Today I found myself doing a lot of driving. I don’t mind driving in general, but driving back and forth all day and only having an hour or so between each time I have to leave gets tiresome. So I decided to take Leif to the beach to brake the routine up a little. He thoroughly enjoyed the beach. He wasn’t so fond of the sand like he was last time, but when I carried him out into the water he had a blast. He liked getting hit by the waves and splashing and watching me splash and all that. We stayed for about an hour then headed home. I expect he’ll fall asleep easy tonight, as will Gavin, who is currently playing at a friends house. We were told to bring his bathing suit because they set up their inflatable pool. We will have tired children tonight. 🙂
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Just a few things
Well, we got the boy back. It is really nice having the family back together again. He was away from us for more than I like. But he’s back now. Leif is loving having his brother back. When we were picked up from the airport, Leif just laughed and cackled at Gavin in the back seat all the way to Wal Mart. What good kids.
Gavin is a very smart boy. He is very observant and picks up on things very quickly. For instance, while staying with granny, he picked up on her frequent comment to the cats on how they were so cute she can’t stand it. After hearing her announcing this many a time, he decided to try it out himself. He very lovingly told his granny, “Granny, I can’t stand being with you.”
I’ve decided that for my 30th birthday, I want to have a party at Gordon Biersch. It’s my favorite restaurant ever and I’ve had my birthdays there almost every year for the past 6 or so years. I appreciate it even more now that I make my own beer. I’ve called a few of my friends to let them know and hopefully I’ll have a head count at the end of the week.
While on Oahu, I made a very necessary stop at the beer store to pick up more beer ingredients. I’ve decided to make a German MarzĂ©n. Gordon Biersch MarzĂ©n is one of my all-time favorite beers. So I’ve decided to give it a go. My previous cream ale is bottled, but not ready to drink for another 5 days or so, and already I’m itching to make my new batch. I think I’ll make it this weekend. That way, I’ll have some overlap and won’t have to go without beer again. For shame.
At the library, a women and her daughter went up to the desk to apply for library cards. Looking over the application, Holly chuckled under her breath at the lady’s last name; Yankovic. Haha. She has the same last name as Weird Al. Oh wait. Is that Weird looking at the DVD rack? OMG! It is. Whoa.
So that’s that.
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Harry Potter, Camera and Krispy Kreme
It’s been over a month now and I miss my boy. One week until I fly over to fetch him, which means it’s only one week before Holly gets to go watch the new Harry Potter flick. And don’t think I’m not going to watch it either. After Holly brings me to the airport, she is going to go watch Harry Potter with Leif. When I get back with Gavin, we are all going to see it. That way Holly can be sure not to have missed anything, and I’ll get to watch it as well.
So while we were over on Oahu visiting the visiting relatives and celebrating birthdays and fathers, Holly’s camera went kaput. I guess it just couldn’t handle all the tiki torch fun, excitable kids, tremendous fun, breathtaking action, beautiful baby, sun stricken beaches, and of course the fine grit sand that filled all it’s pukas.
We decided that we had to buy a new camera and that we should get a good one. Most of our cameras have not quite been up to standard. So while at Costco last Saturday we made the mistake of looking at their cameras. It didn’t take long for us to drip drool all over the point-and-shoot cameras as we looked at the SLR cameras. Oh, we were in heaven. No doubt that is what we want. But oh, the price. So we lust. We lust for the Canon EOS Rebel XSi.
In other news, I turn 30 in just 3 weeks. I suppose it’s a bit clichĂ©, but I’ve decided to jump into an exercise/diet program I’ve been seeing on the telly for years now. I was never a super buff guy, but I’ve always been in shape, so for my 30th birthday, I’d like to change that a little and increase the buffness. 🙂 I’ve also not been completely satisfied of the direction my eating habits have gone. I still don’t eat McDonalds or Burger King, but eating at Koho’s and Krispy Kreme every weekend will have an effect as well. So away I go.
Maui Earthquake
So Holly and I were lying around the living room relaxing and minding our own business when all the windows jolted and rattled and made us think that something ran into our house. Maybe an angry neighbor, or a drunk angry neighbor, or maybe a huge gust of wind or something. Although it would have had to been an extremely super sized gust of wind. We checked on the baby and listened for the sounds of neighbors or any other activity outside and heard nothing. It occurred to Holly a few minutes later that it might have been an earthquake, and with a few google searches later we landed on this page which told us that there was a 3.4 magnitude earthquake 15 miles from here. That would explain it. This is the second earthquake I’ve felt now that actually shook the house. The first one was before I moved to California, living in the pink house, and thought that the entire section of hose, which was up on stilts, was going to collapse with me in it. But it didn’t.