To let everyone know, I finally have a photo website up and running. If you would like to see it is KWarrenphotography.com.

Wow, it has been a while since the last update. Actually my brother remided me me today its been a couple of months. So lets try to catch you up on what has been going on. In May we went back to Colorado for a friends wedding. The wedding went well and the pictures I took turned out pretty well. In Colorado we got to see all of our friends and family while we were back. After the wedding, Jennifer and Quentin went to California to see her brother Brandon. While there she and Q got to go to Catalina, Disneyland and up to Morro Bay to see Granni. I went on a camping trip for 3 days with Dave Strunk (see MOONHOUSE link to the right).
After we got back, Quentin graduated 5th grade and is on his way to 6th, he is getting big as you can see from the picture with my mom, he is taller than her. Jennifer is making jewelry out of seaglass and silver rope. She has been taking classes at a local bead store and has been making jewelry non-stop. She has been to the store so much, they offered her a job and she accepted it. Now she will be able to take as many classes as she wants for free.
Indie is doing well, she is growing so big and has been going to the beach on a daily basis. She is doing so well swimming. Quentin and Jennifer throw the frisbe and she will go after it until she can barely stand. She even goes out and wont let them swim, she will pull either of them back in to the beach when they go out, great dog.
As for me, I am finishing the first class towards my masters and looking forward to the next couple of classes. Still planning on graduating in the spring of 2011. Work has been going well, still in the office estimating.
In a nut shell, that is what has been going on the last couple of months.

Pictures from top to bottom:

Quentin in front of Mile High Stadium

Quentin found the Bronco Fan

Jennifer, Rebekah, Tad, Q and I in Silverthorn

Q and grandma Hallquist

Me at Rocky Mountain National Park

TJ, Alex and Ava Rocky Mtn National Park

Tad and Brandon at teh Pizza Parlor, Catalina

Q and Brandon Biking on Catalina

Brandon and Q at Disneyland

Quentin's dance at school

Quentins crazy hair day for school

Jennifers braclet

Indie sleeping in the doggy pool

Indie saying please for a treat

Indie at the beach and pulling in Quentin from swimming

PICTURES OF THE KIDS

This last weekend we decided to go and take some good pictures of Quentin and Indie. The two are growing so fast we wanted to document the two before they are no longer kids. We packed up the camera gear and headed to the local park to snap some pics...

This was taken from Diamond head a couple weeks ago, a great view of Honolulu.

WHALE SEASON

I have had the last week off and we took a trip around the island. After a small hike to the top of a look out, we were treated to a incredible whale watching experience, a mother and her baby playing.

Wow, where do we start. The last time we posted anything was the beginning of December. Since then we went to Kiewit's Holiday party/U of H football game, Pearl Harbor on the 6th of December, Grandma and Grandpa Hallquist came out to visit over the holidays, Kenn started working on Oahu and commuting back and forth, we then moved to Oahu after the 1st of the year, Quenitn started his new school and joined swim team, Kenn spent 2 weeks in Portland for work, and we all went up to Portland for Kiewit District meeting. It has been a busy 2 months and that is why the updates have been slacking.

The visit from the folks was a good time. We saw all kinds or tourist things. We took the movie tour which showed us all the locations that movies were filmed including Jurassic Park, six days seven nights, Indiana Jones, Blue Hawaii, Tropic Thunder and the list goes on. We got to have a tour of Coco Palms which was closed in 1992 because of hurricane damage. We then hiked to the top of sleeping giant which allowed some incredible views of Kapaa and the coast. We took the drive up Waimea Canyon and to the North Shore of the island and saw some incredible scenery, and did the Wailua River trip to the fern Grotto. They were out for 5 days before they headed to Oahu to go to Pearl Harbor.
Jennifer is doing the oh so fun deed of unpacking, however she has been going through the boxes systematically and getting rid of a lot of stuff. Jennifer is doing well and in good spirits even though we spent our 12th anniversary at district meeting again. We have figured out this has been our 11th move in 12 years of marriage. What an understanding wife.Quentin has adapted to his new school and really enjoys it. The teachers are impressed with him and glad he can be part of the school. He has recovered from his injury and shows no signs of permanent damage. Kenn is currently estimating in the area office trying to get more work in these tough times.

Pictures Top to Bottom: Pearl Harbor

Pearl Harbor Memorial -laying of the wreath

Quentin by the Anchor at Pearl Harbor

U of H football game - they lost

Fern Grotto - don't see the big attraction

Q and Indie on the North Shore

Waimea Canyon - perfect timing

The kids hiking up Sleeping Giant

View of Kapaa from the top

The lagoon at Coco Palms

Indie chilling out at the new house

A lot has happened since the last post.
Quentin’s ankle was hurting the week before Thanksgiving so Jennifer took him to the clinic to see what was wrong. They could not figure out what was happening so they told her to take him to the hospital. After going to the ER, they could not figure out what it was so they admitted him to the hospital. Long story short, after 3 days in the hospital, they figured it was a bone infection. They operated on his ankle to clean all the fluid out and put a tube in for 3 days. He was in the hospital for a total of 8 days and will be on crutches for the next 3 weeks. Jennifer spent all the nights and when I was in town, I would come and stay during the day so she could go home and get some rest and take a shower. He was released the Saturday after Thanksgiving, which by the way, hospital turkey is not so good, and is doing well and is getting around okay on crutches. He is expected to make a full recovery.
In other news the project I was working on is officially opened. We opened the bridge December 2nd with the mayor of Kauai present. It was a nice ceremony and the bridge was well received. I am not sure of my next assignment yet, but will keep everyone posted when I do find something out.

Pictures top to bottom:

Q in his hospital room.

Q's ankle surgery

Some pictures of Indie for you dog lovers

The final product - Kilauea Stream Bridge

Opening day - left to Right - Alex Pascual (County of Kauai Project Manager), Bernard Carvalho Jr. (Mayor of Kauai), Myself and Walter Sohl, my project engineer.

I AM A SLACKER!!
It has been a while since the last update. Things have been busy. Quentin is finishing up with soccer, Jennifer has been busy keeping the family running smoothly and training her new friend, and I have been bouncing between California and Oahu. I was gone to Cali last month for a superintendents meeting and have been on Oahu for the last week and a half in the area office helping out on a job estimate. I am now just getting back from a trip to the big island.
While I was in California, Jennifer and Quentin found and fell in love with a puppy. Her name is Indie and she is a 7 week old Yellow Lab. Jennifer definitely has her hands full training the new pup.
We are still on Kauai for now. The job I am on is winding down and we do not know where my we are going next. There are a couple big jobs coming down the pipeline here in Hawaii and hopefully we get a chance to stay. It is looking more and more like we are going to move to Oahu to be closer to the area office. As long as we stay in Hawaii, Jennifer and Q will be happy plus it will also allow me to keep spear fishing on a regular basis.
Jennifer is staying busy with the training of the puppy and is still working one day a week for our landlord. She is waiting till the beginning of the year to see where we end up, but is hoping we are still in Hawaii so she can attend school at the University of Hawaii.
One of my diving partners and I went out 2 weeks ago and had a close encounter with a shark. It was a gray reef shark and got up-close and personnel with us, chasing us out of the water and we last saw him in less than 3 feet of water, too close for my blood. He got within 2 feet of us and I was loaded and ready to shoot if I had too, doubting it would have done much damage. On the plus side however, I was able to land a beautiful parrotfish (which most likely attracted the shark due to the shot I got on him, lots of blood). We cooked him up that night and I still say he is the BEST tasting fish I have pulled from the Hawaii waters. This shark encounter has made me want to invest in a “bang stick” to be able to ward off the sharks if need be.
Quentin is wrapping up with soccer and they did very well this year. He plays defense and is a great goalie. He is one of the teams premiere goalies and the coach counts on him the most when he is in the goal. He is doing well in school and looks forward to the weekends when he can get in the water and hunt large fish with his hand sling, he is getting pretty darn good with it. I took him out a couple of weeks ago and he got his first fish with a spear gun, he was extremely excited, let me tell you. His fishing stories have already begun, the ones that have gotten away are getting pretty huge let me tell you.
We will update a lot sooner than 2 months. We will post some better puppy photos when we get them.

The end of summer has come and gone. It was a good 3 day weekend and as always, too short. It started with Quentin's first soccer game. He played very well and his team won, 3-2. He is now playing on the big field so there is a lot of running for him which wears him out very quickly. After the game, we decided to go fishing. I caught 3 Nenue which we had them for dinner that night, fresh fish is the only way to go. Jennifer cooked them on the grill and they were good eating as always.
Lobster season in Hawaii is any month with an "R" in it. So lobster season began Monday. Lobster catching is a night time sport and yo go out with a underwater light and look for them. When you find one, you pounce on it and grab it. They are spinney lobster and have no claws, but the spines on their back can cut you if not wearing gloves. I got 1 big one and 2 little, the little are still good size being around 6-8 oz tails. We pulled the tails and they are in our freezer waiting to be eaten. The weekend was good and we are looking forward to future lobster eating/hunting.
The bottom picture is an example of Quentin's Hawaiian Hand Sling. He has been doing a good job getting fish. He will swim with the sling loaded (in the picture it is loaded) and spear fish. It takes talent to get this down and Quentin has been doing a great job with it, getting fish every time he is out.