Hawaii 2006

Another trip to Hawaii for Family. Tough travelling with the two kids, but totally worth it. It was Chinese New year........So My sister served us Gao (traditional New Years Cake) and ate Plum Mui (Chinese Candy.......)


One of the great things about traveling to Hawaii in February is the Punahou Carnival. I've been wanting to take Nathaniel to the Carnival for awhile. It's a great time. Here's some photos.........

Manulani (My Sister) picking a Haku Lei for Janellen


Janellen with said Haku Lei


THe Sisters, hanging out on the grass.........

Later that afternoon, we played games on the Arcade......


And Nathaniel rode on his FIRST EVER! Carnival ride. (check out the Aunties taking photos........)



So, lets see..........We hung out at a friends house, and he had an electric car......(random)



And we got to see a classic Hawaii event, a jaapanese couple taking photos on the beach......



And later that week, we went to my sisters 50th bithrday party.....It happened to be on Superbowl Sunday............so, we hijacked a TV and some cable reception for an "Only in Hawaii" Superbowl event.........





Oh, and we ate lots of food...........(Ahi sampler at HOKU, in the Kahala Mandarin)



Great Trip!

Rural Grafitti............

File this one under "only in Hood River"

I was in Dog River last week, and in the back there are some sketchbooks that Nathaniel likes to draw in. In one of them, was this page:



It says "McCurdy Farms is the Shizzle" and has a drawing of a pear.

:)

Hood Rivers got a sister City........

and it is Tsuruta, Japan.

The Japanese presence in this valley is legendary in its scope and truly epic nature. (See previous posts....Masuo's new building)

I believe, (although I'll be correcting this I'm sure) that in an attempt to foster more reconciliation and understanding, Hood River and Tsuruta Japan, became sister cities. We do cultural exchanges, and generally work to build relationships. It's a great program, and a reason for the Japanese community to come together. Here's some Shots of the evening.



I try to get there every year, this year, it was only a to go box for me. They sold out this year, which is a very, very wonderful thing........