in there!!!!!!!!! The good ol' Kahuku hospital ER gave him a few staples to close it up.

My niece and nephew starred in their High school play "Into the Woods". Ali was crazy Rapunzel and Jacob was Prince Charming. Good job thesbo's!

In my town, the local ranch puts on a huge Easter egg hunt for kids. This includes pony rides, hidden eggs with money, and the Easter Bunny comes riding down the hill on a horse of course!


Easter night we got together with friends and had a jam session...or at least we listened to Nathan and Zane Jam, Folk-Style(watch the video)! Zane's wife Anna made a yummy peach pie, Baby J kissed baby Elizabeth, Taylor beat me at a Rubik's cube match and of course I tortured a cat on the sabbath....Easter Sabbath! What is wrong with me? (watch that video too if you promise not to judge me).

Rocky lefts

Here are a few pictures of the surf from when the Beutlers and Baltzers were out here in early March.

OK, Fine... Are you all happy now?

Well, it appears that Jackie and I have received enough crap about not updating this thing that here I am...updating. No baby yet in either of our tummies...regardless of what Cardin thinks, its just food. Well, that's about it. Nothing really changed all that much, besides... we see most of you (or at least speak with you) multiple times a week. I guess I'll try to scrounge up a few new pictures or something.

Laters

Here is a photo summary (sorry about the turned over pics, too much effort to figure out how to turn them, just kink your head to the side and you should be fine).

We went to the Big Island for my Birthday in '07




and ended Jackies Day Care.
I built new shaping racks and a new board (well, the board is getting older now).


Jackie and Robin went to the Kokua Festival and met up with some of our Townie friends.
Then we went to California and partied like rockstars at a Bree+Leif's wedding and saw some famous people at the Pirates Red Carpet.



Thanks for looking at us Johnny! (with heavy sarcasim)

Jackie went to the dentist (shhh, she might not know I snuck this one in)
I got my killer job in the UH Oceanography Dept. Here is the Lanai tide station I helped with. I also went to Cape Verde, Senegal, and the Azores for work. One day I will post some pictures of that trip, all the pics are on my work computer now.
Jackie cut my hair for the 1st time ever...
And I tried bleaching hers! What happened? Where did the blue come from...I didn't do it!
Thanksgiving was at our house where Pilgrim Corbin carved his 1st turkey. Thanks for showing up all ya all. We had some good grinds. Who made those crunchy sweet sweet potatos?

Disater struck in the form of a heavy storm and the power went out for a whole day. Powerlines were down and crossing some roads so we were trapped and couldn't get to work, so... oh darn we had to surf all day (secret spot...if you were there you know where this was)

For Christmas, we had a pretty sad tree. Charlie Brown style. And went to oregon to spend time with the lovable Browns. We also snowboarded with the Moss's (formerly of the 808 state).

That just about wraps up 2007. Keep checking back and we'll have some 2008 pics up soon (yeah right, but we'll try better this year).

Peace Out and watch LOST for the TV debut of our Laie Family. (I heard that Kate's Attorney was supposed to be a lot better looking but the originally cast person couldn't make it)

V-Land 1-20-07

Chris Surfing @ V-land, Filming by Jackie