Showing posts with label Family Time. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Family Time. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Utah has truly made us feel at home.......
We have had a wonderful journey since we left Hawaii
Al is building his business with Larry Miller Corp
I have worked for Estee Lauder for the last 2 years ,
Retail has reaked havoc on my feet, I have a few physical issues
with Plantar Faciitis and a bone spur in my right foot.
So I am at home and not working at the present.
Out Travis is returning home in a week
 from his Mission where he has served  2 full years
in Spokane Wa, speaking Spanish and Marshallese.
We are elated to have him home!
Aubree won Miss Utah Teen 2011 and now works
for Tokyo Disney as Cinderella,Ariel,Belle
and also resides in Tokyo making a bundle
Connor turned 16 and is driving and works for Mega Plex Theaters
Makinsee has finished Junior High, has a babysitting clientele
 and is also looking forward to a fun summer in San Francisco.

here are some photo highlights from July 2011 to April 2012
 Travis and companion baptizing a family
 Lovely Aubree as Miss Utah Teen 2011-2012
 Our handsome Connor 16 and on top of the World

Here is our beautiful Makinsee, almost 14...going on 20...hahaha we love her 

Tuesday, July 26, 2011

catching up!!! from March -August 2011

No more HIGH SCHOOL for our sweet Aubree 


3 generations

we love NANA

Our awesome Missionary on the left
Elder Travis Alan Williams
due home April 2012

Here is my Birthday boy who turned the big
"50" this year on July 22, 2011
he still bakes my cake!!

Monday, February 28, 2011

Our life's journey From September 2010 to March 2011

Mitchell Bertell Van Wye Died 9-18-2010 my Brother was 54 :( heart attack)
our snow covered castle in Utah
Connor is dreaming of sand and warm clear water...hahah


 Elder Williams  loving the snow  in Washington, Spokane

 Aubree Ann in her Senior photos for 2011....



Making new friends with Aubree's Missionary Ferron and his cousin Marley and families....soooooawesome!

this is Miss Marci who is writing our Missionary Elder Williams, she is now going on a Mission as well..she will be home 4 months after Travis! :)

Here is our Connor who has now hit 6'1" and undefeated team at Alta in Sandy, "THE HAWKS"
Yes this sums it all up with our soon to be 13 year old Makinsee...

and life is still ever changing.....we move through it the best we can.....it is all in the JOURNEY....

Friday, June 18, 2010

Our Sun is setting for our Adventure in Hawaii...The Land of my Father


And so it is that we are leaving Hawaii at the end of June. I have started to pack up the boxes and prepare for my Family to relocate to Southern California.....

I came to Hawaii to Honor my  Hawaiian Heritage and the Land of my Father ,that he was taken from over 65 years ago and he never did return because of the loss of his Mother that he never was allowed to see or talk too once he left the Islands with his Father and brother, both young under the age of 10.

The tragic story of my Father's journey , being torn from his Mother through an ugly divorce after Pearl Harbor was bombed and relocated to a cement jungle in San Francisco, far from the warm clear waters and gentle breezes and the sweet kisses of his Mother is what brought me home to Hawaii.

Since My Father died after I was married and had never returned to the islands, I felt that if I ever had the opportunity, I would come to the place where he treasured in his heart and honor him, through teaching my children the beautiful things of the Hawaiian Culture. This would be the ultimate ALOHA to my Father and Grandmother and the ancestors before me, to Honor them, to do there genealogy and to stand as a witness that they lived and were always loved, no matter how far the sea separated them.

I thought I was here in Hawaii to stay, but I know that our move back to the mainland is the right move. I will be forever grateful and honored for this exquisite experience...
and it isn't goodbye to Hawaii...only ALOHA O'E until we meet again....

Friday, June 4, 2010

FInally "12" her last year of Pre-teenness

I KNOW..........she doesn't look 12!!, well with 3 older siblings all teenagers, she just can't help it!
She will be going into the Young Women s Organization on Sunday .
She no longer has to attend with the primary kids and she is soooo excited.
We went shopping on her Birthday she got her eyebrows done for the first time and had  a makeup lesson form MAC at Macy's.
We shopped for a new church dress and ordered Chinese food and had an Ice cream cake for dessert.
She loved her cards and gifts  and wonderful Birthday calls from friends who sang their hearts out!
Her surprise gift was from the Mangome's from Utah who sent her an edible arrangement with chocolate dipped fruit and SHE LOVED IT!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY MAKINSEE!
YOU GO GIRL!


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Monday, April 26, 2010

LOVING THE MOMENT!

Having a great time in Salt Lake with family and friends,Travis is so happy and excited to enter the MTC in 2 days,
I have been traveling with my two oldest and we are really loving the moments together.

I'll check in soon
missing you all
Aloha
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Friday, April 2, 2010

Wisdom?



 Today was the day for Travis to have all four of his Wisdom teeth pulled.He was very courageous and relieved that it is over and done.Now he is counting down the days to leave on April 22 for Utah and his new adventure as a Missionary.I thought this would be a good page in the Family journal to remember his final days at home...here are some facts about wisdom teeth,
They are generally thought to be called wisdom teeth because they appear so late—much later than the other teeth, at an age where people are presumably "wiser" than as a child, when the other teeth erupt. The English wisdom tooth is derived from Latin dens sapientiae.


I made meatloaf,macaroni and cheese and chocolate cupcakes with chocolate frosting,
hoping he remembers the comfort food and not the "WISDOM"

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

WHAT A RIDE!





 This is my girl!!! I owned her for two wonderful years!!
Of all the cars I have owned, this one is my favorite. she drove like a dream...
As you started her up,she would growl with her deep rumbling pipes, preparing you for an assured adventure on the open road. 
She was flashy and always attracting a positive energy. It was often that I would get a thumbs
up as passing cars would give there salute of admiration as a kind of payment for a glimpse of her beauty.  I think I would of loved a lot about the 50"s!!
She just screamed kool!! 
I felt wonderful behind her wheel, timeless, classic and just pure style.... 
I gave any and all who wanted a spin in her a ride , I felt very generous with her, I knew she was a blessing and
I am all for sharing the JOY!

My Husband drove this 56 Chevy Truck,
he did not let anyone drive it!


This was his favorite too! It was a time of "Sweet Rides" for the both of us.
My eldest son took both cars to the high school for the year book photos.
He somehow felt like they were his too!! at 16 who wouldn't?
These cars went with our new Business!
We bought this building from a local bank and remodeled it from an old mexican restaurant
to  a very kool Diner!

We lived another dream opening this restaurant...
but we worked so many hours that our family time was gone.
None of my children miss the business, they also worked  and lived it with us.







We lived up in a canyon during our brief stay

in Idaho, so driving her along the country roads was truly nostalgic...here are a few pictures of our home on the hill.
  
This is our country cottage on 3 acres in Sugar Creek
out in Cub River, Idaho


  
This is Sugar Creek that runs through the base of the property.
We only lived here  just under 2 years. 
We really do not miss the cold, but it was beautiful.
Nothing like the living in the country, I do miss my horses and the easy breezy country days.

 

It was fun to give it a go in the restaurant biz, I think we miss our cars the most!!
My Caddy went to Belgium on sale through Ebay and Al's truck sold to Colorado .
We knew that Hawaii was not a place for classic cars with all of the salt air!.
Moving everything to Hawaii was very expensive, so we said goodbye to the cars.
There is a season for everything, if I have learned one thing it is that "THINGS" come and go
but "Families are Forever".
people have questioned us for moving a few times in the last 5 years. Aren't we worried about the kids?
How  will they adjust? and the questions kept coming?
We felt that we are willing to take risks as long as we are in sync as a family.We never made decisions
without a family council and lots of prayer.

We are California natives,we are both from Northern Cal, but I was raised in Southern Cal.
When the Real Estate slumped in Calif in 05, we relocated to Idaho to try a new business in a new
climate and a better economy or so we thought?. It just was not for us, but we did follow through with our goals and the finished product was very desirable. It was through our blood ,sweat and hard cold cash that we knew we wanted something else!!
Isn't that always the way, only after hard work do we come out the other side knowing what we do and do not want  ?
We knew that we did not want to live in the snow! We knew we wanted,
preferably the warm sun, ocean water and if we had to do any struggling, let it be in Paradise!
Many lessons were learned from our move to Idaho.Our best friends moved their as well. It was hard to leave them since we had never lived in the same town before. They have found a peaceful life there
and we are so happy for them. We also  still have family that is sprinkled all over Cache Valley.
It was a memorable experience and it is what catapulted us to Hawaii. For that I will always be
grateful for our "RIDE" through Idaho and ALOHA!!