Happy New Year 2010!

Happy New Year to all of you!

We are grateful for all that happened in the year 2009, whether good or bad. We are looking forward to a wonderful year in 2010. Jason is moving full speed ahead with his dissertation efforts. He still needs to get a topic, but he is working hard on it nonetheless.

The children were great on New Year's Eve. They wanted to stay awake to welcome in the new year, and were able to stay awake. However, Leiohu wasn't able to stay awake, which is understandable, as she is only 18 months old. Anuhea got to go to a New Year's Eve party with the Young Women from the Ward at a member's home. She came home in time to watch Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve, because she is really into music these days. Nalani and Hokulani kept busy with card games and fireworks. We had all kinds of snacks planned, but ended up only eating some of them. We all watched the ball drop and hugged one another. Hokulani fell asleep very soon after midnight.

We hope you have a great year this year too. Please keep in touch with us, and we'll try to let you know how we're doing (if I can keep up with the updates on this blog).