11.27.08
Posted in Kim, Lance, Logan at 11:39 pm by lance
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!!
Today was a bittersweet day for Kim and I… it’s Thanksgiving day, but it’s also exactly 4 months since Logan left us. This has been an extremely rough year for us and it’s difficult some times to see the good things in our lives… there are many, though.
We are thankful that we still have a house over our heads, we have such supportive and wonderful friends and family, and we are especially thankful that we still have each other.
Thank you everyone for being there to support us through this year (and throughout our lives).
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!
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11.21.08
Posted in Family, Kim, Lance at 4:51 pm by kimi
Sorry for the short hiatus. Lance and I just got back from vacation. We spent a week at Disneyland.
There were ten of us from Hawaii… Lance and I, my parents, Jen, Hugh, Dana, Megan, Sandy, and Mika. Like our last trip to Disney, we stayed in the Grand Californian Hotel . . . NICE!! 
  A huge perk to staying there is having your own entrance to California Adventure and Downtown Disney. Believe it or not, we crammed all ten of us into two rooms! The girls were excited because their room had a bunk bed in it . . . of course they had to take turns sleeping on the top bunk!
Our Disney trip this year was very different from our trip two years ago. This time around, Dana and Megan were both old enough (and tall enough!) to ride the “big kid” rides! No more Dumbo for Meggy! The girls were both soo proud of themselves after their first time on each “big kid” ride! They went on everything . . . Matterhorn (2 million thumbs UP from Meggy), Splash Mountain, Grizzly River Run (Meggy’s favorite), Tower of Terror (Meggy gave this one 2 million thumbs DOWN), Big Thunder Mountain, Space Mountain, Star Tours, and California Screamin’ (Meggy wasn’t tall enough, but this was Dana’s favorite). Meggy said she would have chosen the Matterhorn as her favorite, if it didn’t have the “snow abominal” (aka the “abdominal snowman” according to Mika).Â
Our real reason for going to Disneyland was to trick-or-treat with Mickey and friends on Halloween night. Joining us at Mickey’s Trick-or-Treat party were lots of our mainland family . . . Aunty Gail, cousins Tracey (and her husband Brian and their 3 boys Caleb, Nate, & Kai), Lynn (and her daughter Sydney), and Laurie (and her 2 boys Jacob & Kyle) . . . this brought our total to 21! We had 11 dalmatians (me, Lance, Jen, Hugh, Dana, Meggy, Sandy, Mika, Laurie, Jacob, & Kyle), Cruella de Vil (my mom!), Jasper the henchman (my dad!), Indiana Jones (Caleb), a storm trooper (Nate), a baseball player (Kai), and a super-cute ladybug (baby Sydney). What a sight to see! As we walked through the park, you wouldn’t believe how many people asked to take our picture! We had a blast!
During our week in California, we also got to celebrate Sydney’s 1st birthday (just a little early!) at Brian and Tracey’s house in Anaheim Hills. Brian cooked up a mean Mexican dinner of margaritas, guacamole dip, enchiladas, & soft tacos . . . YUM! We celebrated Sydney’s 1st birthday with a delicious chocolate dobash cake (made by a friend of Tracey’s) . . . DOUBLE YUM!
It was great to see everyone (our first time meeting Sydney!) again. It was also nice to get away and leave our worries behind for a little while. You can check out some pictures of our trip on our photo website.
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09.16.08
Posted in Lance at 1:49 pm by lance
This was crawling up the wall in my office this afternoon… It looked like something out of a scifi movie… and then it started flying around. CREEPY!!!
Anyone have any idea what this is?
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09.09.08
Posted in Kim, Lance at 12:12 am by kimi
September 2nd was Lance’s first day back at the office . . . after working at home for a week, we both knew that he’d have to go back to the office some time. With Lance back at the office, we agreed that it was time for me to go back to school (since we were both worried about me being home alone all day long).
Neither of us were looking forward to September 2nd . . . with both of us back at work, this also meant that we would be apart for the first time since Logan left us. Getting through each day without Logan is hard enough when we’re together . . . we couldn’t imagine what it would be like to live without Logan while we’re apart.
When Logan left us, we promised each other that we would get through this difficult time together. Throughout this past month, we’ve leaned on each other for support . . . we talk about Logan, laugh at our funny memories of him, cry for all that we’ve lost, get angry at the unfairness of what’s happened, and just hold onto each other when the going gets tough.
Luckily, our first week apart went pretty smoothly . . . we missed being together, but we managed. Logan was definitely working overtime keeping an eye on us both!
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08.24.08
Posted in Lance at 11:41 pm by lance
It had to happen sometime… I have to go back to work on Monday. 
The bad/good news is that I just found out tonight that I need to sit in on a conference that’s being hosted on the mainland. This means that I’ll need to get up at 4:30am… But it also means that I can work from home and spend more time with Kim. I guess it’s a nice way to ease back in to work…
Well, I better get to bed because I’ll need to get up in 5 hours!
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08.14.08
Posted in Lance, Logan at 10:36 pm by lance
Ok… So in one of our previous posts I said that in honor of Logan I would be donating blood… Well that day has finally arrived…
My friend Matt just recently started to donate blood again… he’s been reading our blog and saw the post about me wanting to donate blood and it just so happened that a few days before Logan’s celebration, the blood bank called him, so he scheduled an appointment… for both of us!!! Oh joy!!! Thanks Matt!!!
Well, this afternoon, Kim and I met up with Matt and another of our friends, Dolores, at the main Blood Bank office and we all donated blood together. I was very nervous about doing this, but the people there are very good at keeping you calm.
Kim usually takes a long time to donate blood, but today she was done in 7 minutes… mine on the other hand took 12 minutes. My arm was coming sore… not from the blood draw but from squeezing the ball so much. Next time – and yes there will be a next time – I was told to drink more water from the day before I go to donate, instead of on the day of donation.
Anywho, for all those that don’t believe, here’s some pictures to prove that I actually went to donate blood…
Thanks Matt and Dolo!!!
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06.01.08
Posted in Dogs, Kim, Lance, Logan at 12:00 pm by lance
Well, this is the first post of the brand new Shinsato Blog… We’d just like to say hello to everyone… stay tuned for more news and comments…
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