Showing posts with label locals. Show all posts
Showing posts with label locals. Show all posts

Thursday, July 18, 2013

Waimea...

I went to Waimea to buy tickets for a concert that going to be 
there in a couple of weeks.

I got there right when they opened, so I ran into...


three of my most favorite people in the world,
Coco, Aunty Kanani and sweet Marisa.
All three of them are working at Waimea
and I was so happy I got to talk story with them for awhile before they got
super busy.


 Since Marisa is the food manager, she asked me if I wanted to take a ride with her
out to one of the sites to drop of the cute worker and the supplies.

It's hard to believe, but I've never been far back into the canyon, so
I jumped at the chance.

We dropped the girl and supplies off and Marisa took me out by the waterfall.
I only had my phone with me, so these are the best pictures I got.

lots of people already out there swimming.
There are now life guards and you have to wear a vest, but it still looked like fun,

Marisa took me all around the park looking at the beautiful plants.
Hubby would be in heaven!  He's got so many books on tropical plants that
here they are actually growing.  I want to take him back so he can see them.



 We came across this sign and these little ones...





sweet Marisa showing me her office

how great is that?  I loved it.

I had watched a piece on "Hawaiian Miles" on the plane coming home
a few weeks ago about Waimea.

Marisa, Coco and Aunty Kanani and the other employees chant every morning
before the park opens, asking for permission to work there and to protect the beauty of
this place.

Mahalo Marisa for my little mini-tour of beautiful Waimea Falls.

Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Na Kama Kai...

On our flight home, I was watching the videos on "Hawaiian Skies" and came across 
one on a great organization...NA KAMA KAI.

This group was started by a friend of Geoff's, Duane De Soto, to teach
the children of Hawaii about the ocean.
They hold clinics all over the island and it's open to child.
I love that they not only teach water safety but conservation and traditional
surfboard shaping also.












NA KAMA KAI is helping make
children aware of their surroundings and how they can help.
Take the time to learn more about this wonderful
group.




Friday, August 6, 2010

Billy & Jamie

Tonight we attended a fun wedding. Billy and Jamie are two really great people. The reception was held at Billy's grandparents fale/lawn. There were so many people there it was amazing. Billy's dad owns the local nursery and his mom owns Waialua Bakery in Haleiwa. The food was yummy, it was catered by a neighbor. Jamie and her dad sang a very special song together that was really heart-warming.

the Happy Couple

Their first dance. Since Billy served his mission in Western Samoa, some of the Samoan members of our ward made them traditional leis and...

got everyone up to do a Samoan "Wedding Dance". The little kids were running around and gathering all the $$ that was thrown at them.




The happy couple leaving for an Alaskan cruise (but first they had to catch an overnight flight to the mainland) through a wall of bubbles.

Congratulations Jamie and Billy. Your reception was good fun!