Celebrating life

The older I get, the more I want to celebrate each day of life as the gift that it truly is.  I never want to take any thing, person or blessing for granted.  It's a lot to be mindful of, but I've made tremendous improvement in appreciating what I have today vs. thinking about what I want tomorrow.  I credit age for this.

Last night was a very long overdue Family Night.  We had dinner at Bianelli's, one of my favorite places to eat (followed by ice cream...clearly), since we've been wanting to jointly celebrate my running the ultra, Rich getting a new job and our finishing the condo.

And two nights ago, I took the three boys out to Genki Sushi & Dairy Queen to celebrate Keni & Riki returning from Japan.  Ryan is ten, no...twenty times happier now that they're back.

Today we celebrated our beautiful Hawaiian culture with a school field trip out to Kaloko-Honokohau Harbor, an amazingly scenic & peaceful beach filled with over three-hundred Hawaiian turtles, fish ponds & a heiau (ancient temple) .

Kumu (teacher) Kalani did an excellent job enthusiastically teaching us all about the spirit of the Hawaiian canoe.  By the end of his presentation, I was ready to quit my day job and become a fisherman.  

Ry Ry & sweet Omi...tree huggers & caretakers of our beautiful 'aina (land). 

Tomorrow we hope to celebrate my 1/4 Chinese heritage, and Ryan's 1/8 with a drive out to Waikoloa to see a dancing Chinese dragon.  Kung Hee Fat Choy!