Aloha

We are in Hawai'i. Maui to be more specific. Kihei to be even more specific. I'm here for an optometric conference, but we brought our oldest, Anneka and her 2 kidlets, Samantha and Corban. Our youngest daughter, Meg, joined us too.

We stayed in Kihei at a condo complex where we have gone 2 other times.  Location is great, price is right, close to the beach....  This time we got a two bedroom unit.  It was also within a couple of miles of my conference in Wailea.  Thanks to a great job with great benefits part of the trip was paid for.

Lots of time was spent on the beach.  We were right at Kamole I.  Samantha the 4 1/2 yr old loved playing in the sand and being covered in it.  Aunt Meg and Sam made quite a team.  They built sand castles, buried each other's legs, let the waves wash over them.  Thanks to Meg, Sam did a lot.  Grams, Gramps, or Mom couldn't get her in the water like her aunt could.

A Long Time Ago..... In a Blog.....

I just looked at my blog and discovered it has been about 2 1/2 years since I have posted anything here.  Wow.  So, the question is whether to catch up or just start anew and do some flashbacks....


So to start with here are the Hart as presently constituted.  Anneka and Mike are in Wyoming with our grandchildren so that leaves Lori, Charles, Meg, Richard, Vella(Richard's fiance), Me.  Right now we are all in Sitka.  Richard and Vella are up here working for the summer.  Charles has been here for a year after he finished Massage Therapy School last spring.  Meg is spending alot of time with her boyfriend. All are working 2 or 3 jobs.  This picture was from a family trip to Walt Disney World / Disney Cruise last December.

Corban and Samantha May 2012

Samantha our granddaughter is now 4 1/2.  She has a little brother born 7 January 2012.  Corban Michael Jabulani Smith.  Our son-in-law, Mike, is working for a company out of Rock Springs, Wyoming.  He is an electrician(now a journeyman) working for a company who handles electrical stuff for wells that BP has.  They live in Green River.


Richard(25) is engaged to Vella Stone.  They will be getting married in St. Augustine, Florida in October.  They were here last summer working and then spent the fall and winter in Florida where Vella's dad lives and where she grew up.


I'm still working at SEARHC.  6 1/2 years now.  Still really enjoy being there.  My mom is still in So. Calif. and doing well.  We try and get down to see her once or twice a year.


Since my last post FB has become a big thing.  I can be reached there: Rick Hart.


See y'all soon(I hope)