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Thursday, December 28, 2006

christmas in maui

i did say that my family went to maui for Christmas, right?

well, yesterday, my brother, andy, and i took kealani and kainoa up to kapalua bay to frolick in the waves…

we stopped by the side of the road and saw whales in the water.  you can’t see em in this picture but this was our view of the beach that we ended up at.  it’s the beach for the ritz-carlton, the one that will host the mercedes benz golf tourney on jan 1

walking thru the jungle trying to find a beach

and arriving at kapalua bay

you can’t really tell in this pic but the waves were huge!

see… they were huge!  and yes… that IS what i looked like… and kainoa too!  hahah…

my brother trying to be superman:

grabbing dinner at the bj’s pizzeria in lahaina

so plum tuckered out by the ride home!

Posted by kgrp on 12/28 at 07:43 AM
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Wednesday, December 27, 2006

the puen family Christmas

for Christmas this year my uncle roy decided to come to his vacation house here in maui, and he brought my grandma with him.  my cousin mark (uncle herbert’s son) already lives here about 10 minutes away, and their family came out too.  my dad and mom couldn’t make it but my brother, andy, and i came to join the puen family Christmas here in maui.  =)

so here are my cousins and nieces and nephews surrounding my grandma outside cafe o’lei in kihei, maui

my brother and i just met our aunt jenny and her daughter carla

but the real star of this Christmas is my 93-year-old grandma jessie

here she is with most of her great grandchildren (kealani is missing from this picture, but you can see ryan, kainoa (who’s hugging her), kaili, and megan)

Posted by kgrp on 12/27 at 01:35 AM
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Monday, October 02, 2006

and some more family pictures

some more pictures we took on our sunday “hike” - it really was more of a photo shoot than any type of hike.... anyways, you can click on the pics for larger versions…

the whole family

my dad and my mom

the ladies =)

me, my bro, and my mom

first attempt - trying to peek out from behind the trees…

this was a much better attempt! you can see andy’s face this time!

and a solo shot…

and the whole family back in the parking lot

Posted by kgrp on 10/02 at 11:14 PM
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Monday, November 14, 2005

wabi sabi

me, kuya, & laurie
today i went with laurie out to santa monica to visit my brother =) we got there towards the end of the farmer’s market and had some yummy quiche and just sat in the victorian watching him work and catching up on life.  it was really neat just being able to hang out with the puen side of my family =) living out here in the IE i’ve been surrounded by the banaags, and i don’t normally like heading out to LA at all.  but it was nice having a sunday just for them.

i was supposed to head back to loma to hang out with WOY but then my brother said i had to go to his restaurant and try his food.  it’s technically not even his restaurant anymore, since he no longer works at wabi sabi, but they still serve the desserts that he created, so it was still cool.  his pomegranate creme brulee was awesome!  and i really hope he teaches me how to make that and also how to make the mushroom potstickers - i normally don’t eat anything mushroom, but this stuff was mmmm… so yummy! 


i met my brother’s volleyball classmates mika, mariko, and kohei (but i’m not sure i’m spelling their names right...)


and we took a picture with laurie


and my brother finally came out of the restaurant to take a picture with us =) he knew everyone there and was catching up with all his friends - hostesses, waiters, bussers, and the sushi chefs… i think it’s cool that he knows everyone =) and it’s obvious that they all love him and want him to work there again.  i’m glad i got to go with them and spend time with my family =)

Posted by kgrp on 11/14 at 12:30 AM
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Friday, August 19, 2005

yay! puen.net is up!

i’ve been thinking about putting up this page for years, and this week, i finally bought the name, got a webhost, and everything else… right now it’s my personal blog but i will be putting up family website stuff here and moving my blog to http://kimi.puen.net or something like that, once i figure out how to make subdomains =)

but yah, just wanted to say what great news this is! =)

Posted by kgrp on 08/19 at 03:34 PM
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