On Sunday we were invited to Jack & Sharon in Aukai, to meet Cousin Jim and his wife Jo-Ann. cousin Jim is son of my grand-dads cousin Dolores. Thomas and I were really excited to meet them here in Hawaii, during their holiday and celebration of Jim's 65th birthday. Jack & Sharon had set up the meeting inviting us for a family reunion and dinner at their house in Kahala, just outside Waikiki. Jack and Jim were so nice to pick us up in Waikiki and we went to their house at 2 pm. The weather was really nice so we had brought our swimwear so we could cool of in their nice pool.
We had brought Jim and Jo-Ann "Lei's", a traditional Hawaiian flower greeting and they looked really nice wearing them! Since Jim's birthday was coming up I had received some family photos from my uncle Øystein, showing the Norwegian family from recent events.
With photos and birthday talk, Jo-Ann couldn't keep her present unwrapped and Jim got a brand new digital camera to capture the holiday events and the family reunion! We started shooting pictures right away! So - "Hauoli la hanau!" and "Gratulerer med dagen!" Jim, which means Happy Birthday in Hawaiian and Norwegian!
Relaxing and catching up in the garden!
Before dinner we had a nice "tapas" table with tasteful cheese, fruit, vegetables and "poke" while chatting in the garden. "Poke" is raw fish, like "ceviche" - raw marinated pices of fish. We had "Ahi"(Tuna) Poke and "Salmon" Poke, and it tasted delicious. 
We decided to eat outside and had home made hamburgers with tasty side dishes! The family photoes just kept coming! Here we are all in the middle of a "Okole maluna" which means.... Cheers - Skål!
The guys chatting ouside after dinner!We had a wonderful and memorable day in Aukai with the family, and truly appreciated meeting more family members from our American side of tthe family! Thank you so much! Mahalo :)
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