Geoff At Sunset

Geoff sent me an e-mail yesterday and said they were going to surf at Sunset. I decided I'd brave the traffic and try to watch him. I had my binoculars so I found him with some ease. After watching two waves, I decided I couldn't take it anymore, my heart was racing, stomach jittery and left. This wave wasn't as big as some, but still...he's 6 feet... so you get an idea of the size.

The haze is actually the mist from the water, it's salt water in the air because of the size of the waves, yesterday there wasn't a breeze, so it hung there.

Glad I got to see him surf on a wave by himself, it was thrilling to say the least. He's always said Sunset was his favorite spot, now I know why.

Dinner With The Boys

Tonight Geoff and some of the guys from his team came for dinner. It was fun sitting outside with the tiki torches, full moon, no rain, and warm air. I'd made my country style ribs in the crockpot, hapa rice, coleslaw, Paalakai Bakery rolls, and Chantilly cake from Teds. Ed, Laura and the kids came and brought some yummy squid luau, so good. Even Kamalei said it was the best, and he doesn't really like it.

It was really nice to spend some time with Geoff. Everyone (except Terry & I) had out their iphones showing the really cool things they do.

thanks guys for coming over, we loved having you!

Only In Hawaii, vol V

A car wash to support some local group happens every week at the community center
Red dirt, pineapple plants and Kolekole Pass in the background
Mc Donalds looks like the "Enchanted Tiki Room" at D'land
flowers for sale on the side of the road.

So lucky we live Hawaii!

Geoff At Ali'i

Today hubby & I got to go to see Geoff surf here. He came down to Ali'i Beach Park in Haleiwa to talk to the contest people about one of his riders. Not often that we actually see him surf. The waves were only so-so. It was really fun to see him still having a good time. After all these years of watching him in contest, I can still pick him out of the line up.

Sorry for the not-so-good pics, I just tried taking anything.

soccer 2008

This was Lauren's 2nd season playing soccer and she had such a good time. This team was made up mostly of girls from her school. Going to these games really brought back a lot of memories of the Saturdays we spent at Traci & Geoff's games. Not much has really changed, except now they really don't have the felt banners that some mom glued together. The new versions are so nice...fancy and made by a company. Progress!

Good Job Lauren! We're so proud of you.

I'm going to try and use this new format to get some of the "kazillion" photos posted from my trip.

Aloha,
Jane

Home-Sweet...

Green Hills...
warm, clean water...
smell...
beautiful sunrise...
rainbows...

Home !

after being gone to the mainland for almost three weeks, I got home last night and spent today looking at everything I missed.

Why Obama won...

last night during dinner I was explaining to the kids why it was so important to vote and the reason for having a new president (Jack said it was because "George Bush was old"). Lauren was telling us that in her class they had held an election and Obama had won. We talked about the results coming in and I told her that we probably wouldn't know who the new president was until the middle of the night (remembering elections past). I promised that when she got up we'd turn on the tv and get the results.

On my way over to their house this morning, I stopped and picked up a paper with the above headline and sat it next to her cereal bowl. She was excited when she came down and could read the results herself.

Tonight at dinner, we were talking about school and I asked her if any thing was said about the new president. She said they talked about it and she was glad he had won because she had "voted" for him. I asked her why she "voted" for him and why did he win. Her answer: "Because I knew that he would get the most votes and that's why he's the new president".

Well, guess that pretty much sums it up...