ALOHA EVERYONE!!!
MY OHANA FROM AIEA, O'AHU CAME AND VISITED US IN BETHEL, ALASKA!!!
IT WAS SO GOOD TO SEE ME GRANDMA, AUNTY FRAN, MY COUSIN PAUAKA, MAHINA, ALIZE, AND ARMANI!!!
MY "AWWWESOME" & BEAUTIFUL GRANDMA AND MY COUSIN PAUAKA.
MY NEPHEW ARMANI.
ITS MIDNIGHT... JUST TURNED INTO "CHEAT SATURDAY!!!"
AFTER A FEW OF THESE GREEN BOTTLES... IT WAS TIME TO HIT THE SACK AND GET READY FOR A VERY LONG SATURDAY PLANNED OUT TO SPEND TIME WITH MY OHANA!!!
NOTHINGS BEAT AN "ISLAND LOCAL STYLE" BREAKFAST... SCRAMBLED EGGS, SPAM, RICE, WAFFLES!!!
I LOVE MY CHEAT DAY... LOL!!! BUT I LOVE MY OHANA MORE!!!
RIGHT AFTER BREAKFAST... WE ALL HEADED OVER TO THE "BETHEL SATURDAY MARKET" AND MET UP WITH OTHERS.
ALIZE EATING AN "ICY RAVEN" CANDY LOLLIPOP!!!
MAHINA BOUGHT A BEAUTIFUL SOUVENIR FOR HER DAD!!!
I WAS HAPPY TO HAVE SOME OF MY FRIENDS FROM BETHEL MEET MY OHANA VISITING.
MAHALO BROYLINE, MARCIE, KA'IWA, RYAN & EMILY, AND MANY OTHERS THAT CAME AND STOPPED BY!!!
LATER ON IN THE EVENING... I HEADED BACK TO THE CULTURAL CENTER TO SUPPORT MY FRIENDS RUNNING THE "BETHEL 1/2 MARATHON RACE".
ANDREW SPORTING HIS MAUI SHIRT!!!
SUNNY!!!
THOR & SVEN LOOKING OVER THE 13+ MILES MAP.
THIS IS THE LOOK OF DETERMINATION... "NO FEAR!!!"
GO SUNNY!!!
MY "AWWWESOME" NEPHEWS... KEKOA & SVEN!!!
LET THE RACE BEGIN!!!
GO SVEN!!!
GO LULU BEANS!!!
SVEN IS ABOUT TO CROSS THE FINISH LINE!!!
HERE COMES SUNNY!!!
AND KEKOA COMES RIGHT AFTERWARDS!!!
CONGRATS TO ALL RUNNERS, WALKERS, BIKERS, ETC... YOU FOLKS ALL ROCK!!!
AFTER A THE EVENING SETTLED DOWN... IT WAS TIME TO HEAD BACK TO MY MOM'S FOR A GET TOGETHER WITH MY COUSINS OVER A NICE FIRE BARRELL!!!
PAUAKA & MAHINA ENJOYING THE COZY FIRE!!!
PAUAKA JAMMING TO SOME ISLAND TUNES WITH HIS MAKE BELIEVE UKULELE... LOL!!!
AND STILL GOING STRONG!!!
ME AND PAUAKA... THE BEST OF TIMES!!!
AFTER WATCHING THE SUN SETS AND THEN SEE THE SUN RISE AGAIN WHILE POUNDING BEERS, GRINDING PUPUS, LISTENING TO ISLAND JAMS, PLAYING THE UKULELE, BUSSING JOKES ON EVERYONE... I KNEW I WAS HEADED FOR THAT BIG OMELETTE IN THE SKY... LOL!!! SADLY I HAD TO END OUR SESSION AS I HAD TO GET READY TO FLY OUT TO FAIRBANKS THAT EARLY AFTERNOON WHICH MEANS I HAD TO GO HOME AND PACK MY CLOTHES, SHOWER, AND SAY "ALOHA OE" TO MY OHANA BECAUSE BY THE TIME I GET BACK FROM FAIRBANKS, THEY WENT BACK TO O'AHU. BUT I WAS VERY HAPPY & GRATEFUL TO SPEND THE MOST TIME THAT I HAD WITH THEM. IT WAS AN "AWWWESOME" WEEKEND... ONE OF THE BEST WEEKEND I EVER HAD!!!
LOOKS LIKE SOMEBODY WHEN BEAT ME TO THAT OMELETTE IN THE SKY... LOL!!!
ME WITH MAHINA, ALIZE, AND ARMANI.
AND THE BEST OF THEM ALL... MY BEAUTIFUL GRANDMA!!!
AGAIN... I WANT EXPRESS MY "LOVE & ALOHA" TO ALL MY OHANA NEAR AND FAR THAT I AM TRULY BLESSED AND I AM FOREVER GRATEFUL TO HAVE EVERY ONE OF YOU IN "MY BEAUTIFUL LIFE!!!"
I'LL RETURN TO HAWAI'I NEI WHEN AKUA OPENS A WAY FOR ME. UNTIL THEN... I'LL SEE ALL OF YOU FOLKS IN JULY FOR SEVERAL DAYS!!!
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING UP TO VISIT!!!
I LOVE YOU AND MISS ALL OF YOU DEARLY!!!
ALOHA AHUI HOU!!!
AWWWRITE!!!
WAIPA
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