Sabbatical Journey

Tuesday, August 08, 2006

Visit to the Island of Kauai




I went to the Island of Kauai to celebrate my cousin's daughter's graduation party over the weekend. Family members came in from Washington DC, Los Angeles, Seattle, Honolulu, and Phoenix. It was great seeing our family together to celebrate Calah's graduation. We had so many parties and gatherings - look like we ate and drank all weekend. On Sunday we had a great time on the catamaran cruise to the Napali coastline; awesome sights and sounds of the Island. We had a nice treat before lunch; many of us went snorkling off the coast. Went snorkling even with my broken collar bone too. We also toured the "Grand Canyon" of Hawaii - Waimea canyon on Saturday which was a blessing too. Left the Island of Kauai for Oahu on Monday.Most of our family members have left the Island of Kauai for our family reunion which begins on August 11 - Thursday and ends on Monday, August 14th. We are expecting about 250 family members for all these events. Besides our family members coming to Kauai many more are expected today and tomorrow for the Bunda/Izon/Soares/Crisostomo family reunion. "The younger generation" will be taking responsibility for the events during this reunion which is the fifth one since 1986.