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| Keiki (children) play near Ka'ena Point |
We have winners from last week:
The Ultimate Reboot: DALLAS
- Karen wins a book choice from my convention stash.
Aloha to Beach Reading
- Kim H wins a book choice from my convention stash.
Sara Luck's CLAIMING THE HEART
- Dani wins a print copy.
My family was a winner last night as THE AVENGERS arrived at the base theater. My children and I enjoyed the movie ... even though I am not familiar with the characters' back story except for Iron Man and Captain America. I thought the movie was a little slow in the beginning, picked up momentum in the middle, and slowed again in the end with endless aliens! The dialogue was peppered with funny quips that mirrored the characters' personalities. Robert Downey Jr. almost stole the show as Iron Man ... but it truly was a team effort with Captain America, Thor, the Incredible Hulk, Black Widow, and Hawk. I can see why the movie has broken box office records but I still prefer last summer's CAPTAIN AMERICA, probably because of its military connection. My favorite movie for this summer is still BATTLESHIP with the Mighty Mo.
This morning, my oldest son is backpacking with the Scouts to Ka'ena Point. They are camping overnight and had to carry everything, including water, food, tents, and sleeping bags. The terrain is fairly flat but isolated. If I had to accompany him, I would have purchased a beat up rolling suitcase from the Thrift Shop and just dragged it along the dirt path. Lucky for my son, I didn't have to accompany him, thus saving him from embarrassment.
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| The landscape leading to Ka'ena Point |
This afternoon, I am hiking with my younger son around the Aeia Loop. It offers unparalleled views of Pearl Harbor and the Halawa Valley. The trail gives hikers a glimpse of a crashed Japanese Zero from that fateful date on December 7, 1941. I'll post pictures tomorrow at ALOHA ON MY MIND at this link.
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| Wai'enae Coast leads to Ka'ena Point |
What do you have planned for this weekend? One randomly selected commenter from this week's blogs wins a book choice from my convention stash. This giveaway is open to all readers. Comments are open through Saturday, June 30, 10 pm in Hawaii. I'll post the winner on Sunday, July 1.
Mahalo,
Kim in Hawaii
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| In Hawaiian lore, humans leap to the next life from Ka'ena Point. |
I love those pictures..so pretty.
ReplyDeleteThis weekend I'm throwing my daughter her 21st birthday party. Her birthday was on the 22nd but we are having her birthday dinner today on the 23rd so her friends who had to work could come over.
I haven't seen any of those movies so I will have to put them on my to-do list. Juggling a few obligations so will be trying to catch up this weekend.
ReplyDeleteMy daughter and her boyfriend are having an art showing tonight!
ReplyDeleteCongrats to the winners.
Haven't seen any of the movies.
ReplyDeleteI'm going to sit inside and watch it rain.
I'm sitting in my recliner, with my feet propped up, getting ready to read...actually, that sounds like a good plan for my whole weekend!
ReplyDeleteLove all those photos. :) Wish I have plans like that for the weekend! But I am working this weekend...
ReplyDeleteI'm staying in and enjoying the AC and watching sports on TV.
ReplyDeleteI'm going to a concert in the park tomorrow night.
ReplyDeleteI plan to read.
ReplyDeleteThis weekend I'm taking my daughter for another driving lesson (pray for us), doing some re-potting of plants & reading. A lovely quiet time.
ReplyDeletesome renovation finally got done so I got to take he old paneling upt to the recycle center & then have to clean up - whoopee!
ReplyDeleteHi Kim!
ReplyDeleteBoth my sons were Boy Scouts which really came in handy around here when we had a hurricane or blizzard came through because we had all of their camping equipment from kerosene lamps to cook stoves! Several times we even cooked in the fireplace which my husband built and is a reproduction of the "old time" fireplaces that they have up in Sturbridge, MA which even has a bake oven. Yup, give me a snow storm and I can still bake!
Tomorrow I get to spend the day with my 4 year old grandson and my husband is heading off to Boston to see the Red Sox. We live in Rhode Island and he won two free tickets to the game tomorrow and is going with his best friend who is also a Red Sox fanatic. To me watching grass grow is more interesting but I'm hoping they have a great time (and the Red Sox win!). For myself I'll be taking my grandson (and a book) down to the lake and since it's suppose to be a hot day just six back and relax under a tree while I watch my grandson build sand castles. I can't think of anything I'd rather do!
Congrats on the winners :)
ReplyDeleteEverytime you post pics I want to move!!! LOL... my plan for this weekend is laundry, a wee bit of house cleaning and reading :)
I have nothing planned. I am taking the weekend off.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful pics. I am staying inside and keeping cool. Will be reading great books and reading blogs I follow.
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I'm having a relaxing weekend, with a little bit of shopping, some reading and surfing the internet on my agenda. It was kind of dreary and rainy today, so I didn't go outside except for the shopping. Tomorrow might be rainy too, so I'm looking forward to more reading, my favorite thing.
ReplyDeleteThanks sommuch wtg winners
ReplyDeleteJust relaxing at home
Kimh
I worked all day yesterday so today will be spent running around and doing errands. The heat is back so I'll be staying in the house and reading.
ReplyDeleteCongrats to all the winners!
Dani
Thanks, Kim and congrats to the other winners. This weekend we're sitting idle at a truck stop in Hillsboro, TX, waiting to make a delivery tomorrow morning. Realized I didn't miss the climate that affects my allergies or all the crickets this time of year. Of course it does help that I'm within walking distance of the outlet mall, even if most of them are closed. Have a grest weekend!
ReplyDeleteWe went and saw Snow White and the Huntsman. I really liked the visuals in the movie and Charlize Theron was awesome as the evil queen.
ReplyDeleteCongrats to the winners!
My weekend was low-key but the good things was I had lots of time to read, read, read :)
ReplyDeleteWe are going to my nephew's birthday party.
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