Here they all are....
Keoni, Malia, Maria, Beautifull, Vanee, Reggie
Back row boys;
Kainoa, Kalapana and Wyllis
All trouble, all full of energy and all over here for 9 days*
All from East Hawaii 4H.
These delightful girls arrived on Sunday 26 June
and kept me entertained for all 9 days.
Maria on the left is an athletic young woman soon to be off to college.
Smart and fun she missed surfing and skating
to the point where she borrowed someone's skateboard
to help her with her withdrawal symptoms.
Beautifull, who is beautiful on the inside and out.
She was the glue of the group and naturally included
everyone in the group. She is bold and smart.
Vanee, friendly and smart as a whip.
Keen to find out about people and just delightful.
Vanee was the link between the boys and girls in the group.
She was like a little tame bambi who wandered up for attention
and kind of nuzzled for some.
Very cute.
Malia on the right is such a farm girl.
Tomboy all the way.
She reminded me of a puppy so keen to be into everything
interested and also smart.
She romped up to things,
then stopped and watched to make sense of it all.
Boy did she love to read
and boy do I love to read too
so yay Malia!
They all did really well that day
as we bounced around in the back of a ute
getting our jeans covered in sheep shit
in the cold wind high above Lake Rotoiti.
They are stars,
monstars.
And I miss them
but will be seeing them again next year when we take
our TAG kids over to Hawaii
and I am freaken staying on
(just for a little bit (just in case US Immigration read my blog)).
* It's ok they have gone home now ;-)
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