Saturday Night

Today has been a long day. Since we are staying with my mom, I think I have mentioned that we are cleaning and decluttering. Well, the process has started. I tackled the bedroom that Ku and I are sleeping in, as well as the closets that are in the hall. Man, you can get so much 'junk' in 16 years. So I threw things away, and took things to the DI. I don't think anyone will miss things. If they haven't been used in the last 2 years, they are GONE. So that was pretty easy. Except when you usually get rid of things, that is when things are needed or missed.

The kids got to play with Noah today. I watched Noah for a couple of hours before Krys got off work. What a sweet kid. Alec played with Lego's, and Noah played with the Train set. And they played together. Ku and I have felt like it has been such a busy day...and tonight we went to Krys's house to have dinner with her and Robby and Noah. We brought the Fruit Salad, and Krystal made a chicken dinner by Rachel Ray. It was good. Then after we put Logan down, for bed, we played a game called Wrong. It was interesting, a question would be read and we would have to answer it with the Wrong answer. for example: What kinda Fruit is on a Banana Split...the answer would be anything but Banana. It is done with a timer so it is kinda stressful till you get the hang of it. I did towards the end.

Tomorrow we start here in the First Ward, and Logan isn't quite 18 mths, but I think I will see if we can take him to nursery. I might wait till next week after the older kids are gone. It is weird, now that Alec is 3, he will be starting Sunbeams in January, so that is what, next week. Crazy!

Friday

Wow, what a week it has been. We are at my parents house now. This is where we will be calling home for awhile. We got here last night. Yesterday, I spent the day cleaning, and packing. Most of our stuff is still in Mtn. Home. We just brought our cloths, and dressers. But someone came over yesterday and bought my Couches, and Piano, and my Kitchen table. It was kinda lonely in my house after these things were gone. So it was better to leave and not worry about it. I do miss my bed, it was the first big purchase that we made after we were married. Oh well, after our house is sold, we will bring it down to Ontario, and hopefully will be able to put it in our room. It is a King, so it makes a difference. My parents only have a queen for us to use. It is a nice bed, but my Hubby is kinda a big guy and takes up a lot of room.

Now the plan is simple, to declutter my mom's house so we can make a wee bit of room for our things. Since they haven't moved for 16 years, almost 17, well it makes for a lot of clutter. The boys have been doing well. This move doesn't seem to effect them yet. They have been moved into the same room, and it hasn't been as hard as I thought it would be. They seem to be doing well. As long as I can get them to go to bed, it is going to work. I am not going to be giving Alec anymore naps, so that he will go to bed right at 7ish, this way he won't keep Logan up. And Logan can get some sleep. It is so far so good. I am sure that his naps are all the way gone, but they are close.

My parents went to visit Ginger in AZ, so this week is kinda a transitional time for Ku and I. He starts School on the 8th, so after he starts school again, he will be able to keep himself busy which is what he needs to do. He is looking for jobs, but the job market is kinda shabby right now.

Our house is on the market in Mtn Home. I sure hope it can sell fast, for we don't have the money to pay for a mortgage that we aren't living in.

Things are good, Ku and I both have had a confirmation that this is where we are suppose to be for awhile. Ku is suppose to get his degree, and Heavenly Father knows it. We just needed to have a swift kick in the head to get it done. I just wish it didn't have to be this drastic of a kick. Oh well, maybe a gentle nudge wouldn't have worked. :)

Christmas Day

WOW, what a day. So much fun, and so many presents. We came to my parents house last night. Was it only yesterday that we came over here on Christmas Eve? Well, yesterday, after church, we spent the afternoon together, then around seven we started our own Christmas Eve Stuff. For the last two years, Ku has been gone on Christmas Eve, so this was quite a treat. Especially since Alec was able to really enjoy this holiday. We sang songs from the Hymnal, and then we read the Christmas Story. It was so nice. We really had a nice time. I will have to invest in a Christmas book about Santa for us. We also took a video pictures of the kids last night. It is going to be a tradition. A tradition that we interview the kids each year at Christmas time, and then as they get older, we will watch the amazing changes that the kids make every year.

This morning we woke up to Alec and Jesiah laughing. We layed Alec down in the same room. So they woke up together at 6am. We kept them in bed till 6:30 then I let them go for it. They first woke up Tutu and Papa, then they went and woke up Nicole and Ket. Then they went downstairs and ohhed and aweed over the Christmas Stockings, and the presents. It was a nice morning. Even though we as a Kahalekomo Family didn't have a lot to exchange, it was still nice. Ku and I didn't spend the money on each other, but we were able to get Alec and Logan a couple of presents the day after Thanksgiving sales. this is before we lost our job. So this was good that we were already done with that stuff. We gave Alec a remote control Hummer, and We gave Logan a small exercise Trampoline. Not so he can exercise, but because he loves to jump up and down, all the time. So this was perfect for him. We also, gave Alec a small tool set cabinet thingy. It is nice because from our good friends in Mtn Home, Nani, she gave Alec some more tools, so it went along perfectly. tutu and Papa gave Alec a Tinker Toys, which he loves because he can build things with them. And They gave Logan a couple of dump trucks. Grandma and Grandpa Warr gave Alec a towel that had Cars on it, and they gave Logan a race car. Which I had to keep away from Alec. Grandma and Grandpa Kahalekomo gave Alec and Logan both remote control cars, and these flashlights that change colors. which they both loved tons. Thank you to everyone shared in making our Christmas wonderful.

We are going back to Mountain Home tomorrow so we can finish patching up the wall in the Laundry Room, and then we are going to come back to Ontario on Thursday. At least that is the plan. This is what we need to do. the sooner Ku can get a job, the better.

Thursday

Well, we are still here in Ontario. We didn't make it back to Mountain Home yet. We just had too many things to do today. So when we were done, it was too late to go home. Also it snowed today, so when we were done, it was dark, and the conditioned weren't good enough to drive in.

I didn't sleep very well last night. i think i must have a cold, or something because I couldn't breath threw my nose, and if you know me, you know that that is my pet peeve. I can't stand not being able to breath threw my nose. So I was away much of the night. Then Alec came in, and well, that was the end of my night. Some how, some way, we need to figure out how to get my king size bed upstairs in this house, even if we are only going to be here for a little while, this queen isn't going to cut it. After we got up, I started to work on a power point for my dad, he has to do a presentation for Ontario City council, hopping to get a good Power Point presentation, I started early. Well, it didn't work out, so after a few hours, it was scrapped. Oh well, I tried. the problem was with the computer, when we tried to update our computers with Windows 2003, we lost some vital info from the original program, so I was unable to use my Power Point in conjunction with the Word program. I think we are going to have to just take everything off, and start over.

All day, Noah has been here playing with Alec. They have had a ton of fun with mom's train set. Thomas the train set, they provided hours of entertainment for Alec and Logan, and Noah. I was so worn out from having the three kids here all day, both my kids went to bed at 7:30pm. so nice. It has been a long day.

Ku has been really busy also, he was busy repacking our belongings that we brought down here from Mountain Home. We bought some plastic storage cases, because who knows how long we will need to store our things. So we bought them, so they would be okay. I am glad that we have them, now our things will be safe from rodents, and other stuff. After Ku repacked our things, he went and got our snow tires on our car. It cost $52 wow, that is a ton of money. Hopefully we won't have to put them on the Focus also. That would be $52 on and off x 2. wow, that is WAY too much money. So after he finished doing that, we feed the kids and put them in the baths, then to bed. Oh yea.

Tomorrow, we need to head back to Mountain Home. We still need to take the trailer to Les Swabb to fix the tires. Then we will head back. we are leaving the computers here, so I won't sign on again till after Christmas.

Wednesday

Wow, what a week so far. I feel like I am just flying by the seat of my pants. First off, Ku's Dad's Eye got tons worse the next morning. Here is his picture of him in the morning, AFTER he was able to get it open. Looks really bad uh? If you click on the picture, it will enlarge it.

So my in laws left on Sunday morning. And then durning Church Ku and I had been asked to speak. Ugh, I am not a public speaker. Ku is, but me. Um no! But actually it wasn't as bad as I remember it being. But my talk was under ten minutes. Fortunately there was a choir to sing, so Ku had about fifteen minutes to talk, and boy oh boy was he good. But he is a natural speaker. I wish I had that talent.

We hvae chosen the Realtor that we are going to use. So we just now have to get our house ready for sell. I planned on making a trip to Ontario so I could pick up the trailor, and On Tuesday I needed to be here in Ontario so the Internet guy could come and install the cable for our Internet. So I was here all day on Tuesday, then Tuesday night we put the trailer on the Mountaineer, and I headed off to Mountain Home. Well, oh well, right after Caldwell, I was flagged by another driver on the Freeway, and they told me I had a flat. So I pulled over and I had a flat on the drivers side back wheel. Luckily the trailer has two tires in the back, so it didn't jerk me around. I pulled off to the side of the road, and went slowly to the next exit. Then Dad came because he had a spare tire, and the correct stuff to change the tire. Which wasn't in the SUV, so I took the kids inside Carls Jr. to wait. I got them french fries to keep them occupied. I didn't get home to Ku till around ten. Ku stayed in Mtn. Home so he could paint, and do other touch up stuff that we needed to get done in order to paint the house. So that is why Ku stayed. And not to mention it is a lot easier to paint without the kids around.

So Today is Wednesday, we packed a load onto the trailer, and came to Ontario. The stuff that we packed was the stuff that was in our Garage, it was so cluttered. It will sell easier without all that stuff in the garage. We didn't have any flats, so that was good. Ku and I made it to eat a lunch with Dad's Firefighters. It was there annual Holiday Lunch. And I had made a Eggnog pie yesterday for it. And it was a really good pie, I might add. Anyway, it was a good lunch. Now, our computer is here in Ontario, so I will be blogging when I am here. So it will be sporadic for a couple of weeks. But, Don't go away, I'll be around as much as possible.

Saturday

Well today is almost over. My Inlaws have been here, and we have been enjoying there company. We went to our Ward Breakfast Party this morning. It was fun. They had it in the AM so it was a breakfast. If we would have stayed here, we would have been in charge of planning it for next year. Oh well, maybe some day we will get to be in charge of Activities again. I was really looking forward to that calling.

This afternoon, Ku and his parents went for a 6.5 mile run. While they were running, the kids and i took naps. Oh so nice. I had been up since 5am, when Alec chose to make his entrance into our room this morning. Oh man, what a early time. Usually he will go back to sleep, but no not this morning. When my Inlaws and Ku got back, My father in law was covered with blood on his shoulder, and knees, he had a goose egg on his forehead. Guess he took a face plant in the dirt, and kept running. Now that is some runner. Well, now tonight, he has a black eye. hehe, it is kinda funny, but sad all at once. He seems thrilled about his battle wound.

Well, the kids are getting ready for bed. Then we are going to play Hand and Foot till wee hours of the night. Not really, we have to go to bed, Ku and I are talking in Church tomorrow, I am so not exited. I would much rather deal with my kids then speak in church. Ku on the other hand, will do great.

Friday

Well, today has been a hectic day. At least for Ku. He got up with Alec at around 6:30 and then let me sleep in till 8:30ish. Cuz I read my book way too late last night. Till it was done, and so I got to bed around 1:30am. :) I love to read, and when I start something it is really hard to stop. Then after getting up and ready for the day, we picked up the house. Ku's parents came over for the weekend, and so we got things picked up a bit for them. I made some dinner in the Crockpot, and made some Eggnog pie for after dinner tomorrow. Yum...Ku's fav. So it will be something to look forward to tomorrow. We had a nice visit with them before Ku and his dad went to Boise to go with Ket, and Robby and others to a Cage Fight. huh? well, Ku really wanted to go, and he used to Cage Fight, so this might have not been wise for him to go, cuz he still wants to do this kind of work. But he has a family, so he doesn't get to. But he still dreams about it.

I have to go to bed early tonight, like soon, because tomorrow in the AM is our ward Christmas Party, it is a breakfast. At 8:30am, and I was asked to help set up, and decorate. So i'll get up early, and go help set up at 7:30am. That will leave Ku and his mom and dad to get the kids up and ready in time. We will see if they make it on time. Epically if Ku and Wayne get home late tonight.

A new day

Well it has almost been a week since I have posted. That is because it has been a REALLY LONG WEEK. There are things that have happened that I wish on nobody. To make a long story short, we are moving back to Ontario. Ku lost his job because of some bad stuff that is going on in the department of Mtn. Home. I think that the department has some very corrupt men in it. And Ku was the most honest man there, and these corrupt men didn't want a honest person in the department. So well, they chose to let him go, and loose a good hard worker. Ku could stay in the law enforcement field, but we are choosing another way. Ku is going to go back to school at TVCC. Yes we are moving back to Ontario. Now he is going to get to go to school full time, and get his education. Something he has always wanted to do. It has just taken us four years to figure this all out. He wants to teach. He wants to teach high school History. Yea, it might have taken us four years to figure this out, but at least we have figured it out. Yea. So that is our last week in a nutshell.

Tuesday

Well today was kinda a boring day. We didn't leave the house till later this afternoon, and that was just to go get Milk for my milk a holic's, and Cottage Cheese and Yogurt. (which Alec eats ALL the time, together) I did get my house cleaned though. And I did Laundry. I am now reading a good book, and that is a good thing, and a bad thing, cuz I don't like to stop when I am reading books.

Two things that the kiddos did today that were fun. Alec after coming back from the store, when right into go to the bathroom. He came back out with my lipstick all over his face. hehe, he thought it was chap stick, and now I now how much chap stick he would use when I am not around. It was cute,

The second thing is that I let Logan 'try' to feed himself his Ravioli. hehe, that was great too. I gave him the fork, and he tried, really tried to jab his food with the fork. Just to use his other hand. But when it was time to clean him up, off to the bathroom for a bath he went. It was EVERYWHERE. So cute

Ku is doing well, this whole next two weeks are practicals/ written tests. He is doing well, but pretty stressed.

Monday

Well today has been a fun day. We first got up to get ready for Story Time. Alec wanted to go, but he was dragging his feet when it came to getting ready to go. He had a hard time, remembering that he needed to get his cloths on, then shoes and socks. Oh I was at my wits end. But we made it. And Alec of course loves Story time. And I look forward to something different whenever it can come around.

Then the next big thing that happened today, was Annie Ward came to hang out and talk all day. Yea, all day. I think she only ment to be here for a few hours, but of course since I haven't been able to talk to her for like 6 mths (okay less, but just a little) it last ALL day. From noon till 7 or so. So much fun. We chatted all day, and then we went to dinner.

Alec didn't get a nap today, so of course he went down at 7. And so did Logan because Alec got a little over excited and went into his room. So he went down and hay that left me all by myself. That was just fine by me. It was a quite night. And quite is sometimes a good thing.

Ku is gearing down to the finale week. This week is full of Practicals of all he has learned. I know is doing well. He is still studying as much as ever. And getting good grades.

Just wanted to mention that if anyone is reading this and close to the Boise area, Ku graduation is in Meridian next week, on the 15th, and anyone can come. After that we are having a little party for him at my sisters house in Meridian, so come. Just call me for directions.

video of Alec's Year

Copy and Paste this link, and you can view the video of Alec's year.

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Sunday

oh man this week has gone by so fast. This weekend has been really fast too. Ku was home all weekend, and the boys just soaked in his love. Two more weeks, and we are DONE. YAY. Then we are onto a more normal schedule. This will be like wonderful.

Ku started the weekend out by on Saturday morning having to work. UH? Well, it was Shop with a Cop day for some lucky kids that were in need. He woke up and went to work at 7:30am and came home by lunch. Yay, not too long. After that, Ku and I watched 'The Man from Snowy River" and the "Return from Snowy River". It was fun watching it with him. Then we went to the Church around 5 because there was a over 500 displays of the Nativity Story on Display for anyone to come and see. There was also a Live Nativity, and they had asked us to be apart of that. We were Mary and Joseph for a half of a hour. It was kinda nice. It was just the two of us, and we got to talk for a full 30 minutes uninterrupted. So nice.

Today we went to Church. Ku Left for POST after Sacrament Meeting. But it is only Two weeks left. So I can handle it. Yay.

PS

Click on the pictures to see them bigger. Also ignore the red eyes. :)

Family Christmas Pictures

We took some snaps of our family so that I can choose which pictures we are sending out to family and friends for Christmas. Here is a sneak preview. Oh by the way, I cut my hair a bit.

some pictures of Logan

Okay, what a cuttie, just wanted to share these great pictures of Logan and his 'hat'

Alec's Birthday Pictures

Alec's birthday cake, I made him a race track..theme cars.
Alec opening a present, I wanted to perseve his excitement!
Oh the calm after the storm. The kids sitting back and 'watching' Cars.
Here they are playing Pen the Light on the car. Ku drew the car.

One more picture of Alec opening his presents.

Thank you to everyone who helped make this day a fun and excting day.