Monday, August 25, 2008

DAD: the famous shopper

So while Dad was in Beijing he randomly got interviewed for National Public Radio(NPR) while he was bargaining for some name stamps he had made. Here's the link to listen to the interview. It's at the very end of the interview.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93728825

Sunday, August 24, 2008

Aloha

We're back from a great trip to Hawaii. Here's a few pictures to check out.

Charina posing to the beat of a different drummer. Our cute niece, Corinne Harding,was our great tour guide and introduced us to fabulous bananna pancakes at the Hukelou Cafe.






So besides eating, we spent our time hanging out at the beach or watching the Olympics.

The girls at Sunset beach for dinner


Me, oh sorry hard to tell the difference, a seal who came every day to chill on the beach. We called him a samaritan. I'm not sure why but I think it's the same reason Krista was stung by a jelly bean. Hmmmm......
The time difference (4 hours) had us up before the sun for the first couple of days. This is Krista right outside our house at sunrise.


A favorite past time of the beach bums.
This is Charina's Ariele pose.
And while watching the Olympics the girls discovered a fine speciman for a future husband (it's the guy who knocks down the Greek parthanon while throwing the discus.) Oh, brother it was after all an all girls trip.


ALOHA

Tuesday, August 5, 2008

She's beautiful!






I just got back from LA with some pictures of beautiful Ally Mirann Linde. I can report she is as sweet as they come. She is patient and has a wise countenance. Her cute dimples already get her whatever she wants. Jamie is such a good mom and LaDon is a cute Dad. Aunt Charina got to come along for the trip and she and Ally are already good friends. We're sure glad she's here!