*~* Thankful Thursday *~*

WOW I have dug into an archive of old pictures!! and as today/tomm is thursday I figured I should use this as my thankful picture!! Darrin informed us the other night that exactly 20 years ago today/thursdy he got his drivers license here on this island!! Yes that means that today/thursday is his 36th BDAY! and I am thankful for him! I am thankful for his patience, I am thankful for his hardwork, I am thankful for being a great husband and father!!
I have to add that the above pic was taken in 88 as well, can you believe that we have been together that long? almost a quarter century!

As he told us about his license Hunter asked him if he would have imagined he would be back here 20 years later with his kids and he just laughed!

We hopefully will take him out to eat later on tom night, but we did sneek some balloons that sing to him into work after he left so he will have a "SURPRISE" in the morning and you know how well he is going to like that!! :<
Love to you all!!

I've been going through old pics....

and came across this one can anyone guess the people in the pic and the year!!

*>~<* GIRLS SCOUT OUTING *>~<*

We had our last outing with the Girl Scouts for this year a barbq and the girls received there badges and pins, below is the girls singing the GS song!



Here is Hay receiving her badges!!

~ TORII ~ BEACH ~

Hunter and Trin

Hayleigh the MERMAID

Today we went to Torii Beach for Orion's Bday party, it was sprinkling off and on all morning so not sure what it would be like but turned out to be a really good day! They have a big slide there that all of the kids played on and they all turned into prunes, Hunter and I found us a new sport they we like "KAYAKING" what a blast and a good work out at the same time, we didn't go out to far as we were instructed by MR. NERVOUS NELLY! Yes he is getting the genes of nervous from his MOM!! As we were out there a fish flew out of the water and kept flying about 20 feet, Hunter informed me that fish do that to get away from a predator, so I am thinking that there may have been a GREAT WHITE out there! (HAHA) Any how we had a good time all but Darrin he said it was to nerve racking for him to have us in the ocean and Hay in the slide, maybe PROZAC would help him? I hope you all like the pics and the vid! LOVE to you all! sorry poor quality video but you can hear the waves!

*~* Thankful Thursday *~*

Here we are to another Thursday, this week the things that I am Thankful for RED, WHITE and BLUE!! And I am Thankful for All the service men and women that have ever and are serving for our country and our Freedom! I am very Thankful that I have family members that have served and that are serving now, and I am wishing the ones that are serving now and the ones that are headed out soon all the safety and love and that they will be in my thoughts all the time! (JB,Rowdy and John)(as well as my neighbors that leave next month)
I ask if you have a split second in your day to please put them in your thoughts and prayers also!
I am also thankful for the pics that were sent of last weekend of all of the pretty flowers at the cemetaries and especially of family members! I miss you all alot!!

* * * * * *HELP* * * * * *

Can anyone HELP me, I am having issues not receiving EMAIL from a few family members, they are sending them and I am not receiving them. What do I need to do to fix this problem? Just wondering if their are any "FIX IT" skilled people out there willing to shed some advice? I would so much appreciate it!

Another day of Worship

Today we went to the Comprehensive Park, it is alot like Cherry Hill asian style! The Springers came also (John, Jordan, and Crew) we had a good time relaxing in the lazy river and Darrin and Hayleigh tested out the slides, Darrin said they arent as good as at home! But they will do for us this summer then watch out Cherry Hill 2009!! Tryed to get Darrin in his SPEEDO, no such luck today!

* * * MIHARA RIDING CLUB * * *

Today Hayleighs girls scout troop used some of the $$ they raised from their cookie sales and went "UMA" riding. I do think that she was in Heaven at the farm, it was kind of bittersweet, sure made me want to get back home to the "Warner" farm for some of our own riding of Gpa Keith's "UMA's". They showed the girls what they fed the horses: alfalfa pellets, corn oil (for shiny coats)apple cider vinegar (to keep the flys away) and it really works there was not one fly for as hot as it was and a can of pumpkin (to balance out their bellies). Mind you it is still humid and hot at this time and I did not have enough time to apply a new coat of DEO so my smell is just fitting in with the smell of the barn! After this they showed them to brush the horses and to "tack them up" and they each got 2 laps around the arena. I want you all to look at the view, yes it is right next to the ocean, I told Hay you won't ever get this chance to ride a horse and have this view she agreed! Enjoy!

~ Soccer Saturday ~

Today we woke up and the themometer on the back porch read 105 at 9:30 am, and that was telling us what our day would be like, Hunters game was at 12 pm, Holy cow can I just tell you that my deoderant has failed me today for sure, and I had some serious Mt Dew going on, Darrin even told us today that he is going to break down and start wearing a speedo and wife beater! I will for sure post that for all of you to see!
Any how Hunters team lost due to the heat and "NO" motivation as she told us, below is a clip of her last game at CAMP FOSTER hope you enjoy!

*~* WHAT A PERFORMANCE *~*

What a great young performer!

*~* THANKFUL THURSDAY *~*

Here we are again to another Thursday, and this week:

I am Thankful for all of the emails that I get from family and friends, I love to hear from you all and they don't seem to come in as often as they did before! I understand that you all are busy but want to thank the ones that do send a lil hello ever so often! It is funny how a lil hello will make my day!:>

I am also Thankful that AFN has aired a few of our favorite TV shows and that AI has been one of them! We have enjoyed watching them all but our favorites were of course David A, (Hunter and Hayleigh LOVE you David A) and mine for sure was Brooke!

I hope that you all have a really good LONG weekend and please be safe in your travels and know that we will be thinking of you all!

Love to you all!

~~~ Hunter's Soccer Tourney ~~~

Hunter's team had their first game last night (wed), the record hasn't been the best but I guess they have had fun! It was a single elimination, her team held them at 1-0 till the second quarter, then the "OKI Bombers" scored on them, so at the end of the game it was 1-1. So needless to say they a "shootout" of course the "twins" on her team decided who should take the kicks, and they did pick her and let ladies before gentlemen! She slammed that ball right over the goalies head and right into the corner! That made the whole season not being the best! Her team pulled away with 3 out of 5 winning that game so they move on to the next game on Sat. The video is awful but thought the die hards might be able to unscramble it!! Keep your fingers crossed for the next game!

~ ~ KONICHIWA from IKEI ISLAND ~ ~

We decided to head to "CHURCH" today! Maybe this will be our new place of worship for us on Sundays, we took the Parkin family with us Dustin, Katie and our new nephew Orion. The waters were a little choppy and white today as they have moved us into TC-3, they are saying that the typhoon should be here tommorrow, as they said that 2 weeks ago, any how Darrin hurried home and put our outdoor belongings into the little storage shed and I guess you could say "battoned down the hatches"? We will see what tommorrow brings, Hay is hoping that it will get here so there will not be school, can you imagine her having to stay in the house for an entire typhoon? I think I will send her out in it and see if she can make her way back to UTAH in the wind!

Hope you all had a great weekend!

We LOVE you !

~ Soccer Saturday ~

Grandma Linda wondered if we could post Hunter playing soccer, so I hope this will work!! She is done with the season at Camp Foster, next weekend they have a tournament there. She has made alot of friends on the team and I think really enjoyed playing coed!

Hope you all enjoy the video!!

SHE STILL GOT DA SKILL!!

* * * * * *THANKFUL THURSDAY* * * * * *

Some of the things I am Thankful for this week:

Very Thankful for MOTHERS! I really LOVE and appreciate the three that are in my life!(mom, carol, linda) and hope they had a great day on sunday!

MY FAMILY: I am so thankful to have a new lil niece "LYNZEE BELL NAKAMOTO" she came into this world on monday night (hawaii time and date), and glad that Heather is doing well. I am thankful to all of our family that sends us emails and checks in!

I am so THANKFUL for technology, where would I be without my computer and instant messaging? and what is a piece of paper and pen let alone what is a stamp?

And the last one should be the first one and I will always be THANKFUL for is our Troops, Thanks to all of them in every part of the world doing their jobs for our FREEDOMS! GOD BLESS THEM ALL

* * * * * * * * SMALL WORLD * * * * * * * *

I JUST WANT TO TELL EVERYONE HOW SMALL THIS WORLD REALLY IS.......
THIS LAST WEEK AND A HALF THERE HAVE BEEN SOME PRETTY FUNNY THINGS THAT WE HAVE FOUND OUT, AND YOU CAN PROBABLY IMAGINE THAT IT REALLY MADE ME EXCITED, cuz that is how i am about things!

ANY HOW :
WE HAVE BEEN HERE FOR ALMOST 8 MONTHS, LAST WEEK DARRIN WAS TALKING TO NATE THAT HE WORKS WITH ABOUT DONATING BLOOD, NATE HAD MENTIONED THAT HE USED TO LIVE BY OGDEN REGIONAL, DARRIN SAID TRINS BROTHER JUST BOUGHT A HOUSE UP THERE 2 YEARS AGO, DARRIN SAID IT IS ON A CORNER BY PARK AND SCHOOL, NATE REPLIED DOES IT HAVE BLUE DOORS, DARRIN ALMOST FELL OVER, HE CAME HOME AND TOLD ME AFTER WORK ABOUT IT AND IT WAS ALL I COULD DO TO HOLD OFF TO CALL TJ AND ASK HIM IF HE HAD BOUGHT HIS HOUSE FROM NATE ELKINS, WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT DARRIN WOULD WORK WITH HIM! TJ SAID HE ALWAYS WONDERED IF WE WOULD RUN INTO THE GUY HERE THAT HE BOUGHT THE HOUSE FROM LET ALONE DARRIN TO WORK WITH HIM! THAT REALLY MADE MY DAY! DONT KNOW WHY JUST DID!

THE NEXT ONE:
I WORK WITH THIS LADY AT THE SCHOOL, SHE WAS ON RECESS DUTY ALSO (SHE DOESNT HAVE A WHISTLE THOUGH) WE GOT CHATTING AND I HAD ASKED HOW LONG SHE HAS BEEN HERE AND SHE TOLD ME THIS IS I THINK HER THIRD TIME TO THE ISLAND, SHE WENT TO SCHOOL HERE AND GRADUTED FROM HERE, HER DAD IS AND ADMIN AT THE SCHOOL, SO SHE GRADUATED AND THEN WENT BACK TO THE STATES TO COLLEGE IN UTAH, I STARTED TO LAUGH AND TOLD HER I WAS FROM UTAH, SHE THEN SAID THAT SHE GOT DONE WITH COLLEGE AND CAME BACK HERE TO VISIT HER PARENTS AND MET HER HUSBAND HERE (HE IS A MARINE), THEY GOT MARRIED AND MOVED BACK HERE, SHE ASKED WHERE I LIVED AT IN UTAH, I TOLD HER ROY , SHE SAID THAT IS WHERE HER HUSBAND GREW UP, WOW THAT GAVE ME A FUZZY FEELING INSIDE, SO TODAY I ASKED EXACTLY WHERE HER HUSBAND LIVED SHE SAID IT WAS DOWN PAST THE TRACKS IN ROY SO I AM ASSUMING THAT IT WAS DOWN IN OUR AREA BUT HERE IS THE CATCH!!!!!
SHE ASKED IF I GREW UP IN ROY AND I TOLD HER NO THAT I HAD GROWN UP IN MORGAN, I EXPLAINED HOW TO GET THERE AND SHE ALREADY KNEW SHE SAID MY HUSBANDS GMA LIVES THERE I ASKED WHO IS THE GMA AND SHE TOLD ME RUBY CARRIGAN! I WAS SO EXCITED I HAD TEARS IN MY EYES, I TOLD HER SHE HAD TO BE KIDDING, TELLING HER THAT STEVE CARRIGAN WAS MY ART TEACHER AND THAT NEIL WAS MY ALGEBRA TEACHER, AND I WENT TO SCHOOL WITH CHAD!

ANY HOW THAT IS MY SMALL WORLD STORIES OF THIS MONTH! I HOPE YOU WILL ALL FIND IT AS INTERESTING AND HUMOROUS AS I DID! BUT I AM REALLY EXCITED ABOUT MAKING NEW FRIENDS THAT HAVE TIES SOMEWHERE ALREADY IN MY LIFE!!