Their first day at school

Here is pic of Hope and Chloe on their first day of school.
July 31, 2009.

Pochacco is BACK!!

From when she was 1 year old, Chloe and herPochacco had a loving and comforting relationship. It started with a small blanket she got for Christmas from her Fairy God Mother - Tita.

For years I've scoured stores looking for any Pochacco items. But sadly, Sanrio 'retired' him officially some 15 years ago. But this year.. Sanrio has brought him back!!!

Chloe is thrilled! Here's the bag she choose for school, and even a small digital alarm clock. It's nice to see that sparkle in her eye again.
I love you Chloe!

Chloe's class is in the Newspaper

Hawaii Tribune-Herald :: Hilo, Hawaii > Archives > Features > NY Road Runners adopt the Mighty Milers of KES

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This article is about Chloe's 5th grade class. I'm proud of her and her class. Humm.. look out Roy - Chloe might be running faster than you. :)

Enjoy the article.

May Day 2009

Hope and her classmates waiting to preform "The Cupid Shuffle"

Chloe and her fellow court attendants.

Chloe's Graduation

Chloe K. T. Yamada, Daughter of Roy and Kimberly Yamada. Resident of Keaau, Hawaii. She was born in 1998 at Maui Memorial Medical Center in Wailuku (Maui), Hawaii. Her main goal in life to to pursue a career in the Fashion Industry. She loves her cats and her family. Class of 2016.


Mrs. Maile Bellosi - her 5th grade teacher @ Keaau Elementary School, Hawaii.

Proud Mom... Beautiful daughter.

Fast and Furious

The day's just fly by.

Here I am, time to update my blog. So the last few days have been flyin by. First and foremost on my mind has been Chloe's 5th grade graduation. That happened yesterday, June 8th. Of course I had to work during the ceremony, but I had Reece there to record and take pictures for me. I missed it when Chloe walked the line. That was a big bummer. But I have pictures and some video's to share.

Now lets go back a few days. Hum.. lets see. Last Thursday was the end-of-the-school year ptsa meeting. It was re-scheduled from it's original date, which didn't work well for me, but I did manage to attend about an hour and half of it. While I was there.. we didn't make much progress. Disappointing. Let's hope next school year will be better and brighter!!!

Then Friday I had a doctor appointment. It turned out to be a bit more challenging than a routine check up. But all in all - it was good. I'm still losing a bit of weight, my bp is a little high causing me to increase my bp meds, and it looks like I maybe adding another pill to my daily intake. My cholesterol numbers have decreased - yea! But my iron count is still low - on the verge of becoming anemic. Will tackle that later. (Humm - looks like a steak will be good for dinner! LOL)

The weekend was busy with house work and a constant search of the kitty's. Sam and Leo will run out the door at any given chance. Most of you know - how our last cat, Max died - so I totally hate having my indoor cats outside!! Stress.

And then yesterday was Monday - the last school day for KES. It was a happy, but sad day. There was a pot-luck in one of the lounges (E-lounge), I made my regular pasta salad. The girls ate almost half of it. It make me feel good that they love to eat my food. The pot-luck was hosted by the tutors and campus supervisors. Although this was not the first pot-luck of the school year, it was the first for me that I was in attendance. It was great to spend sometime with my fellow co-workers.
Chloe was floating on air all day at school. I wish you could have seen the look in her eyes. She looked older, walked taller, laughed louder and was in graduation bliss. I'm so proud of her. Amazing. I wish my Mom was there to see her. I wish my Roy was here.

Okay.. I'll post picutres now.

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!!!!