11-14-2021 Family History and Memories

 While speaking about the eternities, someone asked if all of our animals will be with us in the eternities. I wonder if they will even like us. So then I made a list of all of the animals I could remember.

• Farah
• Maui
• Maile
• Kealii - used to scoot across the floor on his butt
• Bruno
• Popo
• The fish killed by Alisi and Viena
• Cocktails that eventually were set free because we didn't take care of them
• Bunnies - that got dropped down the stairs and broke their neck
• Parakeet

Iwa has these books that she has been meaning to use for her daily journal. Blogging is a lot, so she uses social media.

Fale shared that once he and his siblings were left home alone and he thought he was gonna die. The siblings started making fun of his sister Lepe and she kicked them out of the house and she started throwing knives at them. He pushed the sister through the door and started beating her up.

Family 4-H Plan

Sharyn shared that she feels blessed to have grown up around aunties who helped her to live the gospel.

Sam shared that he doesn't really go on facebook anymore. He's now on TikTok and was watching his live. A friend was surprised that he only has 300 follows on his tiktok, and when his friend commented on it, he was happy to note that the number of followers didn't matter, but more that he built relationships with others. He's trying to not have arguments with others, and doesn't want to spend his last days arguing with others. Gathering with family is so important. Sharing stories, talking about the gospel and connecting. He looks forward to this each week.

Alika Thoene

In his home, there was a sword on the wall. When the Hawaiian flag was lowered at Iolani Palace, Grandpa Alex's dad was the person who raised the American flag.

Family Pew at a Hawaiian Church

Grandma Alice's mother - why did she leave her marriage? The story was that Maraea was dragged all the way to court house to get a divorce. But later mom found out the real story is that the husband at the time was 4'8" and Maraea was 500 lbs. Maraea had cheated on the white dude and then ran off with the guy she cheated with (Haleamau). The baby at the time was Aunty Louise Beamer. Haleamau ran the lighthouse on Kauai. Sam got to play a gig there once.

Sam shared that when he did the gig on Kauai, the group was very disappointing. He said that they were the most disagreeable and miserable people he had ever met in his life. This particular gig was for NOAA. They paid them to come and entertain this group of miserable people. While Vaihi was on break, he asked one of the ladies what was wrong. She relayed to him that they were upset because they wanted to see the whales. So then when their second set started, Sam told him that he could talk to whales. So he started making whale noises. And while he's making his whale noises, a whale jumps up. The group got so excited, they left the party to go watch the whales.

Iwa remembered that when she visited Kauai, she was trying to find the lighthouse, but they couldn't find it. She didn't want to get lost so she decided to turn around. And just in time for Pati to tell her "You know aunty Iwa, it would be easier for us to find it if we came to see it at night.

Kalei's memory of Grandma Alice is that she would feed them black licorice.

Sam shared that when he was at Aunty Jo's funeral, Aunty Tita came and asked Sam if he remembered her. He told her, I remember you because you look just like Aunty Tita. She told Sam that she had a lot of Grandma Irene's pottery and she was worried that if she passed away, that her kids would not know the value of them. So one day, Sam and Lina got banana bread and went over to her house. Sam, Lina, and Delmann set up outside of her house and sang to her for a half hour. Aunty Tita then told them a story about Grandma Irene.

Grandma Irene loved to make fancy eggs. And she had entered an easter contest, along with Aunty Tita and Grandpa Alex. Grandpa Alex was very good with wood, and he made a wooden egg. Grandma was a bit prideful because she kept telling them that she was going it win, because her fancy eggs were beautiful. But she didn't win. She lost. and Grandpa Alex won with his wooden egg.

Grandma Langi shared that grandma irene and grandpa alex never bought gifts for Christmas. Grandpa would make wooden bowls and Grandma would always make ceramic gifts.

Grandma Irene always had these fancy stone eggs in her kitchen. They were bought on a trip to the mainland.

Iwa shared a story about how she went to all the graveyards with Aunty lexie. She knows the stories and the rumors. When we went this passed Veteran's day, this was Jason's first time coming to the graveyard. Iwa shared about how gma signed the divorce papers the night before gpa died, and then never processed them because he died, and that is how she was able to be buried at punchbowl.

Gma Alice buried in Nuuanu - 

Driving Sagas

I got my license at 26- ish? I caught the bus everywhere. Larie couldn't ride her bike home from Waikiki because her bike didn't have a light. Once I took Alisi to 

Sam got a ticket once and didn't tell mom. Then a ticket got sent home. And Mom found out. Kalei remembers that she would wake up to take the car to school and there was no gas in it.

When sam came home from his mission, the internet wasn't a thing yet. Mom showed Sam how to use the darpanet and would discuss stuff with scientist.

Hawaii street - End of Liliha

Chinese House - used to be along south beretania

Wo Fat - hobbit doors