Hawaii--the history

We took the Navy run shuttle out to the Arizona Memorial which was built over the sunken ship. Aboard the memorial, it still smelled of oil and slicks of leaking oil could still be seen floating in the water. The rear wall of the memorial lists the names of soldiers who lost their lives aboard the ship that fateful day. Among those listed is F.W. Hindman. I'm curious if there is a relation.




One day while Matt was at work, I visited the Punchbowl. The dedication ceremony for the Punchbowl National Cemetery commenced in September of 1949, a tribute to the almost 8,000 men who perished in the attacks on the opposite end of Oahu. Punchbowl Honolulu also honors and pays tribute to casualties from Korea, Vietnam and World War II as well as their families. The number of Punchbowl Memorial grave sites now totals more than 33,000. Each site is marked by a flat stone set into the ground.

Halloween 2009

Everyone got into the spirit of gutting their pumpkins this year. Since it was cold and dark outside but I didn't feel like trashing my kitchen, we spread a tarp on the floor in the garage and went at it.




Completed Jack-o-lanterns only lit the porch on Monday night since it poured all week, but the kids were happy with their results none the less.l



Finally the Trick-or-Treating began! Kassie as Hermoine Granger, Lexi and Anna as hula dancers and Mitchell as The King hit the streets in the rain to gather loot from the neighbors. We had well over 200 kids at the door throughout the night! Yikes. Lots of fun for all.



I did make the Elvis costume. (I only sew curtains and costumes.) I glued the last rhinestone on at 5:50 to start out the door at 6:00...cutting it close mommy?

Randomness ROCKS!

So Mom blames Facebook for my lack of blogging but let's face it...I've never been all that consistent in my blogging. Needless to say, there are a lot of noteworthy items that I'd like to share so in random order, here they come!