I took Andy and Leilani’s photo
…while Leilani photographed their shadow
Andy made a pipe cleaner flower thirty some years before Leilani
Leilani and friends painted these mermaids and Leilani arranged them and took the photo
End of August we went to visit Julia and her family at a cabin in Kokee
Julia’s friend Kaitlin and her dad Alan were there as well
Dinner at Genki Sushi on our way home
On August 11th Leilani and I hiked Nounou. Before breakfast…
We called Andy when we were at the rocks and he zoomed in… look closely
Andy and I went on a date, kayaking in the harbor.
Leilani took swimming lessons
Dwarf Coconuts in Moloa’a
School Bus. Funny to post that now…
Leilani had a pretty bad accident and had to be glued in the emergency room. Julia was nice enough to wait with us.
One forgotten fair photo
Jim says:
The thank-you card from Leilani arrived last Friday and I forgot to mention it. I think the Black Stallion scarf is great. Leilani’s fonetic spelling of the wierd English words is really neat. Reminds me of me, never cud spell it ther way and still kant. It took me awhile to figure some of it out, just shows how brainwashed you can get. The toughest was “hu” and after awhile I decided she was correct and the rest of us wrong, why would anyone spell it “who”? I had trouble with that word until end of third grade, and now I know why. Everybody had it rong, “Tha Girl hu luvd wild hosis” is rite. And don’t you dare laugh at her for it or even fuss a little. Eventually she will learn, probably before third grade.
Thanks for the photo, Jim!
I’m really happy Jim wrote this, it sums up much of what I think of English spelling, but as a foreigner feel I can’t really say loudly…
In other news, Leilani’s German spelling is on track, most words with 4-5 letters she writes correctly. But then, of course German has words like Geburtstagskuchen and Sachertortenschokoladenglasur and Aprikosenkonfituere that are hard to spell too, and that reminds me why I should stop blogging now. (Happy Birthday Andy!)