{"id":105777,"date":"2019-09-24T14:33:31","date_gmt":"2019-09-24T05:33:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=105777"},"modified":"2019-09-24T14:33:31","modified_gmt":"2019-09-24T05:33:31","slug":"thank-you-papa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=105777","title":{"rendered":"Thank you Papa!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-105781\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Screen-Shot-2019-09-24-at-1.34.36-PM-663x373.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"373\" \/>so happy to see this wonderful Papa and Daughter back in Hawaii. \u00a0and this morning the waves were perfect for them!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-105780\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Screen-Shot-2019-09-24-at-1.38.22-PM-663x373.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"373\" \/>Papa Kitahama-san&#8217;s been practicing a lot since we surfed 2 years ago. \u00a0and it showed in his confidence, and his surfing. \u00a0he caught so many good waves!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-105782\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Screen-Shot-2019-09-24-at-1.35.56-PM-663x374.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"374\" \/>Lisa-chan surfed really good too. \u00a0she&#8217;s only 14 years old and loving life.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-105779\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Screen-Shot-2019-09-24-at-1.37.27-PM-663x374.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"374\" \/>i told Lisa-chan, &#8220;your Papa is like a kid! \u00a0he&#8217;s so energetic and enjoying the ocean so much!&#8221; \u00a0she said, &#8220;my Mama thinks he&#8217;s a kid too.&#8221; \u00a0haha..<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-105784\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Screen-Shot-2019-09-24-at-1.37.45-PM-663x381.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"381\" \/>i always thought kids are supposed to have more fun, but i&#8217;m pretty sure that wasn&#8217;t the case today.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-105783\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Screen-Shot-2019-09-24-at-1.36.29-PM-663x375.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"375\" \/>Kitahama-san practicing the cross step too. \u00a0i was riding on the side enjoying every second.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-105785\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Screen-Shot-2019-09-24-at-1.37.59-PM-663x372.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"372\" \/>then i finally got the shot! \u00a0Daughter and Papa sharing a wave in Hawaii! \u00a0i&#8217;m so happy!!!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-105786\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Screen-Shot-2019-09-24-at-1.38.59-PM-663x376.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"376\" \/>2 years ago we were eating pho, Lisa-chan told me she wanted to be a Doctor. this year, she told me she wants to become a Veterinarian or Author? \u00a0huh? \u00a0i&#8217;m curious what she will want to become next time i ask her. \u00a0haha. \u00a0but what ever it is, she&#8217;ll do fine! \u00a0after our conversation, i told her to look at her Papa and say thank you. \u00a0thank you for sending her to English school, thank you for bringing her to Hawaii, thank you for lunch, and thank you for being a great Papa. \u00a0she doesn&#8217;t realize it now, but when she gets older, she will understand how kind and supportive her parents are. \u00a0and it&#8217;s never to early to start thanking them&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-105787\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Screen-Shot-2019-09-24-at-1.40.32-PM-663x438.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"438\" \/>right when Seira-chan and i pulled up to the beach, a huge storm came! \u00a0it was freaking so beautiful!!! \u00a0hardly anyone was out, and you couldn&#8217;t even see Diamond Head!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-105788\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Screen-Shot-2019-09-24-at-1.43.33-PM-663x374.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"374\" \/>but when you&#8217;re calm and confident like Seira-chan, you can ride anything in any condition. \u00a0that&#8217;s a sign of a good surfer that knows how to connect with the sea. \u00a0good job girl!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>so happy to see this wonderful Papa and Daughter back in Hawaii. \u00a0and this morning the waves were perfect for them! Papa Kitahama-san&#8217;s been practicing a lot since we surfed 2 years ago. \u00a0and it showed in his confidence, and his surfing. \u00a0he caught so many good waves! Lisa-chan surfed really good too. \u00a0she&#8217;s only [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-105777","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-kirby-blogs"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105777","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=105777"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105777\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=105777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=105777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=105777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}