Crash=stitches

Last week I thought I would be adventurous so I went dirt biking with a teacher friend of mine. I was having a blast until....DUN, DUN, DUN......I fell off the bike!! There was a tight corner coming up, I didn't see it until it was too late!!! I down shifted as soon as I saw the corner, but I got caught in the sand. Sand = slippery and dusty which makes you eat the ground hard and fast!
My bike ended up sliding, I didn't even know I was falling until I was hitting the ground. It all happened so fast.
I did a superman fall. My leg was under the bike and the rest of my body was on the ground. It felt like when you fall off a skateboard or a regular bike fall. Fun, Fun.
As I was looking through the holes in my shirt I saw a mountain of skin. I thought I had a bunch of rocks under my skin. Little did I know that I was highly mistaken. I rode the bike back after holding my arm for a bit. It hurt! It felt like my arm got the wind knocked out of it. I had to ride all the way back to our starting area to clean my arm. My arm was stinging the entire way back. We all got back to the car and assessed the damage. I had this feeling like I needed to see a doctor and not stay and clean my arm up myself. I ended up going to the instacare in Orem. I was lucky I didn't break anything nor get burned. I was wearing Josh's moto gear. I have to buy Josh a new shirt. The shirt had 3 holes and blood all over it! :)
The end result of my arm is that there was little dirt in my arm. My fat from my arm was the rocks, and I have 10-12 stitches. I am happy that my injury wasn't worse. The doctor who sewed me up lived in Laie for 2 years in the 70's. Laie sure brings many people together.
Life is, oh so interesting.

Here are some pictures BEFORE:





AFTER: about 3 months later...

Family Reunions...what can I say!

Reunions can be boring/lame OR the BEST part of your life!
I think reunions are the highlight of my life! I love my family and I am so blessed to have the sisters I have!
Growing up in Hawaii my family was sort of left out of the reunions and getting to know my moms side of the family.
I am very blessed because I have the best Hawaii family! You guys rock!!! I'm so glad that I grew up with you!
Hawaii Ohana fo life! :)

I now know many of my cousins so it is fun to go the the reunions. I now try every year to go to my mom's family reunion (Pond). I really enjoy going to this reunion. It is the only extended family I have. This year I was in charge of the crafts and I really enjoyed it! We made cool t-shirts, airplanes, colored sippie cups, etc. Fun, Fun! I camped at Hyrum state park for 6 days with NO makeup!!! That is a miracle for me! :)
Here are some pictures.











Alonzo and Helen






Tami and Helen


Dad, Mel, and Anastasia











Josh, Koali Hanohano and Koali's baby- That is not Josh's baby...but Koali is pregnant with Josh's kid. Koali is the granddaughter of Mr. K (4th grade Laie Elem). Her grandma is the lunch ticket lady! Small world!







I also can wake board now!!! I hopefully can post the video. :)

Summer is always a blast!!!

My road trip up to Oregon with Cyndi was a Blast! I got a ticket in Northern California which I think the cop was being unfair. I had just passed a big rig in the passing lane provided and the cop clocked me from the other side of the road. I think I should have been give a warning!! Don't you??? Lame! Oh well....I never get tickets otherwise. :)
Cyndi and I visited or our Hawaii friend Renee Lemone who lives in Oregon. She is awesome and so sweet! I played golf with her husband and 2 boys. It was fun!. I love golf for those of you who didn't know that about me. :)



Summer came and went so fast!! Bummer! I did a ton of things!!! My sister Lori came to Utah from Michigan with her 4 kids. It was fun to see them after 3 years. They are really good kids! I love love my niece Anastasia who is 4. She has an outgoing personality and she wanted to be around aunty Helen the entire time they were here. We were able to go to the Provo Veterans pool and hang out.
Here are a few pictures...