Victories for our family and the Hawai'ian Nation!!!

First off, Maia came home on Friday!!! We were all so excited to see her. It had seemed like FOREVER! The first thing that I noticed was how she grew. She's almost as tall as I am now! And her jeans are too tight :) Must have been all that Ono food that she had at Grandma and Grandpas! And she's way dark... Even darker than Charlie! We're so glad to have her at home...

Kiale had his first football game on Saturday against the Auburn Panthers. His 89er team won 25-0!!! It's amazing to see how successful kids can be at such a young age. The past 3 weeks of grueling 2-hour practices have resulted in a unified, disciplined group of 7 to 9 year-olds who were able to dominate on the grid-iron. As a first year player, Kiale is on the "5th quarter team" made up of all the newbies. They get to play during half-time against the opposing teams' 5-th quarter team. As a running back, Kiale had 2 carries. He gained about 6 yards on the first and about the same amount of yardage the second time. On his second carry, however, he dragged a handful of defenders with him until they finally took him down. He told Charlie, "I just kept pumping my legs, daddy!" Couldn't have been prouder.

And once again, we watched as another Little League Team from Hawai'i took the World Series. They must be doing something right with Baseball on the islands! There's no better feeling than seeing the Hawai'ian flag on National television...