KAHEALANI'S FAREWELL PARTY AT THE BETHEL, ALASKA'S LIONS CLUB. (AWESOME TURNOUT!!!)

WOW!!! WHAT AN AMAZING PARTY IT TURNED OUT TO BE. NEVER THIS MUCH HAVE I TRIED TO HOLD BACK MY TEARS IN FRONT OF SO MANY PEOPLE. FIRST OFF, AMAZINGLY SOMEONE COUNTED 103 PEOPLE ATTENDED INCLUDING CHILDREN!!! THE FOODS (KALBI RIBS, TERIYAKI CHICKENS, CHICKEN SATAY, ASSORTED FLAVORED MEATBALLS, HOTDOGS FOR THE KIDS, ITALIAN SAUSAGES, VARIOUS SALADS & DESSERTS, BAKED SALMON & SALMON STRIPS) WERE BREAKING PEOPLE’S MOUTH LEFTS AND RIGHTS!!!



FIRST I WANT TO THANK KA’IWA FREITAS, JOEY VALADEZ, & STEVE GENTLE FOR PREPPING AND COOKING. I ALSO WANT TO THANK RYAN, BRIAN, NEVADA, KA’IWA JR, & KEKOA FOR TRANSPORTING, SETTING UP, BREAKING DOWN, AND CLEANING UP AFTERWARDS. ANOTHER SPECIAL THANKS GOES OUT TO MICHAEL & KATHY TURNER FOR OPENING UP THE LIONS CLUB FOR OUR CONVEINCE. THANK YOU LOUISE RUSSELL & BRUCE CLAYPOOL FOR KEEPING THE CHILDREN SAFE & ENTERTAINED WITH YOUR ANIMAL BALLONS, PINATA BASHINGS, TOYS GIVE AWAYS, ETC.


ANOTHER ROUND OF THANKS TO RODNEY THOMAS AND OTHERS NAMES I’VE FORGOTTENED FOR MAKING SURE THE FOODS WERE PROPERLY ARRANGED AND ALL BEING SERVED AND REPLACED WITH OTHER DISHES WHEN NEEDED. BRUCE PERRY FOR BRINGING THE USUAL SWEET TREATS FOR ALL OF us TO ENJOY!!!


AND I MUST GIVE ONE MORE THANKS TO JOEY VALADEZ FOR MAKING AN AWESOME “SCOOBY DOO” CAKE FOR KAHEALANI AND IT WAS VERY DELICIOUS!!!


TO ALL THOSE THAT I’VE FORGOT TO MENTION, FORGIVE ME AS YOU AND I KNOW WHAT A BIG DIFFERENCE YOU’VE MADE THAT DAY FOR KAHEALANI AND I.


LOVE ALWAYS & AWWWRITE!!!


WAIPA & KAHEALANI

KAHEALANI GETS A HEARING TEST.

KAHEALANI GETS  HER HEARING TEST AS THIS IS THE LAST TEST SHE GETS DONE BEFORE MOVING TO HILO, HAWAI'I.  HER HEARING IS PERFECT ACCORDING TO THE AUDIOLOGIST.  SO NOW I KNOW THAT SHE HAS SELECTIVE HEARING.

AWWWRITE!!!

WAIPA

HUGE U.S. AIRFORCE FREIGHT PLANE TAKING OFF AT BETHEL, ALASKA AIRPORT!!!

ALOHA EVERYONE!!!

WHILE HANGING OUT AT THE BETHEL BEANS CAFE, I COULDN'T HELP BUT NOTICED THIS COOL & HUGE PLANE PLANE FROM U.S. AIR FORCE.  WISH I COULD RIDE THIS PLANE AND DO A "H.A.L.O." JUMP OFF THE REAR RAMP OF THE PLANE!!!

AWESOME!!!

AWWWRITE!!!

WAIPA

A DAY AT THE BETHEL BEANS CAFE!!!

TODAY WAS FUN HANGING OUT WITH GENTLE & JP.  BUSINESS WAS STEADY AND I DECIDED TO MAKE A MUSIC VIDEO OF WHAT ITS LIKE TO WORK A TYPICAL DAY AT THE BETHEL BEANS CAFE!!!

AWWWRITE!!!

WAIPA

ONOLICIOUS FILIPINO FOODS IN BETHEL, ALASKA!!!

I WILL DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO EAT LOCAL HAWAI'I FOODS WHEREVER I GO.  AND I GIVE MY ALOHA TO THE "WATERS OHANA" FOR COOKING FILIPINO FOOD RECENTLY AND INVITING ME OVER TO EAT!!!

CHICKEN ADOBO, LUMPIA, PANCIT, RICE!!!

AHHHHHHHHHHH, "BROKE DA MOUT" ACTION.

AWWWRITE!!!

WAIPA

WHY I FLY THIS PARTICULAR FLAG - THE KANAKA MAOLI FLAG.

The Kanaka Maoli ("true people" in the Hawaiian language) flag is sometimes said to be the original flag of the Kingdom of Hawaii. To some, this flag symbolizes the Native Hawaiians since the present Hawaiian flag, a hybrid of British and American symbolism, evokes images of colonialism. The colors are red-green-yellow, said to have been Kamehameha’s personal flag, and reintroduced by Kamehameha III. The central design is also present in the official coat of arms of the Kingdom of Hawai'i.


At the center of the flag is a green shield bearing a coat of arms of the kanaka maoli, made up of the royal kahili, the original Hawaiian royal standard. Crossing this kahili are two paddles, representing both voyaging traditions of Hawaiians, and Kamehameha's Law of the Splintered Paddle. There are nine stripes unlike the eight striped flag of the present State of Hawaii. Each stripe represents one of the inhabited Hawaiian islands. They are Hawaii Island, Maui, Kahoolawe, Lanai, Molokai, Oahu, Kauai, Niihau, and Nihoa. According to this flag's promoters, the green in the flag represents the maka 'ainana (commoners), the land and goodness; the red represents the landed konohiki (middle class), genealogy and strength; and the yellow represents the aliʻi, spirituality and alertness to danger. Other flags have been proposed, and interpretations of colors, but even leaders of the Hawaiian sovereignty movement often use the current state flag, since it was in effect after 1843.




SO NOW EVERYONE KNOWS WHY I PROUDLY DISPLAY THE REAL HAWAIIAN FLAG THAT WAS PUT TOGETHER BY THE HAWAIIAN PEOPLE FOR THE HAWAIIAN PEOPLE WAY BEFORE WE HAD ANY OUTSIDERS INFLUENCES.

AWWWRITE!!!

WAIPA

FAREWELL & MANY BLESSINGS TO THE STACEY FAMILY ON THEIR MOVE TO DELTA JUNCTION, ALASKA!!!

ALOHA & GOD BLESS THE STACEY FAMILY ON THEIR NEW MOVE TO DELTA JUNCTION, ALASKA.  I'LL MISS THEM VERY MUCH AS I KNOW FROM A PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE THAT TOM AND HIS AWESOME FAMILY ARE TRULY GREAT PEOPLE AND MOST OF ALL, GENUINE.

TOM, THANK YOU FOR PROTECTING BETHEL, ALASKA.

SUSAN, THANK YOU FOR ALL THE SMILES THAT LIGHTS UP THE DARKEST DAYS.

AND AS FOR YOUR CHILDREN, BRING THEM TO HILO, HAWAI'I TOO!!!

AWWWRITE!!!

WAIPA & OHANA

KAHEALANI'S LAST DENTAL APPOINTMENT IN BETHEL, ALASKA!!!

AS THE WEEKS PASSES BY IT IS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME WHERE KAHEALANI WILL BE LEAVING SOON TO HILO, HAWAI'I.  SHE HAS ONE MORE MEDICAL APPOINTMENT TO GO AND I WILL RELEASED ALL MEDICAL RECORDS TO THE HAWAI'I HOSPITAL FOR REFERENCES.  GOOD NEWS FROM YK-DENTAL AS KAHEALANI'S TEETH ARE IN TOP SHAPE AND THAT SHE CONTINUES TO KEEP IT THAT WAY.  X-RAYS INDICATES THAT HER TEETH ARE ALL WHERE THERE SUPPOSED TO BE.

THANK YOU YK-DENTAL FOR PROVIDING EXCELLENT SERVICES TO MY DAUGHTER.  KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!!!

AWWWRITE!!!

WAIPA

ALOHA A HUI HOU, OHANA!!!

AS THE WEEK COMES TO AN END, I WAS A BIT SAD TO SEE MY RELATIVES DEPART BETHEL, ALASKA AS THEY EMBARK TOWARDS ANOTHER ADVENTURE IN ALASKA THROUGH AN "RV TOURING" FROM ANCHORAGE TO HOMER AND VALDEZ.  ALL OF YOU ARE IN MY PRAYERS FOR A SAFE TRIP ALL AROUND AND BACK HOME TO HAWAI'I NEI.

"MAHALO" & "ALOHA" TO ALL OF YOU WHO MADE THE TRIP TO BETHEL, ALASKA A MEMORABLE ONE.  PLEASE COME VISIT AS OFTEN AS YOU WANT AS I PLAN TO DO THE SAME WHEN I EVENTUALLY MOVE DOWN TO HAWAI'I SOON.

LOVE ALWAYS,

WAIPA & OHANA

THE MAIALOHA OHANA VISITS BETHEL, ALASKA!!!

HERE ARE SOME OF THE FUN STUFFS WE DID WHEN SOME OF MY RELATIVES CAME DOWN FROM HAWAI'I TO VISIT US FOR THE WEEK.  FISH CAMP, BBQ, HAWAIIAN KINE TALK STORY, JELLO SHOOTERS, HEINEKENS, ALL KINE GRINDS FROM BACK HOME, & HAWAIIAN MUSIC.

NEED I SAY MORE???

AWWWRITE!!!

WAIPA & OHANA

THE "JELLO SHOOTERS" MASTER IS BACK!!!

ALOHA EVERYONE!!!


VERY BUSY WEEK AS 7 FAMILY MEMBERS HAS FLOWN UP TO BETHEL, ALASKA TO VISIT US AND DO SOME FISHING!!!  ONE OF THE EXPECTED TRADITIONS IS ME MAKING "JELLO SHOOTERS" FOR MY FAMILY AS THEY LOVE IT AS MUCH AS I DO.


SO FAR I'VE MADE "200" 2oz. CUPS RANGING FROM VODKA, TEQUILA, WHISKEY, RUM, & MIDORI, AND STILL GOING!!!


GOTTA GET BACK TO MAKING MORE "JELLO SHOOTERS".


AWWWRITE!!!


WAIPA

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY EVERYONE!!!

ALOHA EVERYONE!!!

WE WOULD LIKE TO WISH ALL OF YOU A HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!!!

KAHEALANI WAS ABLE TO PARTICIPATE AND RIDE WITH ONE OF THE FIRE TRUCKS DURING THE ANNUAL 4TH OF JULY PARADE WITH THE BETHEL FIRE DEPARTMENT OF BETHEL, ALASKA.  KAHEALANI WAS NOTHING SHORT FROM BEING EXCITED THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE RIDE THROUGH PARADE, SHE WAS PASSING OUT CANDIES AND TOYS TO ALL THE SPECTATORS, SHE WAS BLOWING THE FIRE TRUCK HORNS AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, KAHEALANI WAS ABLE TO PICK OF THE FIRETRUCK MICROPHONE AND SAY, "HAPPY 4TH OF JULY EVERYBODY" AS MUCH AS SHE WANTED TO SO EVERYONE COULD HEAR HER.

"THANK YOU" BETHEL, ALASKA FIRE DEPARTMENT AND VOLUNTEERS, ESPECIALLY FRED WATSON & KA'IWA FREITAS FOR MAKING ALL OF THIS POSSIBLE FOR KAHEALANI.

I WILL ALWAYS CHERISH THIS DAY AS NOTHING CAN BEAT THE AWESOME FEELINGS OF WATCHING MY DAUGHTER PARTICIPATE IN AN ONE OF KIND EVENT.

AWWWRITE!!!

WAIPA

MY 2 FAVORITE UKULELE SOLOS!!! (JUST FOR YOU, T. MARKHAM)

PANDANUS

PUA LILIA

I WANT TO WISH EVERYONE A WONDERFUL AND HAPPY 4TH OF JULY TO ALL!!!

AS A SPECIAL TOKEN, I UPLOADED 2 OF MY FAVORITE UKULELE PICKING SOLOS FOR ALL OF YOU TO ENJOY, UNFORTUNATELY IT IS NOT ME PLAYING, LOL!!!

BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, PLEASE ENJOY THE SMOOTH SOUNDS AND LET YOUR HEARTS FREE!!!

AWWWRITE!!!

WAIPA & OHANA