Time for a Peek Into Our Week at The Strong Home! Lately, we’ve been really enjoying exploring spots that are normally crawling with tourists. Right now most of those places are pretty empty due to the 14-day quarantine requirement for anyone coming to the islands. It’s heartbreaking for the economy, but it’s fun for kama’aina (locals) to explore places we’d usually never go when they’re crawling with tourists! Now
The “spring-break-quarantine-summer-vacation-days” are getting long! Sometimes I feel like I need to be super creative and plan cute activities for the kids to keep them entertained and occupied. And other times, I’m convinced that I can see their little brains turning to mush right before my eyes! This day, Katie and Ben got their creative …
Oh, Hawaii, you have my heart. We got to get out and enjoy so much of Hawaii’s beauty this week. Chris and I ended the week with a snorkel-date at Three Tables Beach on Oahu’s North Shore. I chased a rainbow fish and a clownfish and even the humuhumunukunukuapua’a, Hawaii’s state fish! The week began …
Trade winds make me happy. No trade winds make me grouchy. There are phone booths everywhere. I’m not sure why because I’ve never seen anyone using one. Our neighborhood is SO quiet. And everyone has their windows open, which means that I’m pretty sure my LOUD TEXAS FAMILY is making quite an impression. School gets …
Last December my closest friends and I decided to each choose a theme word for 2019. Mine ended up being a phrase – “know Him”, which came from Philippians 3:10, which says “that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection”. I thought “know Him” was a great phrase for me since I’d …
We all know that social media doesn’t tell the whole story, right? It’s the highlight reel of each person’s life, not the actual play by play of every messy detail. And we all have messy details. Even in Hawaii. We’ve been sarcastically accused of having a really rough life here in Hawaii. I guess some …
