Giving Thanks For Friends And Newbies

Kevin and I spent Thanksgiving with a group of friends at one of their homes in Maunawili. Maunawili is tucked back up under the Ko'olau mountains. The house had a view from which you can see towering waterfalls gushing down the mountains when the rains come. It's a beautiful area, and the drive up there reminded me of driving on Sonoma Mountain in the winter. In fact, it could've been Bennett Valley Road, which was kinda weird, like a dream.

Anyway, we had folks of all ages, including two young soldiers back from Iraq, and two newbies; three-month old Sophia and one-month-old Kylie. In fact, we were so busy talking and eating and holding babies, that we didn't get very many photos. Here's Kevin with Sophia:


So we had some great practice for holding Emma when we see her, not to mention Petie. Thank you Sophia, and Kylie, too, for being such sweet babies, and to their moms for letting us hold them.

And here's a couple photos of Blue, the neighborhood peacock who comes to the door. He's a bit shy and quick on his feet, so Kevin was trying to keep up and these are a little blurry, but Blue's gorgeous!




And one of the garden out back, just because it's so incredibly pretty. The lady of the house has a very green thumb.


Then there was the food, which was extremely yummy! Add in lots of laughter and interesting conversation, and it was a lovely holiday.

We are very blessed indeed!

Me ke aloha pumehana...