in one word: awesomecreativefuncanadians

hello world. meet the wynes-takahashi family.

mom and dad are both musicians. daughter and son are both incredibly spunky. i just love 'em all!

my extended ohana

you know how every once in a while someone comes along that just makes you really happy. you adore them. they make your smile broader. your step lighter. your heart fuller. your life better.

for me, she is one of those someones...

and her husband is pretty awesome too.
we took a waytooearlyinthemorning...especiallyforspringterm psych class together
and the four of us stayed up way too late playing on-line word scrambling somethingorother games.
go team castecheldan!

i was about to pop with my first born.
they were about to leave the island.

meet the larsens... you'll love 'em!

sunshine and sundresses.

a beautiful, lovely, perfect morning together is what we had.
meet the matsons from arizona, vacationing here on oahu.

we had quite the adventure trying to get together.


i was camping.
do you take your phone camping?
i should take my phone camping.


and keep it charged.

that would've helped a lot.

contrary to what you might think, you can in fact get lost,

turned around

headed the wrong direction

driving around in circles forever...

on this little island.

but she found me.

and we liked each other from the start.

and then they flew home the very next day.

brewer

we used to live with these people.

one of those awkward, one-of-a-kind hawaii living situations where 5 married couples live in one house... no joke.

and now the pacific separates us, but we're still tight like spandex. and now they have a lovely little addition!

meet: the brewers

siufanua

rocky and kawukitukelani, but you can just call her tanya (inside joke. but really, it's tanya.)