Started at Twilight, finished by morning!

          Well, I finally gave in to all the fuss about the Twilight books. Though slow at first, it definitely grew on me! I read the first one in 8 hours! I hadn't planned on reading more, but a friend insisted that it gets better. So, I read the second one...in 10 hours. The third and fourth books were short to follow and before I knew it I was all vampired out! I also read Angels and Demons (the in-depth version with pictures and maps, so awesome!) between those books.  So, within a matter of 2 weeks I had finished 5 books. Tom had always said, 'I never see you read for fun'. And I would always reply, 'You don't want to!'...I think he understands now. But the best part of it all, since I read Angels and Demons for Tom (one of his favorites) he is now reading Twilight! He gets quite the teasing from his friends!! He is finishing it right now, and we have a date set tomorrow night to see the movie. Such a fun thing to do together, and I am quite proud of my man!!

Kealani loves reading too!! She is getting pretty good at recognizing certain things in her books and repeating them, counting (to five), animal noises, etc. We love learning!!

NASCAR...Down In The Pits!

          So, most of you know that Tom is one of the biggest Nascar fans (especially if it has anything to do with Dale Jr.). He watches every race and even wears his Dale Jr. pajama pants and shirts. Tom has been into it since college when he worked with his friend, Matt Faulkner to build a late model car for Matt to race.  

           Since then Matt has worked his way up, with incredible speed and talent, to work for the Nascar #59 Truck team as the lead Engineer.  Matt got me, Tom and my  brother Nick into the pits for the recent race in Phoenix. What an incredible experience! I have been to races before; Matt's races, Grand Prix races with my dad in Longbeach..but this was quite the experience being in the pits. Tom was in heaven: cars, thunderous roars, tires, tools, the smell of gasoline and burnt rubber made for the perfect day. He came alive with the roar of the engines... and I plugged my ears. :) 

The boys down by the pit wall just as the race started. Nick and Tom got to listen to everything going on through the team headset. 

Matt was watching the video prompts and going over some race strategy. So cool to see him in action.

Tom helping the guys get the race car back on the truck after the race.

Terry Cook (the driver for the #59) and all of us. 

Matt came to our house and the boys went out for some RC fun after working on the '69 bug. 

Tom and Matt with their bugs.  Matt and Tom getting ready for a race.

Thanks so much Matt! We had a great time!

Gettin' His Game On...

Tom has been spending every week playing softball in a city league.  He has been the team pitcher and has a great batting average. Kealani and I had such a fun time going to the games. Kea proved to be quite the cheerleader yelling "Daddy" the whole time.

My hot man, posing for the pitch.

Definitely past her bed time, Kea got very cuddly on my lap.

Good job babe! We love you so much!!!