{"id":41217,"date":"2013-12-25T15:21:34","date_gmt":"2013-12-25T06:21:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=41217"},"modified":"2013-12-25T15:21:34","modified_gmt":"2013-12-25T06:21:34","slug":"gingerbread-house-boat-ride-surfing-and-diving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=41217","title":{"rendered":"Gingerbread House, Boat Ride, Surfing, and Diving"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>in hawaii, christmas is a happy time of the year where the aloha spirit is at it&#8217;s best.  everybody is so happy and smiling.  kids looking forward to santa, adults looking forward to seeing the smiles.  it&#8217;s christmas eve and santa will be coming tonight to deliver presents.  the kids will wake up tomorrow morning and open presents.  tomorrow is christmas and is a time to relax, enjoy your love ones, and smile all day long.  i can&#8217;t wait to wake up!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/photo-127-e1387951029755.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/photo-127-e1387951029755.jpg\" alt=\"photo 1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-41214\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nmaking gingerbread houses is a must.  you build it, you take a photo of it, and you eat it.  Hiyori-chan and her first hawaiian gingerbread house creation.  good job girl!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/photo-226.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/photo-226.jpg\" alt=\"photo 2\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-41215\" \/><\/a><br \/>\ntoday was Hiyori-chan&#8217;s second time surfing.  she did so well on the 11&#8217;0 so i put her on the 10&#8217;0 today.  she did super good again riding so many long waves.  it&#8217;s just natural talent and it won&#8217;t be long till Hiyori-chan is on a short board surfing ishinomaki with Aunty Ryoko!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/photo-321.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/photo-321.jpg\" alt=\"photo 3\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-41216\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nyeah, the kids wanted to surf and snorkel so i took them out on the boat after i picked them up from school.  today was probably the best day for both!  super clean perfect size waves, and super crystal clear water.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/photo-414.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/photo-414.jpg\" alt=\"photo 4\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-41218\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nwhat a beautiful smile.  gosh, the more i look at Hiyori-chan, the more she looks like her mother Naomi-san.  they have the exact same laugh when i tell them my jokes.  haha.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/photo-511.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/photo-511.jpg\" alt=\"photo 5\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-41219\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nthen we go snorkeling at my super secret reef that has the most fish anywhere on the island of oahu.  there&#8217;s even more fish than hanauma bay.  we snorkel, we swim in schools of fish, we swim with turtles, and enjoy this beautiful afternoon playing in the ocean.<br \/>\ntomorrow the kids want to surf and snorkel again.  it&#8217;s christmas day in hawaii so anything the kids want to do, we will do.  this year is the first christmas in many years that i took a day off and i&#8217;m glad i did.  i want to spend it watching the kids smile as that is the only present i want from santa.  goodnight. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>in hawaii, christmas is a happy time of the year where the aloha spirit is at it&#8217;s best. everybody is so happy and smiling. kids looking forward to santa, adults looking forward to seeing the smiles. it&#8217;s christmas eve and santa will be coming tonight to deliver presents. the kids will wake up tomorrow morning [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-41217","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\/41217","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=41217"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41217\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=41217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=41217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=41217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}