New Blog Site

Something is wrong with this site.  It seems that it's not being used anymore?  I'm not able to use it as I used to so I'm moving my site.

Please visit our new blog at chenohana.wordpress.com

I'm still figuring out how to use that site, but hope it works better.  Sorry for any inconvenience.

New Year, New Resolutions

I can't believe it has been almost a year since writing a blog post. I've been posting a lot on social networking sites, but haven't taken the time to update here. Sorry to any followers out there.

I've made it a goal, once again, to update this blog regularly so I'm hoping to stick with it this year. For those of you who may not have seen our family Christmas picture from 2013, here it is. 

Our oldest daughter, Anuhea (second from the right), took the picture (plus more that I hope to post soon), and we're so proud of her. We are very happy with the pictures and glad Anuhea loves photography.

I had kind of hoped to ring in the new year as a family, but forgot that the teenagers often have other plans. I didn't mind so much, though, because their plans involved a multi-stake dance at our stake center. They had a great time! I resolved to make our night a little better than just sitting in front of the t.v. watching whatever New Year's Eve program was playing. (We didn't watch any of those programs, by the way.) I put together a paper bag for each hour leading up to midnight (from 7pm), and there were games, toys, other activities for us all or for the younger children to do throughout the night. (I got the idea from Pinterest.) My plan was foiled a little, because I was feeling sick most of the day since lunch time, but it didn't really hit until around 8:30pm. Hokulani and Leiohu still enjoyed the anticipation of opening the next bag, and using what was inside. We all stayed awake to welcome the new year, and then I had the challenge of getting Leiohu to bed. She was too tired to do anything by then. Since I had been feeling sick, I was lying on the couch most of the night. Therefore, I had failed to get Leiohu ready for bed earlier. 

Although we don't know what's in store for us this year, we know that Heavenly Father will lead us in whatever we do. Wishing you a wonderful year in 2014!