Golf with Cousin Koa

Jase and cousin Koa have spent some time on the green together. Today we all went to Turtle Bay and they hit the Palmer Course. I know that it was a tournament or anything, but they are very competitive in nature. You'll have to ask them what the final scores were.

Shorty!

We met up with my other high-school best friend, Randy Salis (aka. Shorty), her boy friend, Arnold and son at Ruby Tuesdays. They're expecting a baby girl November 7th!

Last minutes with family!

23rd (Wednesday)

* Gathered last minute gifts and requests from everyone in NZ at the swap meet and WalMart

* Picked up Mum from airport getting in from Hilo and Dad from hotel (he'd arrived 2am from the Marshal Islands). We ate some good sushi and musubi's for snack from Aunty Peaches in Hilo!

* Got Ross's birth certificates

* Surfing at Queen's beach of Waikiki (where Aunty Tweetie surfed in high school)

we got a waterproof camera this time so we gotta wait until it's developed to see those pix!

* Rainbow's dinner/lunch/snack

* Watched movie, "The A-Team"

* Slept over Cousin Lindy's

24th (Thursday)

* Castle's for a surf

* Time with half brother Mario and L&L's for dinner

* Kapahaka practice: Dad, Mum and Jase sang in Maori

* Night with Uncle Hyran Smith's whanau

25th (Friday)

* Short time meeting Uncle Curtis and Gail Crabbe (my father's older brother) at the Smith's

* Last waves at Castle's (just Jase and Mum)

* L&L lunch

*A hui hou!

Car #2

So we bough another car...2001 Dodge Neon with 115,000 miles for only $1200 from a byu couple. This will be our run around car.

Kamehameha Alumni Lu'au

Alumni from classes with '00 and '05 celebrated this year. Aunty Tweetie is a 1970 graduate! She's classmates with many family, Aunty Lenny, and friends, the Maylor's.

We enjoyed a night of food, friends and entertainment. I even danced a hula with my Aunty Toni Lee (my mom's sister) and Aunty Puamana Crabbe (my dad's 1st cousin).

Baby Daniels!

So my youngest sister Keao and Bronson finally had their very first baby down there in Hamilton, New Zealand! She went into labor Sunday night (Saturday here) at around 10pm and didn't have the baby until about 24 hours later, 9:44pm, Monday evening (Sunday here). It was quite difficult to stay in contact. Keao was worried earlier since none of us are there so we did our best (thanks to skype) checking in every couple of hours. This is the first nephew/grandson for both the Daniels and Crabbe families! The baby weighed about 8 pounds. They're still not sure of a name yet (pictures to be posted soon). We're so happy that the baby, keao and brons are nice and healthy. They even said that the baby is "chubby"!

Peaua's @ da Wall

So we spent our LAST day soaking up the sun at our traditional beach that my family grew up at in Waikiki. It was perfect for the girlz because love boogie boarding now...even Milia!

After a long day at the beach, they were able to visit several different beaches, eat at all of their favorite local grind places and create many memories to last for a lifetime (or at least until they come again)! They flew out on the 11pm Hawaiian Air flight back to Vegas, but not without stopping at Liliha Bakery for some shantille cake (no idea how to spell that word)...mmmmm!

Before they left

Bowling

Monday-Smith's finally got to meet my older sister and her family, the Peaua's, and my mother's bf, Pi'imauna. We all enjoyed a fun FHE night of bowling. The girls, Moana and Mele, had the bumper lane. Here's everyone's 1st bowl and our ending scores.

(Mele, Moana, Moa, Uila, Mom, Pi'i, Mum, Dad, Jase and Lindy)

One big happy family

Then dinner at Zippy's

Earlier that day leaving TBay a nice cozy ride in the back of our lovely truck! Sooooo comfy!