KAHEALANI VISITS ALASKA FOR CHRISTMAS 2018!!!

ALOHA EVERYONE!!!

THE HOLIDAYS ARE HERE AND THAT MEANS KAHEALANI IS RETURNING FOR WINTER HOLIDAYS!!!

AT ALASKA AIRLINES, WE ALWAYS RECEIVE WONDERFUL GIFTS FROM OTHERS, AND THIS BASKET OF SWEETS IS JUST ONE OF THEM.

SO KAHEALANI IS FLYING FROM KONA TO ANCHORAGE AND I'M TRYING TO LEAVE BETHEL TO GO MEET HER.

GETTING OUT OF BETHEL WAS A CHALLENGE BECAUSE FLIGHTS WERE BEING CANCELLED ON THE WEEKEND JUST BEFORE CHRISTMAS, I MEAN LOOK AT THIS...  THIS IS IN BETHEL, ALASKA...  THE AIRPORT IS PACKED WITH PEOPLE TRYING TO GET OUT!!!

AFTER A DAY AND A HALF OF WAITING...  I FINALLY WAS ABLE TO FLY OUT TO ANCHORAGE!!!

I WAS EXHAUSTED WHEN I ARRIVED IN ANCHORAGE, MY SISTER DENSIE PICKED ME UP AND I WENT STRAIGHT TO BED.

I WOKE UP THE NEXT DAY AND IT WAS CHRISTMAS EVE AND I WENT AND DID SOME LAST MINUTE CHRISTMAS SHOPPING FOR MY UPCOMIMG CHRISTMAS & WELCOME BACK KAHEALANI PARTY.  WHILE SHOPPING I RAN INTO AN OLD CO-WORKER FROM ALASKA AIRLINES...

KEENAN!!!

I ALSO COULD NOT RESIST...  I HAD TO GET ANOTHER GIANT TEDDY BEAR!!!

AFTER MY SHOPPING WAS DONE, DENISE AND I WENT TO GO CELEBRATE OUR CHRISTMAS EVE DINNER AT SORRENTOS, AN ITALIAN RESTAURANT.

THE FOOD WAS VERY YUMMY, ESPECIALLY THE DESSERTS!!!  DEFINITELY GO EAT AT SORRENTOS IN ANCHOARGE, ALASKA!!!

AFTER THAT MY COUSIN SHAUN AND HIS OHANA INVITED ME TO JOIN THEM FOR A WINTER HORSE CARRAIGE RIDE IN DOWNTOWN ANCHORAGE!!!

I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THEY HAD THESE GOING ON AFTER ALL THESE YEARS!!!  THE NIGHT WAS PERFECT AND BEAUTIFUL AND NOT TOO COLD.

MAHALO SHAUN & BRENDA FOR INVITING ME!!!

AND THAT'S PRETTY SUMS UP MY CHRISTMAS EVE!!!

CHRISTMAS IS HERE AND GUESS WHAT I GOT FOR CHRISTMAS???

 

KAHEALANI!!!  DENISE AND I PICKED HER UP IN WASILLA WHERE SHE WAS SPENDING TIME FOR A FEW DAYS WITH HER RELATIVES INCLUDING HER MOM.

AFTER WE PICKED HER UP, WE HEADED OVER TO SHAUN'S PLACE TO DROP OFF KAHEALANI WHERE SHE'LL BE SPENDING THE WEEK WITH HER OTHER FAMILY.

 

THE BEST CHRISTMAS GIFT IN THE WORLD!!!

MAHALO BRADDA SHAUN FOR HAVING KAHEALANI SPEND TIME WITH YOU FOLKS!!!

NERF WARS IN SESSION!!!

THEY CRACK ME UP!!!  LOL!!!

AND NOW...  KAHEALANI FINALLY ARRIVES IN BETHEL, ALASKA!!!

KAHEALANI, KYLE, AND SVEN AT THE MOVIE THEATER IN BETHEL, ALASKA!!!

AND THEN IT WAS TIME FOR HER WELCOME BACK PARTY!!!  WE DECIDED TO MAKE IT AN "ALOHA KALIKIMAKA" THEM WITH ISLAND GRINDS!!!

 

L-R:  SPICY POKE, MAC SALAD, EDAMAME, SPAM MUSUBI

 

HAWAIIAN SWEET ROLLS.

 

KALUA PIG & CABBAGE.



SHOYU CHICKEN.

AND OUR GUESTS WHO ALL CAME AND JOINED US!!!

IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL TURN OUT WITH OHANA AND THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR COMING OVER  AND MEETING KAHEALANI!!!

AND BEFORE YOU KNOW IT, IT WAS TIME FOR KAHEALANI TO RETURN BACK TO HAWAI'I.  SO WE HEADED BACK TO ANCHORAGE TO SPEND ONE MORE NIGHT BEFORE SHE HEADS BACK TO HILO, HAWAI'I.

I TOOK HER TO HAVE HER MANICURE.

 

THE ONE LAST MEET UP WITH THE PACARRO OHANA AT MOOSE'S TOOTH PIZZERIA RESTAURANT!!!

ONCE AGAIN, ANOTHER BIG MAHALO TO THE PACARRO OHANA FOR SPENDING ONE MORE TIME TOGETHER WITH KAHEALANI!!!

AND BEFORE YOU KNOW IT...  IT S BACK TO THE AIRPORT...

LOOK WHO WE RAN INTO...  THE JOHNSON OHANA WHO JUST CAME BACK FROM THE BIG ISLAND!!!



AND THEN IT WAS KAHEALANI'S TIME TO GO BACK HOME TO BEAUTIFUL HAWAI'I NEI!!!

A SHORT VISIT BUT ANOTHER MEMORABLE WINTER HOLIDAY FOR THE BOTH OF US!!!

I MISS YOU KAHEALANI...  UNTIL THEN I'LL SEE YOU FOR THE SUMMER!!!

I LOVE AND MISS YOU...  ALWAYS AND FOREVER!!!

AWWWRITE!!!

WAIPA



BACK IN ALASKA... BACK TO BETHEL... BACK TO ANCHORAGE... AND REPEAT AGAIN... BACK TO REALITY!!!

ALOHA EVERYONE!!!

AFTER AN AWESOME 12 DAY VACATION IN NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA...  WE ARRIVED SAFELY BACK TO ALASKA.

IT WAS TRULY AN AMAZING TRIP AND READJUSTING BACK TO THE PRE-WINTER WILL BE AN UP-HILL BATTLE.  BUT I'M THANKFUL FOR MY OHANA & FRIENDS IN ANCHORAGE WHO CONTINUES TO KEEP MY SANITY GOING...  LOL!!!

SO MY FINAL NIGHT IN ANCHORAGE BEFORE I HEAD BACK TO BETHEL, I DECIDED TO EAT AT PHO BOWL AS I CRAVING VIETNAMESE FOOD...  SO MY SISTER AND I DECIDED TO GIVE THEM A TRY.  I GOTTA SAY THEY WASN'T TOO BAD AT ALL.

AFTER A NICE DINNER WITH DENISE, I HEADED FOR BED BECAUSE I HAD AN EARLY MORNING FLIGHT BACK TO BETHEL.

BOY DO I LOOK EXCITED TO RETURN BACK TO BETHEL...  NOT!!!

AS SOON AS I ARRIVED IN BETHEL, IT WAS HARD FOR ME TO ADJUST BACK TO REALITY, BUT THANK GOD FOR ALASKA AIRLINES, I HAVE A HAPPY WORKPLACE TO COME HOME TO.

 

I LOVE SEEING PEOPLE AT THE AIRPORT COMING AND LEAVING, ITS ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE ALL MY FRIENDS!!!

I ALSO GOT TO DOG SIT FOR MY FRIEND, MAN THAT WAS AN OPENER AND REALITY CHECK FOR ME BECAUSE I WAS PLANNING ON GETTING A BEAGLE SOME TIME AGO BUT WORKING 2 JOBS AND LEAVING THE DOG IN THE KENNEL FOR MOST OF THE NIGHT IS TOO MUCH AND I FELT SO BAD BEING AWAY FOR TOO LONG.  BUT WHEN I DID COME HOME, HE WAS ADORABLE TO HAVE AROUND AN CUDDLE WITH AND FUN TO WALK WITH TOO.

SO ITS BEEN ABOUT 2 WEEKS AND I WAS READY TO HEAD BACK TO ANCHORAGE FOR MY "VICKIE FIX"...  HE HE HE.

 

WE WENT TO THE LAST FRONTIER BAR TO GO SEE H3 PLAY LIVE MUSIC AND VICKIE MET UP WITH ME AND LOOK HOW WE RAN INTO... 

 ZULY, JOANIE, SHANNA, AND SAMART!!!

WE HAD A BLAST AND IT WAS GOOD TO REUNITE WITH EVERYONE!!!

GUESS WHAT I GOT TO SEE IN THEATERS...

AND BACK TO BETHEL ALREADY...  LOL!!!

AND OMG...  ITS ALREADY THANKSGIVING WEEK!!!

I WORKED AT MY JAIL JOB FOR THANKSGIVING DAY BUT I WENT TO THE LION'S CLUB FOR A QUICK DINNER BREAK WITH FRIENDS.

AND GUESS WHAT...  BACK TO ANCHORAGE!!!

AND THIS TIME FOR SOME SALSA & BACHATA DANCE CLASS!!!

  

ANOTHER FUN WEEKEND WITH VICKIE AND FRIENDS.

AS I WAS HEADING BACK TO BETHEL...  LOOK WHO I RAN INTO...

MY BEST FRIENDS AND BROTHERS, TAYLOR AND ETHAN AND THEIR MOM JOELEEN TOO!!!

I WAS SO HAPPY TO SEE THEM, THEY DEFINITELY SENT ME BACK BETHEL IN A VERY GOOD MOOD.

AND NOW ITS DECEMBER AND THE FINAL MONTH OF 2017...  OH WHAT TO DO... WHAT TO DO...  WHAT TO DO...

ANOTHER TRIP BACK TO ANCHORAGE, AND THIS TIME ITS A DOUBLE WHAMMY WEEKEND OF AWESOME LIVE MUSIC AT WILLIWAW

FRIDAY NIGHT IS H3 PLAYING LIVE AND THIS TIME WE CAME WITH A BIG GROUP OF FRIENDS COMING FROM SEWARD AND TOK AND BETHEL TOO...  LOL!!!

MY BRO, MAURICE AND CHRISTIANA

MY NEW FRIENDS, LAMON FROM SOUTHERN, CALIFORNIA AND ADAM FROM SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA...  THEY WORK AT THE MILITARY BASE AS I.T. SUPPORT TECHS...  SO I THINK THEY DO...  LOL!!!

 

MIKE FROM SEWARD WITH JACOBY FROM MOLOKA'I.

 

CAROLINE FROM ALABAMA AND TERRY FROM SEWARD!!!

AND WHO CAN EVER FORGET MY CRAZY AND ADORABLE ANABEL!!!

UNFORTUNATELY I DIDN'T TAKE MUCH PICS AS I WAS UNDER HEAVY INFLUENCE OF LIQUID ALOHA BUT IT IS WHAT IT IS.

H3 AS ALWAYS, DEFINITELY BROUGHT DOWN THE HOUSE AT WILLIWAW AND ANOTHER FUN EVENING WITH OHANA AND GOOD FRIENDS!!!

SO THE NEXT NIGHT...  SAME PLACE BUT DIFFERENT BAND, "I LIKE ROBOTS" WHICH IS AN 80'S BAND WAS ANOTHER FUN NIGHT OF NOSTALGIC MUSIC.

 

THIS WOMAN IS MY ROCK AND SOUL AND I'M SO DAMN BLESSED TO HAVE HER.

VICKIE AND MARY = BEST FRIENDS FOREVER!!!

ONCE AGAIN...  BACK TO BACK OF FUN LIVE MUSIC IN ANCHORAGE!!!

GOOD VIBES BRINGS HAPPY MEMORIES THAT IS FOREVER IN HEART!!!

TO BE CONTINUED...

STAY TUNED FOR MORE BLOGGINGS!!!

AWWWRITE!!!

WAIPA