Aloha to 2010

Half the kids' Christmas break was spent on Oahu in Hawaii. We spent New Years there. Mostly it was just a great time to relax and visit family! ALOHAAAAAAAAAA!!!

Narration for the photos, as follows:
On the plane and in the air! Off to Hawaii :) See Paris' shirt & the penguin's suitcase? Too cute!!!

This was breakfast every morning for Paris...we called it the "Pear Bear" after Paris' nickname.... Pear Bears are common in Hawaii, they like tropical vacation spots with fun things to do like swimming and kids club!

Around the hotel....





When in Hawaii we always go to Bubba Gumps!




Day 1 of the Lagoon





Pool Time


My non-alcoholic strawberry daiquirie, YUM!




Day 2 of the Lagoon






New Years Eve Luau at the Hilton Hawaiian Village









Day 3 of Lagoon Fun







Downtown Honolulu was all decorated for Christmas (the "Shaka" Santa!)


Korean BBQ

Dog the Bounty Hunter's Bail Bonds Office in Honolulu:









Gecko Hunting


Mahalo for looking!

Update on my Little One in Uganda

If you followed by June trip to Uganda you would have heard me talk about a little girl in Uganda I just absolutely thought was the cutest thing. Of course I could not bring her home, but I checked with the Pastor who runs the facility that these kids can come to for the day and learn, get fed and medical attention, and she still is coming there daily with her older brother who brings her. No one has details on her, but I was told she is a street child, most likely orphaned but taken care of by siblings. This is Fazira. ADORABLE!!!!!




I can tell they posed her with clean clothes in a few of the photos, and with a banana! So she is getting food there. The kids all swap clothes after they get bathed by the women who help the Pastor. The women are widowed and really devote their lives to these kids who are the bottom of the barrel in Uganda.

One Person Can Make a Difference

"Powerlessness and silence go together. We should use our positions not as a shelter from the world's reality, but as a platform from which to speak. A voice is a gift. It should be cherished and used."
~ Margaret Atwood