OUR EPIC WEEKEND JOURNEY TO COOPER LANDING, KENAI, AND HOMER!!!

ALOHA EVERYONE!!!

AFTER LEAH'S AMAZING GRADUATION PARTY, THE NEXT DAY WE GOT READY FOR OUR EPIC JOURNEY TO THE SOUTH...  BUT FIRST WE HAD TO EAT...  LOL!!!

KANSHAS IS ALWAYS GONNA BE OUR FAVORITE PLACE TO EAT!!!

AFTER FILLING UP OUR BELLIES, IT WAS TIME TO HEAD OVER TO SHAUN AND BRENDA'S PLACE AND BEGIN OUR ENTOURAGE OF VEHICLES!!!

WE STOPPED AT THE GIRDWOOD HOLIDAY GAS STATION FOR ANOTHER QUICK BITE OF TREATS!!!

 

ANAKALAS UNITED!!!

 

3 SCOOPS OF ALOHA!!!

I LOVE THIS PIC!!!

NEXT STOP IS THE KENAI RUSTY RAVIN PLANT RANCH!!!

H3 WAS SCHEDULED TO PLAY FOR COUPLE HOURS.  WHILE WE WERE THERE THE KIDS DEFINITELY ENJOYED THEMSELVES ON THIS BEAUTIFUL SATURDAY AFTERNOON.  YUMMY FOODS, FACE PAINTING, ANIMAL BALLOONS, AND COLORING FUN!!!

THIS IS MY FAVORITE PIC OF ALL, BRENDA & KEKOA ENJOYING THE BEAUTIFUL SUN!!!

AFTER THEY WERE DONE PLAYING WE HEADED BACK TO COOPER LANDING TO "GWIN'S LODGE" - http://www.gwinslodge.com/ WHERE H3 WILL PLAYING AT THEIR ANNUAL PIG ROAST PARTY!!!

AGAIN, I'LL LET THE PICS & VIDEOS DO ALL THE TALKING!!!



ALL I CAN SAY IS WE DEFINITELY BROUGHT THE ALOHA VIBES TO GWIN'S LODGE.  H3 AND THE OHANA JUST PACKED THE HOUSE, WE HAD OHANA FROM THE BIG ISLAND, HAWAI'I, O'AHU, HAWAI'I, SEWARD, WASILLA, BETHEL, AND ANCHORAGE!!!

CHEEE HUUU!!!

ONE BIG OHANA FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD!!!

H3 PLAYED AND FROM 10PM TO ALMOST 4AM THE NEXT MORNING!!!

AFTER A SHORT NAP AT THE CABINS, WE WERE PACKING UP

AND BACK ON THE ROAD AGAIN TO KENAI, "THE CANNERY LODGE" - http://www.thecannerylodge.com/

AS SOON WE CHECKED IN, WE WASTED NO TIME AND THEY WERE ON THE RIVER DIP NETTING!!!

 

  

THEY DID GOOD AND CAUGHT NICE BATCH FOR A LATE AFTERNOON BOAT RIDE!!!

AS THE EVENING WAS SETTING IN...  THE KIDS STARTED ROASTING MARSHMALLOWS AND SOME OF US WENT TO THE BAR AND ENJOYED THE CAMPFIRE!!!

 

THE NEXT MORNING WE HAD TO HEAD BACK TO ANCHORAGE BECAUSE CHRIS & KA'IWA HAD TO GO WORK AND I HAD PHYSICAL THERAPY APPOINTMENTS.

KAHEALANI STAYED BACK AND JOINED THE GANG TO GO TO HOMER FOR SEVERAL MORE DAYS!!!

NEXT STOP...  HOMER & UNCLE DARRIN'S CABIN!!!

 

KAHEALANI AND THE GANG RETURNED 4 DAYS AFTER I LEFT AND I HEARD NOTHING BUT FUN AND GOOD TIMES!!!

I WANT GIVE A HUGE SHOUT OUT TO EVERYONE WHO MADE THIS WEEKEND AN EPIC ONE THAT ME AND KAHEALANI WILL NEVER EVER FORGET!!!

SHAUN & BRENDA AND THE WHOLE HAWAI'I GANG, CHRIS, KA'IWA, KEKOA, GEORGE, ATI, TAU, MICHELLE, LEE, TAMMY, ALEX, MIKE, MAYA, FRANK, TERRY, ERIN, AND MANY OTHERS I CAN'T REMEMBER MY NAMES.

MAHALO NUI LOA FOR THE FOND MEMORIES AND I CAN'T WAIT TO DO THIS AGAIN NEXT SUMMER!!!

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MY NEICE, LEAH'S GRADUATION PARTY!!!

ALOHA EVERYONE!!!

SO THE DAY HAS FINALLY ARRIVED AND ITS GRADUATION PARTY TIME!!!

ALOT OF PREP WORK MADE WITH ALOHA FROM OHANA.

PORK GUISANTES, KALUA PIG, SQUID LUAU, POKE, ASSORTED DESSERTS, ETC.  LOT OF FOODS BEING PREPARED AND IT WAS TIME TO HEAD OVER TO THE PARTY HALL.

AS SOON AS WE ARRIVED WE STARTED TO SET UP THE KITCHEN, THE MUSIC STAGE, THE TABLES, THE DECORATIONS, THE CHAIRS.  EVERYONE HELPED SET UP AND IT WAS ALL READY TO GO AND PEOPLE STARTED COMING IN.

WE WERE HONORED TO BLESS THE FOODS AND KAHEALANI PRAYED IN HAWAIIAN AT THE END. 

AND LET THE PICS AND VIDEOS DO THE TALKING!!!

IT WAS SO GOOD TO SEE EVERYONE HAVING A GOOD TIME.  THE ACAPELLA WAHINES WAS GOOD AND AUNTY'S HULA DANCING.  AND H3 ALSO PLAYED AND WHILE I'M STILL USING CRUTCHES, MAYA SOMEHOW THOUGHT I WAS ABLE TO GO DANCING...  LOL!!!  BUT DESPITE THE PAINS, THE JOYS OF DANCING AND LAUGHING ALWAYS OVERCOMES ANY PAINS.  MAHALO MAYA FOR PULLING ME OUT OF MY COMFORT ZONE!!!

AND I CANNOT IGNORE SHANNON'S KILLER BLUEBERRY CHEESECAKE WAS THE BOMB, THAT WAS MY FAVORITE NEXT TO THE POKE!!!

AND AFTER THE PARTY WAS OVER, THE CLEAN UP WAS EASY PEASY, EVERYONE ALL KOKUA (HELPED) AND LEFT THAT PLACE CLEANED UP AS IF A PARTY DIDN'T EVEN HAPPENED.

AGAIN A BIG MAHALO FOR EVERYONE WHO HELPED OUT & CELEBRATED LEAH'S GRADUATION PARTY.  I HOPE YOU ALL ENJOYED IT AS MUCH AS I DID!!!

UNTIL NEXT YEAR, IT'LL BE KAWIKA'S GRADUATION IN 2018!!!

I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE EVERYONE FROM HAWAI'I AGAIN!!!

CONGRATULATIONS LEAH!!!

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THE HAWAI'I GANG HAS ARRIVED!!!

ALOHA EVERYONE!!!

10 PEOPLE FROM HAWAI'I HAS ARRIVED FOR MY NIECE, LEAH'S UPCOMING GRADUATION PARTY!!!  I WAS ALREADY EXCITED TO MEET ALL OF THEM.  AS SOON AS THEY ARRIVED WE DID NOT WASTE TIME, WE ALREADY PLANNED ANOTHER TRIP TO SEWARD!!!  ONLY THIS TIME WE GO BY TRAIN!!!

THE TRAIN RIDE WAS AMAZING AND I'D DO IT AGAIN.  WE SAW EAGLES, SHEEP DALLS, AND SEVERAL BEARS, GLACIER WATERFALLS.  IT WAS BEAUTIFUL AND 5 HOURS LATER, WE ARE IN SEWARD...  AGAIN!!!

THIS TIME THEY VISITED THE "ALASKA SEA LIFE CENTER" - http://www.alaskasealife.org/

UNFORTUNATELY I DIDN'T GET TO GO BECAUSE MY KNEES WERE STARTING TO HURT AGAIN.  BUT I'M GLAD KAHEALANI WENT WITH EVERYONE ELSE.

AFTER THAT WE HEADED OVER TO MIKE AND MAYA'S PLACE AGAIN!!!  I LOVE SEEING THEM AGAIN!!!

AND THIS TIME I GOT TO MEET MAILE THEIR DAUGHTER.

ANOTHER FUN NIGHT OF YUMMY FOODS, STEAKS, HALIBUTS, SALMONS, AND EXTRA SIDES...  SORRY NO PICS BUT BELIEVE ME, I AIN'T LYING.

AND BEFORE YOU KNOW IT, IT WAS TIME TO HEAD BACK TO ANCHORAGE.

MAHALO AGAIN, MIKE & MAYA FOR YOUR ALOHA HOSPITALITY!!!  WE'LL BE SEEING YOU FOLKS SOON!!!



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NEXT STOP... KENAI, ALASKA!!!

ALOHA EVERYONE!!!

SO MY NEXT STOP IS IN KENAI, ALASKA!!!

I HAD TO POST THIS, KAHEALANI & ELAINA ARE INSEPARABLE.

OK BACK TO MY TRIP TO KENAI!!!

KA'IWA FLEW DOWN FROM SITKA, ALASKA TO JOIN US AND OUR JOURNEY BEGINS!!!

FIRST THING IN THE MORNING, I PICKED UP THE GIRLS AND TOOK THEM OUT TO EAT BREAKFAST AT "GWENNIES" - http://gwenniesrestaurant.com/, DO NOT BE FOOLED BY THESE GIRLS SLIM BODIES, THEY CAN EAT!!!

SEE FOR YOURSELF!!!

 

NEXT STOP...  "KRISPY KREME" - http://krispykreme.com/location/krispy-kreme-anchorage

KRISPY KREME ANNOUNCED THAT THEY WERE CELEBRATING  THEIR 80TH ANNIVERSARY WHICH MEANS YOU A BUY A DOZEN AND AT REGULAR PRICE AND THE SECOND DOZEN IS ONLY 80 CENTS!!!

AND THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT WE DID.  IT WAS PRETTY CROWDED AND NICE LINE WAS ALREADY FORMED.  AS IT WAS CLOSE TO MY TURN TO ORDER, BEHIND ME WAS A YOUNG WOMAN SOLDIER IN CAMMIES AND WHEN IT WAS MY TURN TO PAY, I TOLD THE CLERK THAT I'LL PAY FOR HER ORDER TOO.  I DID IT IN HONOR OF HER SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY AND WHEN SHE FOUND OUT IT WAS PAID FOR, THE LOOK ON HER EYES WAS PRICELESS, SHE THANKED ME BUT I THANKED HER FOR DEFENDING OUR FREEDOM.  I EVEN TOLD HER TO GO VISIT THE "TOMB OF THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER" IN ARLINGTON, VIRGINA IF SHE EVER GETS A CHANCE.

THE GIRLS ON THE OTHER HAND WERE WATCHING THE CONVEYOR BELT OVERLOADING AND THEY WERE TRYING TO GET THE STAFFS ATTENTION BUT THEY TOO BUSY UNTIL IT WAS TOO LATE, DOZENS OF DONUTS WERE GETTING PILED UP AND SMASHED UP, BUT EVENTUALLY THE STAFF WERE ABLE TO FIX THE PROBLEM, THE CONVEYOR BELT GEARS WERE CLOGGED WITH GLAZED ICING!!!

AND NOW WE ARE ON OUR WAY TO KENAI!!!

WE MADE SEVERAL STOPS ALONG THE WAY AND GOOFED IN ALEYESKA AND COOPER LANDING.  WE ALSO STOPPED AT KENAI FRED MEYERS TO GET OUR FISHING LICENSE WHICH WAS ALMOST MIDNIGHT!!!  AND AFTER THAT WE FINALLY ARRIVED AT "THE CANNERY LODGE" - http://www.thecannerylodge.com/, BY THEN WE WERE SO TIRED AND WE JUST PARKED BOTH BOATS, UNLOADED OUR BAGS AND GEARS AND CHECKED IN AND HIT THE SACK!!!

 

ITS SATURDAY MORNING AND SHAUN & BRENDA WAS ALREADY UP AND GETTING THE BOATS READY TO LOADING DOCK.  AND IT WAS TIME FOR SOME DIP-NETTING!!!

 

WHAT AN AMAZING WEEKEND IT WAS FOR ALL OF US!!! WE GOT SILVERS, AND ALOT OF LAUGHTER AND FUN!!!

AGAIN, MAHALO TO EVERYONE FOR MAKING ANOTHER AWESOME WEEKEND FOR ME AND KAHEALANI!!!

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MORE FUN TIMES!!!

ALOHA EVERYONE!!!

KAHEALANI FINALLY RETURNS FROM SEWARD AND  SHE TOLD SHE HAD A BLAST!!!  THEY HIKED UP MT MARATHON, WENT TO THEIR 4TH OF JULY EVENT AND WITNESSED THEIR ANNUAL MT MARATHON RACE AND THEY GOT TO CHEER ON JONATHAN WHO WAS RACING!!!

BUT I WAS SO HAPPY TO HAVE KAHEALANI BACK AND WE DID MORE FUN THINGS TOGETHER.

I GOT A CALL FROM VICKIE WHO SAYS ITS  A BEAUTIFUL DAY AND I NEED TO GET OUT AND ENJOY THE DAY WHICH I AGREED TOO.

KAHEALANI WASN'T UP TO GOING OUT, SAID SHE WAS FEELING A LITTLE UNDER THE WEATHER.  SO I MET VICKIE AT CAMPBELL PARK.

 

IT WAS SUCH A BEAUTIFUL DAY LIKE SHE SAID IT WAS, I GIMP MY WAY AROUND AND ENJOYED MY TIME AT THE PARK.  IT WAS GOOD TO SEE B AND SERENA TOO.  IT WAS  CROWDED AND YET FUN TO WATCH OTHERS HAVING FUN WITH FAMILIES AND FRIENDS.

NEXT STOP...  DINNER AT "LOS ARCOS" RESTAURANT!!!  ITS MEXICAN FOODS!!!

GOOD GOD MY DINNER WAS WAY TOO BIG TO FINISH SO I TOOK THE REST HOME AND GAVE IT TO KAHEALANI TO FINISHED.

THANK YOU VICKIE, B, AND SERENA FOR INVITING ME AT THE PARK AND DINNER!!!

THE NEXT DAY KAHEALANI WAS FEELING BETTER AND WE DECIDED TO GO TO THE MOVIES AND GRAB MY NEICE, ELAINA TO JOIN US TOO.

WE GOT TO WATCH "BABY DRIVER"WHICH WAS PRETTY COOL AND FULL OF ACTION!!!

AFTER THAT KAHEALANI HAD TO GET HER POKE FIX AND WE WENT TO "ALOHA STOP & SHOP".

NOW SHE'S A HAPPY CAMPER!!!

WOW, ITS ALREADY ALOHA FRIDAY!!!

AND WHAT A NIGHT OF FUN WE HAD!!!

FIRST OFF, KAHEALANI WANTED TO SPEND THE WEEKEND WITH UNCLE SHAUN AND AUNTY BRENDA AND HANG OUT WITH HER COUSIN, ELAINA.  SO I DROPPED HER OFF AND THEN I HEADED OVER TO THE "AK 49TH STATE BREWERY" - https://www.49statebrewing.com/ TO GO SEE H3 PLAY AT THEIR ANNUAL BLOCK PARTY.  THE BEERS WAS EXCELLENT, ESPECIALLY THEIR SEASONAL PINEAPPLE BEER.  LATER ON I WAS SURPRISED BY KAHEALANI & ELAINA WHO SHOWED UP AT THE BLOCK PARTY TOO.

 

AFTER THE BLOCK PARTY, H3 HAD ANOTHER GIG AT "WILLAWAW" - http://williwawsocial.com/ AND THAT WAS MY NEXT AND FINAL STOP.

AS ALWAYS, H3 IS ALWAYS BRINGING IN THE ALOHA VIBES WITH THEIR MUSIC AND I CAN NEVER GET ENOUGH.  I WAS SO HAPPY TO MEET UP WITH MY FRIEND, ANABELE WHO IS NOT ONLY SEXY BUT JUST AS FUN AS VICKIE, OH BY THE WAY, VICKIE COULDN'T MAKE IT BECAUSE SHE JUST BOUGHT A HOUSE AND SHE WAS MOVING IN.  KAMU AND COBY ALSO JOIN US AND I MET ANOTHER NEW FRIEND, SAMART WHO HAPPENS TO BE A BIG FAN OF H3!!!  IT WAS THE BEST WAY TO END THE ALOHA FRIDAY NIGHT!!!

 

NEXT MORNING WE WERE ALL SUPER HUNGRY AND WE ALL HEADED OVER TO "KANSHAS", THE BEST HAWAIIAN & LOCAL FOODS PLACE TO EAT!!!

AND THAT CONCLUDES MY WEEK OF FUN FROM SEWARD TO ANCHORAGE!!!

TO BE CONTINUED...

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4TH OF JULY FUN IN ANCHORAGE, ALASKA!!!

ALOHA EVERYONE!!!

AFTER MY AWESOME AND AMAZING SEWARD TRIP, IT WAS TIME FOR SOME 4TH OF JULY FUN WITH MY SISTER, DENISE!!!

IT WAS HELD IN DOWNTOWN AND WE MISSED THE PARADE BUT WE STILL HEADED OVER TO THE PARK AND CHECKED OUT THE EVENT.

WE STOPPED AT THIS RUSSIAN FOOD BOOTH AND I SAW "PIROSKI" WHICH IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE THING TO EAT!!!  SO MY SISTER AND I SPLIT THAT ALONG WITH A FUNNEL CAKE NEARBY.

WE WALKED SOME MORE AND ENJOYED SOME LIVE MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT AND CHECKED OUT THE GAMES AND RIDES AND FINALLY WE ENDED OUR SAY WITH SOME YUMMY SHAVED ICE!!!

BY THEN MY KNEES WERE GETTING SORE AGAIN AND IT WAS TIME TO REST UP AND RELAX THE REST OF THE DAY!!!

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