MY AWESOME TRIP BACK HOME TO BIG ISLAND, HAWAI'I - PART 04!!!

ALOHA EVERYONE!!!

 

AFTER AN AMAZING WEEKEND WITH MY TWO OHANA, IT WAS TIME FOR ME TO GET READY TO RETURN BACK TO ALASKA...  :(

 

BUT I STILL MADE THE BEST OF MY LAST DAY IN HAWAI'I NEI...

 

 

 

 

 

MY FINAL HOUR BEFORE I HEAD TO THE AIRPORT...  :(

 

 

THIS IS WHERE IT GETS THE HARDEST...  :(

 

 

 

MY JET TO HONOLULU, HAWAI'I.

 

 

ALOHA A HUI E KEAUKAHA...  I'LL BE BACK SOON.

 

 

AFTER LANDING IN HONOLULU, MY COUSIN MELINDA PICKED ME UP TO SPEND THE DAY!!!

 

 

MY COUSIN CAN BE FUNNY KINE EVERY NOW AND THEN...  NAH NAH NAH, SHE TAKES GOOD CARE OF ME.  :)

 

WE HEADED OUT TO LUNCH AT "LILIHA BAKERY" - http://lilihabakeryhawaii.com/ FOR LUNCH!!!

 

HOOO...  HOW DIS FOR THROWBACK 80'S...  LOL!!!  DA CAR SHADES FROM THE 80'S...  LOL!!!

 

ANYWAYS...  BACK TO OUR LUNCH DATE...

 

MY CRAZY AND PASSIVE AGGRESSIVE COMEDIAN COUSIN, MELINDA!!!

 

 

 

WOW...  IT WAS INDEED A VERY YUMMY LUNCH, I HAD THE "LOCO-MOCO" AND MELINDA HAS THE "GRILLED SALMON" AND TO FINISH IT OFF WITH "LILIHA'S" FAMOUS CHANTILLY CAKE WITH IT'S ONE AND ONLY...  "BUTTER FROSTINGS", IT WAS A WINNER IN ITS OWN CLASS!!!

 

AFTER THAT WE DID SOME SHOPPING FOR ME TO TAKE BACK WITH ME TO BETHEL, ALASKA...  HAWAI'I GOODIES!!!

 

AND BEFORE YOU KNOW...  IT WAS TIME TO RETURN BACK TO THE AIRPORT TO FLY BACK TO ALASKA...  :(

 

 

THANK YOU TITA MELINDA FOR SPENDING TIME WITH ME AND TAKING ME AROUND, I SO APPRECIATE YOU AND I CAN'T WAIT FOR YOU TO COME UP AND VISIT ME IN ALASKA!!!

 

AND BACK TO THE AIRPORT I WENT AND AS I WAS WALKING TO MY GATE...

 

 

IS THIS A SIGN OF THINGS TO COME???

 

 

 

AND THIS CONCLUDES MY AWESOME HAWAI'I TRIP!!!

 

THNAK YOU EVERYONE FOR ALL YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT AND I'M ALWAYS LOOKING FORWARD AND EXCITED TO SHARE "MY BEAUTIFUL LIFE" TO ALL OF YOU!!!

 

UNTIL THEN...  STAY TUNED FOR MORE FUN AND EXCITING BLOGGINGS!!!

 

AWWWRITE!!!

 

WAIPA

MY AWESOME TRIP BACK HOME TO BIG ISLAND, HAWAI'I - PART 03!!!

ALOHA EVERYONE!!!

 

AFTER A WONDERFUL & BEAUTIFUL SATURDAY EVENT IN KONA & WAIKALOA, IT WAS TIME TO HEAD BACK TO HILO AS I WAS ALREADY MISSING MY OHANA!!!

 

BEFORE I HEADED BACK, I STOPED AND SHOPPED AT COSTCO'S.

 

 

 

 

BUT I ALSO HAD ANOTHER SUPRISE FOR THE WILLIAMS OHANA...

 

I PLANNED A BBQ DINNER FOR THEM...

 

 

YUPZ...  I INVITED THEM OVER TO KEAUKAHA TO MEET MY OHANA!!!

 

ON THE MENU:

 

RIBEYES STEAKS, PORTUGUESE SAUSAGES, ASSORTED POKES, DAD'S POTATO SALAD, AND RICE!!!

 

 

 

KAHEALANI ANXIOUSLY WAITING FOR THE WILLIAMS OHANA.

 

 

 

LEMONGRASS & GINGER BEER...  PRETTY DAMN GOOD!!!

 

 

THE WILLIAMS OHANA HAS ARRIVED!!!

 

 

THIS BY FAR WAS THE BEST PART OF MY ENTIRE TRIP, UNITING TWO WONDERFUL OHANA AS ONE!!!

 

I WAS SO HAPPY TO HAVE THEM MEET MY DAD AND THE WAIPA OHANA, I WILL FOREVER REMEMBER THIS DAY!!!

 

THANK YOU, MOM, DAD, LEOLANI, GINGER, AND KAHEALANI FOR HOSTING AN AWESOME BBQ DINNER FOR MY OTHER OHANA FROM BETHEL, ALASKA!!!

 

I CAN'T WAIT FOR ALL OF US TO MEET AGAIN, HOPEFULLY SOON!!!

 

STAY TUNED FOR MORE!!!

 

AWWWRITE!!!

 

WAIPA

MY AWESOME TRIP BACK HOME TO BIG ISLAND, HAWAI'I - PART 02!!!

ALOHA EVERYONE!!!

 

SO AFTER AN AWESOME AND FUN INK SESSION WITH BRADDA CHE PILAGO, IT WAS TIME FOR AN ICED COLD MANGO BLACK TEA DRINK BEFORE I HEAD BACK TO HILO SIDE!!!

 

 

AS SOON AS I GOT BACK TO HILO, I PRETTY MUCH CHILLED WITH MY OHANA AND ADMIRED MY INK...  LOL!!!

 

IT'S ALOHA FRIDAY AND I STARTED EARLY TO START PACKING FOR MY WEEKEND AT THE WAIKALOA RESORT TO MEET UP WITH MY FRIENDS FROM BETHEL, ALASKA!!!

 

UNFORTUNATELY KAHEALANI COULDN'T JOIN ME BECAUSE OF HER SCHOOL WORK AND STUDIES.

 

SO OFF I WENT BACK TO THE KONA SIDE AND THIS TIME I MADE SURE I DIDN'T PASSED THE SPEED LIMIT...  LOL!!!

 

THE WAIKALOA IS A VERY NICE RESORT IF YOU CAN AFFORD IT!!!

 

AS SOON AS I ARRIVED, I DECIDED TO TAKE MY NEICE AND NEPHEW, KAYLA & SVEN TO THE MOVIES AND WE WATCHED THE NEW "CAPTAIN AMERICA - CIVIL WAR".  THE MOVIE WAS AWESOME!!!

 

 

AND THAT PRETTY MUCH SUMS UP MY FRIDAY NIGHT AND WE HEADED BACK TO THE CONDO AND END THE EVENING.

 

IT'S ALOHA SATURDAY TODAY IS THE BIG DAY BECAUSE...  IT'S THOR & JO'S DAY TO CELEBRATE 25 YEARS OF MARRAIGE!!!

 

BUT LETS EAT BREAKFAST FIRST...

 

 

 

 

MANGO MIMOSA FOR ME AND REPRESENTING "ALASKA AIRLINES" WHILE ENJOYING THE OCEAN VIEW!!!

#iamalaska

 

 

CHEERS!!!

 

 

 

THOR!!!

 

 

PATIENTLY WAITING FOR OUR BREAKFAST WILL WE ENJOY THE OCEAN FRONT VIEW!!!

 

 

BREAKFAST IS SERVED!!!

 

 

WELCOME TO KONA, HAWAI'I!!!

 

 

AFTER BREAKFAST WE DID A LITTLE SHOPPING AND GOT HAIRCUTS TOO!!!  THEN WE HEADED BACK TO THE RESORT FOR A SHORT SWIM AND THEN IT WAS CEREMONY TIME!!!

 

 

 

THE LATE AFTERNOON WAS PERFECT AND BEAUTIFUL AS IT COULD EVER BE.  THE WEATHER WAS CLEAR AND COOL AS THE SUNSETS AND THE WIND BLEW PERFECTLY TO ADD TO THE MOMENT!!!

 

 

 

I HAD THE HONOR TO SOMEWHAT OFFICIATE AND WITNESS THEIR RENEWING OF THEIR VOWS AND READ SCRIPTS OF LOVE FOR THE LOVELY COUPLE.

 

 

 

THE COOL THING TOO WAS WE ALSO DID FACETIME WITH TIANNA, EDDIE, AND MIA SO THEY COULD ALSO WITNESS THE CEREMONY!!!

 

AND MANY MORE YEARS TO GO AND FOREVER MORE!!!

 

CONGRATULATION THOR & JO AND HAPPY 25TH ANNIVERSARY!!!

 

 

 

KAYLA...  BEAUTIFUL AS ALWAYS IN HER HAWAIIAN "MUU MUU" DRESS!!!

 

 

SVEN, GOOFY AS ALWAYS WITH HIS AWESOME AND STYLING ALOHA SHIRT!!!

 

 

 

 

 

THE LOVELY AND ADORABLE, THOR & JO!!!

 

 

 

I AM FOREVER INDEBT TO THIS WONDERFUL OHANA.

 

AND NOW ITS TIME FOR A DINNER CELEBRATION AT THE FAMOUS "MACARONI GRILL" RESTAURANT - http://www.macaronigrill.com/

 

 

I LOVE THIS PICTURE!!!

 

 

DINNER WAS AMAZING AND SO WAS THE DRINKS!!!

 

THOR & JO...

 

I'D LIKE TO EXPRESS WITH LOVE & ALOHA HOW GRATEFUL AND FORTUNATE I AM TO PART OF YOUR WONDERFUL AND BEAUTIFUL OHANA.  YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN THERE FOR ME WHENEVER I AM FEELING HOMESICK AND LONELY...  AWAY FROM MY HOME AND OHANA, ESPECIALLY WHEN I MISS KAHEALANI VERY MUCH. 

 

TIANNA, KAYLA, AND SVEN...  ONCE AGAIN...  MAHALO NUI LOA FOR ALSO BEING THERE FOR ME AND KAHEALANI.  KAHEALANI LOOKS UP TO ALL OF YOU AND I KNOW SHE LOVES ALL OF YOU VERY MUCH AND THAT MEANS ALOT TO ME.

 

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN A ONCE IN A LIFETIME EVENT, I SO LOOK FORWARD FOR MANY MORE HAPPINESS AND FUN EVENTS IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE!!! 

 

LAS VEGAS...  HERE WE COME!!!

 

TO BE CONTINUED...

 

AWWWRITE!!!

 

WAIPA