Happy Birthday Makena

Today we celebrated Makena's 5th birthday. We told her she could have a party and invite a few of her friends over. We kind of went with a movie theme based on the Little Mermaid. I printed out some 'movie tickets' with an excel program by bro-in-law sent me. The kids watched The Little Mermaid 3: Ariel's Beginning. Angela made a bunch of popcorn and we put it in those paper popcorn bags for the kids. Angela passed out these fake coins to the kids and they got to 'buy' their popcorn and drinks with those coins. About 3/4th through the movie the kids started to get restless and then went out back to play on the trampoline and with a few hundred of those little colored plastic balls. When I went out back to see how things were going it looked like a tornado had hit. The last guest finally left at 9 (yes 9pm) and now it's clean-up time. The backyard is a complete mess, the kitchen is a mess, the upstairs living room is a mess and the theatre room is full of smashed popcorn and pizza remnants. I'll let Koa, the living vacuum, in to clean up all the food bits on the floor. All in all I think Makena had a fun time.

If anyone wants a copy of the excel program that prints out tickets that can be customized to your liking then let me know and I'll email it.

Bring the pain!

Two posts in one week! I'm going for a record here folks!
So I've been trying to get into my 2-a-days again and I thought, why suffer through this alone? I decided to see if I could get my cousin Spammon to join me. We used to lift together until he moved jobs a couple years ago. He was actually the one that got me lifting again after my mission. So in my pursuit of entering a powerlifting meet sometime early next year (TBD) I have recruited his help in this endeavor. Yesterday was day one with the Spammon. As you can see here we worked the deadlift. I am not in the habit of filming myself lifting but it seems like these days everyone is doing it so why the heck not? This was more of a form check to see if I am actually doing them properly. What I did notice was 1. my deadlift form needs improvement, 2. I have a huge spare tire and 3. I need to get a home gym setup like Spammon's (shown in the video). Here is the video for comedy's sake:

Another One

Well, let's see it's been almost 3 months since my last post so I guess it's about time for me to get on this thing and make another one. While I may try to pretend to be as good a blogger as my cousins and friends let's not lie - I suck. Bad. So this will just be an updater to what has happened in the world of Hagoth. Ok what do I remember the most about the past three months... oh - Christian's cousin pushed him down and he cut his forehead open. A couple hours in the ER and he was all stitched up. Let's not talk about the fact that Angela and I were supposed to be watching The Dark Knight on IMAX in the cushy leather seats with the tickets I had purchased A MONTH IN ADVANCE. Oh well at least the little guy was ok, he's a tough kid, just like his mom. Ok I went on a week long camp with the scouts up in the Uinta's. The 2.5 mile hike with an 80+lb pack on my back kicked the shiz out of me. Yes I am a wimp and have no wind - I lift weights at the gym, I don't run on the treadmill. Ok what else... oh my little sister had a miscarriage at 17 weeks (I think). She had a pretty scary experience and had to be rushed to the hospital by ambulance. She lost a lot of blood and her blood pressure was dangerously low. I'm glad she is ok, but I'm sad for her loss. Anything else... oh I think I gained back all the weight I lost on the weeklong scout camp and then some. Gotta start lifting twice a day again to get this dang weight off... That concludes my quarterly post. I leave you with a picture of Christian Ikaika.