Mango season is here!

Good morning 4:10am.
Ala Moana waist high and coming up later today.
Diamond Head chest high and head high later today.
Light trade winds at 15mph.
Sunny and warm.
Going to the sea.
Have a wonderful day!

Bowls was tiny this morning so we decided to go somewhere challenging.  Back to the secret spot.  Chest high and wild!  

Today was all about connecting with the ocean.  This is one of the hardest places to surf on the island so if you can catch a wave here, you can catch a wave anywhere.  We ended up getting some really fun waves.

Then went to buys snacks for Mateus’s graduation.  

I’ve been seeing more and more Japanese snacks on the island.  Kind of expensive though.  

I swear I saw these in a 100 yen shop in Japan.  Well, that’s 4x more expensive here in Hawaii.

Leaving the store, I saw somebody’s shopping cart hit this car.  Of course the person pushing the cart was nowhere to be seen.  

Then went to Mateus’s elementary school.  They were honoring the JPO’s today so I went to watch Mateus receive his reward.

JPO stands for Junior Police Officer.  It’s a program in elementary school where you volunteer to make sure all the kids are safe coming and going to school.  You stand on the road directing traffic so it’s pretty cool.   When I was in elementary school, being a JPO wasn’t so cool.  All the kids use to call it “Japanese Police Officers.”  It’s so crazy how racist kids were back in the 70’s.  Anyway, congratulations Mateus for getting an award for being an outstanding JPO!

This past weekend was Disney’s Lily and Stitch’s global premiere.  Did you guys know that Kaira Moniz was Lilo’s stunt double?  I heard the family talking about before I but wasn’t sure how involved Kaira was.  She was only 6 years old when they started filming.      

This is how our family operates.  The premier was at Kahala Mall theaters so I get the group chat last week.  The replies started coming in as we all start reserving our own tickets online.  When I got to the theatre, I saw my entire family there.  We booked out the entire theatre!    

We booked a total of 60 seats so basically the whole theatre was just us!   Micah, Kelia, Isaiah, Joshua, and Seth Moniz all there, along with my brothers, sister, friends, and all the kids.  

Then the movie started and guess who this is?  No it’s not the actress Lilo, yes, it’s Kaira!!!  She did the free diving in the movie and I didn’t know she could even free dive.  The whole theatre started screaming!  Well, our whole family started screaming!  Haha.

Kaira also did the surfing too.  I haven’t gone to see a movie in years and this one was surely worth it.  So stoked to see my grand-niece surfing with Stitch.  

Of course we all stayed till the end credits.  Remember the name Kaira Moniz because she’s going to be a Hollywood star someday!