Snow on Mauna Kea

I found this picture on the Internet so I don't know who these people are, but this picture helps to describe what we saw yesterday.

Yesterday, Friday.. the girls and I drove downtown to run a quick errand. I was navigating through traffic when I noticed water raining out the bottom of the Toyota truck tailgate. Filled to the top of the truck bed was snow! There were even a few bottles of Heineken stabbed into the snow. It was a sight to see.

The girls and I smiled at the irony of a truck load of snow in downtown Hilo.

The temperature gauge in my Pilot said the outside temp was 74 degrees. Lucky we live Hawaii.

A Brand New Chloe

Today, after a full day downtown, we made a last minute stop to the Hilo Fantastic Sam's to get Chloe a new look.

10 inches! She cut off 10 inches!

It takes Chloe almost an hour each day to brush her very long hair. And this morning, I had enough. I told her that I just couldn't let her struggle with her hair. She was game.

Our day started our going to Kosmic Kone for lunch, then off to the Hilo Library for some much needed reading material and DVD's. Later we went to Wal-Mart to get some cat food. It was past 5pm by then and we headed up the hill to home. Then while waiting in the Wal-Mart traffic, I thought to stop by FS to see if they had any opening. When we got there it was only a 20 minute wait.. so after some persuading, Chloe agreed to get the cut.

The stylist, Tara, was very nice and she and Chloe worked out the haircut style. When her sisters saw the completed cut... they were soo happy and excited to see her. They jumped up and down laughing and expressing their joy. It was so cute. And the haircut cost like $13. Pretty good.

Chloe always had waist-lenght hair. It was like her trademark. But, as she gets older I can see her striving to make her mark on the world in other ways. I'm glad to be around to see her grow into a remarkable young lady.

Love you Chloe!!!!