brother and sister or cousins?

Lance and Mana have the same coloring, so when we have all 4 kids together, people would tend to think Kawai and Alani are sisters, and then Mana and Lance are siblings, even though they are cousins.

100 days of school

Pacheco celebrates the 100th day of school with a kindergarden parade. Here is Kawai posing with her crown, necklace and miraca, all made for this occasion:

Jasmine pinata

For Mana's 3-year old birthday, Mana said she was getting a Jasmine pinata. She also said she was getting a My Little Pony bouncehouse. Well, Uncle Kawika was up for the challenge. How do you think he did?

How are you with money

I just finished reading Suze Orman's book called Women and Money. Wow. It's so great, I think I need to re-read it. Anyway, Suze Orman challenges women to gain knowledge of money in ways that many don't. Even if you are the one that's in charge of the finances for the household, I'll be there's a lot that you don't realize you could/should be doing, and how easy it actually is.....I'm making it my goal to try to accomplish all the steps in her book this year...Her website has tons of great tools for anyone to use: http://www.suzeorman.com/

The greatest advice

I just have to share this posting to anyone with young children. Dr. Wells is awesome- she explains fevers in a way that Western Medicine could never do:
http://drzoe.net/blog/

Grandfather and girls

Kois and Kiahas

Kahanu, Wayne, Masi, Kawai, Alani, Mana, Lina