livin' the HI life: flashback friday: halloween '07

Friday, June 20, 2008

flashback friday: halloween '07

this past october was ahonui's first halloween!!

ahonui and i spent the day with my brothers & their families at a pumpkin patch down by kapolei. it was our first time ever at a pumpkin patch, so it was all very exciting and new.

we caught a ride with marcus, nue, karly, azure, and little royal to the pumpkin patch. it is a very long way to the other side of the island, but we had a great time together. we met up with tane, angela , ava, jared, and betty a few minutes away from the patch. when we all got there, we jumped on a "hayride" truck to where the pumpkins were. i honestly had no idea that hawaii had the appropriate climate to grow pumpkins, but there they were...hundreds and hundreds of them just laid out on the ground like an overstocked garden. my mom decided that she absolutely could not miss out on her children and grandchildren having fun without her, so she found her way to where we were and caught a hayride all by herself. my mom is just too cute!

after we left the pumpkin patch, we paid a little visit to tane & angela's house in the making at that time, which was just a few minutes away. i must say that i am terribly envious that they have a beautiful house already. the house is huge, brand new, conveniently located to walmart etc., and air conditioned!! need i say more?

the next day we all went to marcus's garage to carve the pumpkins we picked. i can always count on having a blast when i get to hang out with my brothers & families. happy belated halloween!

5 comments:

mary said...: i had no idea there were any pumpkin patches in hawaii. love the pics harm.; June 23, 2008 at 10:27 PM
Atwood Ohana said...: Harmony! It's Heather! I found your blog by looking at Angela's page. Hope that's okay. Your little boy is so handsome! Where you at now? Still in Hawaii? It was fun to look through your blog.
Take care, Heather; June 24, 2008 at 10:31 AM
K said...: Hey Harmony...
I found you on Angela's page...I hope you don't mind me adding you on to my friend list. Your son is so cute!! They grow up so fast, yeah? How's Momo? Is she still on Maui? Take care.
Kristin; June 24, 2008 at 2:28 PM
B said...: Everyone's pumpkin looks really really good...except for yours Harm. What is that?; June 25, 2008 at 11:03 AM
Chris and Channy said...: whoa wow you professional pumpkin carvers you. lol. i've always wanted to do a pumpkin like that. maybe this year. looks like you and your siblings and your families have tons of fun together. that's the great thing about big families. :) i love reading your flashback fridays. keep it up!; June 26, 2008 at 9:41 AM

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some stuff...

for those of you who may not know much about our family...this one's for you:

1. where are you from?

brandon grew up in kahuku, while i grew up just a few minutes away in laie.

2. so you must have known each other growing up, right?

not quite. although we grew up in adjoining towns, we had no idea that the other even existed! brandon graduated from kahuku high school in 1995, while i graduated from kamehameha in 1999. the only thing we had in common during those days was that my older brother, tane, was brandon's classmate. how funny is that?

3. when did you get married?

we were married & sealed for time and all eternity in the laie, hawaii temple on november 3, 2005.

4. where do you work?

brandon works at the polynesian cultural center and has worked there since june 2005. he is a musician for the canoe show, ali'i luau, and night show.

i work at brigham young university-hawaii as a financial aid supervisor and have been in that department since january 2005. i help students find money to fund their college education.

5. how many children do you have?

three, and they are definitely a handful! our children are the lights of our lives and we are trying to take things one day at a time. but we hope to give them a playmate or two in the future...ya never know!

6. who cares for them while you are at work?

my mother in law watches nahe & linohao in kahuku. and ahonui attends laie elementary school.

7. what do you do in your free time?

if i could wish for more of something, it would have to be that - free time! brandon enjoys getting in his gym-time and practicing his guitar. i love to cook and read...and weirdly enough, cleaning our place actually relaxes me.

8. favorites?

tv shows:

brandon is a non-stop learner. he likes watching the discovery, history, and national geographic channels...but if the UFC is on - forget the rest - he'll be watching the fight.

i am such a girl when it comes to tv. my all-time favorites are "friends" and "seinfeld", although thanks to netflix, i have recently found an addiction to the "gilmore girls". i also LOVE the food network. too bad i can't cook like those peeps...

movies:

ocean's eleven, mean girls, pursuit of happyness, the notebook, count of monte cristo...the usual chick flick classics...brandon's favorite movie is black hawk down. but i think anything with action and/or comedy is cool with him. hehehe.

music:

brandon loves hawaiian, r&b, soul, and jazz music. i'm into almost anything that soothes me, like sade, stevie wonder, miles davis, 'ol school slow jamz & 90's rap. don't hate.

9. plans of moving?

nope. i have never been happier here in laie, hawaii and i'm sure brandon feels the same. if we could stay here for the rest of our lives, i'd be a lucky duck. who wouldn't want to raise their children in the same place they grew up?

i may add or update this information on us from time to time depending on the demand. but if you have any other pressing questions that you would like to know - hollaback!