What's Up With Kathie and her Family???

Mark enjoys biking, hiking, repelling, playing with his boys and working with the 12-year-old scouts in our ward.  He is a project manager for Qwest (soon to be Centurylink.)

Kathie enjoys all kinds of crafts, home improvement projects, working in the yard, running and lifting weights.  She is the Young Women music and sports director.

Weston is 12 and going to be in Junior High in the fall.  He lives, eats and breathes baseball.  He enjoys scouts, camping, swimming, climbing trees, and hanging with his friends.

Max is 10 and going to be in 5th grade in the fall.  Max loves learning about science and animals.  He enjoys playing with things you can build or take apart, and playing with his friends.  He has a wonderful imagination.

Braden is 6 and going to be in 1st grade in the fall.  He loves pretty much any sport, but especially baseball.  He enjoys reading, jumping on the trampoline, swinging, riding his scooter, playing with stuffed animals and playing with his friends.

What's Up With Te and His Family???

Nicole.

To be brief in updating what Nicole is up to is difficult. . . On top of being the worlds greatest Mom to three crazy kids, she's also... Working for her Dad's concrete business, running her own business (www.littlestlucy.com), writing for a few different parenting blogs, constantly re-designing and adorning our home, and putting up with Te's antics.  Phew, that was a mouth full.  Nic's my Hero -Te

Te.

Last year Te left his marketing job after 8 great years.  Te is now running a Karate School full time with Jade and absolutely loving it.  In addition to running the school, he still does some online marketing independently, and is also involved in a few other start ups.  

London kekua Kalei.

Ah London... Well, he finally kicked his smoking habit, which was a relief to Mom and Dad.  He found chewing gum to be the answer.  He's currently obsessed with Trains (Choo-choos), Robots (Bo-bots), and action figures (Guys).  He also refers to himself and his twin brother as 'Nani'.  Not sure why, but Cashus does it too.  We love our little Londy Pants.  He's so smart and mischievous.  

Cashus Kapono Keiki kapu'u Wai.

Cashus is our little lover.  He's always willing to give you a monster hug or a nice big smoochie.  He too loves his bo-bots, choo-choos, and guys. ...It's as if he and London shared toys, eh?  As mentioned above, Cashus refers to himself and London as 'Nani', and Lucy as 'Baby'.  He's so sweet to Lucy, with the exception of when he forgets she's a baby and starts practicing his 'Haiya' punches on her.  Cashus is also a very politically involved democrat and rally's almost monthly for the re-election of the first afro-hawaiian president, Barak Obama.

Lucy Nalani.

Little Lu-Lu is our sanity.  Amongst the craziness of London and Cash, we have our sweet, and patient Lucy.  I don't think we heard her cry until her first tooth started coming in.  Lucy is about to turn 1 next month, and is such a girly girl...Sweet as cookies but don't cross her or there will be Hell to pay. ;)  She's also always dressed with the latest in toddler fashion, thanks to Nicole.  The Lawrence family would be dim without the light that shines from our little Lucy Lu.

Mahalo,

-Te

Showering Tess With Our Love

Here are some pictures of our cute Tess.  Who is so excited to see her baby?  I am!!!  The shower was fun.  Tess got some adorable baby clothes and the food at the shower was amazing-stuff-your-cheeks-full-good.  Are we surprised? 

Advice for Mothers

Our quiet, but funny Gram is our boss lady. We should listen to all that she says and try to follow it. Today as I sat with her she glared at me and said, "wipe your face you have a spot on your cheek!" When Gram says "jump", you say "how high". I wiped my cheek and it still didn't come off. "Wipe it again..." she insisted. At this point Gram got a tissue and began to help me, but to no avail! I finally got up and looked in the mirror... The spot on my check turned out to be one of my many freckles... We both laughed. Gram I love you and will do anything for you. I will even wipe off my freckles for you.


Gram knows that she is the origin of all of us. She is in charge! Here is some advice for her daughters and granddaughters regarding being mothers:

"Be the best of what you are and stay close to your children. The most important people in your life are your children. Not only are they your children, but your best friends".
---Donna Rae Carlson

Happy Mother's Day! Love Janelle