Hunter's Birthday and Some Other Photos

Here are some older photos for you to enjoy:

I love reading with my boys.

For Hunter's 29th birthday, I gave him a one-day sushi class. He was ecstatic! He learned the proper way to prepare the sushi rice and choose the tuna, how to make miso soup, and he learned how to make all types of Nigiri and some sushi rolls. Happy Birthday, Sweetheart!
Look at all the sushi he made!

Then he came home and made this. Way to go, Hunter!

And this is Paulo pretending to be a sushi chef.

This boy has such an imagination. One night, I allowed Paulo to fill an urge to paint even though it was past his bedtime. Cute, eh?

Doesn't Lani have a childhood photo of herself that looks exactly like this?

And this is a photo from tonight:

Paulo's been pretending he's Speed Racer recently. He literally asks me to call him Speed. Here he's taking a ride with Racer X. Notice how both their helmets are decorated. My boys, my boys.

Moved Again

In nearly seven years of marriage, we've moved nine times. No, really! And each move, thankfully, has been a good one.

I am very pleased with our new apartment. I didn't realize how much more space we have now until we had moved our furniture in. It's not as unique as our little home on Pleasant St. but we've been a lot more comfortable here, and we love it.

My goal with this place is to really establish a "house of order." So far, so good! Now that we're able to store our things in our garage, our house is no longer packed with clutter, but only with the things we use. It's very functional. Here are some photos of the new place.

Bottom floor: living room, dining area, kitchen, half-bath, front patio and balcony in back.

View from the front door. Can see balcony/play area in back.

View from the stairs. Can see the front patio from here.

Kitchen is small, but has a dishwasher--yahoo!


Top floor: Full bathroom, 2 bedrooms.

You can see in the reflection one of my favorite features of this apartment--the washer/dryer! I actually enjoy doing laundry. It's outrageous.

Hunter thought we could turn the kids' room window into a little reading nook. I haven't sewn the cushion yet, but you get the picture. I like that Paulo has a nice place to retreat if he wants...

But lately, the boys have been more interested in the front patio, because Paulo got a new hand-me-down car, which Hunter has since turned into Speed Racer's Mach 7. Even Andre enjoys driving around.

We're very happy and grateful our friends (now neighbors) told us about the opening in this place. And just so you know, it should be much more accomodating for visitors!--hint,hint. :)