Brixton's 1st Birthday Backyard BBQ

This was the spot that we'd be occupying for Brixton's 1st Birthday Backyard BBQ. I've never been to Ewa Beach Park before but I gotta tell you this is the prime spot if you're going to have a big party and you like bbq and going swimming at the beach. It's located all the way at the end of Ewa Beach before you hit Iriquois Point. 

Dyson and Ike had gotten here at around 8:15am to reserve the spot. Good thing they did because by noon the park was full and there was no parking to be had. Good thing is that we had all the big trees to provide all the shade we would need throughout the day because it was a bright and hot one.

The usual SXA Chamorro Style BBQ Chicken 

Dyson busted out the wok for the lumpia and empanadas.

This is Dyson's mom Auntie Lori deep frying the empanadas. 

These buggahs couldn't cook fast enough!

I had to sample a couple before we let everyone eat otherwise this would be the last I'd see of this deep fried goodness.

SXA Chamorro Style BBQ Chicken pau and ready for grind!

Lori and Dyson reheating Jurdan's Chamorro style red rice.

If you haven't had Chamorro style red rice then you are missing out. It's similar to ganduli rice minus the pork and garbonzo beans. Usually there's olives, peas and some onions in there. I could eat this all by itself along with a cold beer and I'd be happy!

By now everyone had showed up and was ready to grind. 

Here's the birthday boy Brixton (red) with his cousins Maverick and Diesel chillin' in the pool!

And here we have da braddahs playing a game of Podagee Horseshoes.

Just past the basketball courts was this beautiful Ewa Beach view. Ewa is pretty much where all the locals live and play. There's the occassional military resident but other than that it's all locals.

The birthday boy Brixton and his uncle Dillon aka "Turkey" wants to thank everyone for coming out and spending this beautiful day with them and their ohana! Aloooohhhaaaaa!!!

Happy Birthday Kai and Malia!

Man am I getting old! My oldest son Kai just turned 20 and my youngest daughter Malia just turned 13. Growning up my son Kai played soccer, baseball, raced BMX, rode dirtbike, and skateboarded. I tried to get him into surfing when he was young but he just didn't like the water at all. It seemed at the time that he was going to pursue baseball because that's what he stuck to the longest. I think about 19 year old Bryce Harper (Washington Nationals) and 20 year old Mike Trout (Anaheim Angels) 2 rookie All Stars when I think about Kai being 20. Kai was playing ball at the same time as them but decided to take a different route. Being that he's a local kid, Kai is doing exactly what I was doing at his age and spending the majority of his time in the water surfing. Dawn patrol, lunch patrol, and evening sesh. Surf, surf, and more surf. I must say though on this particular day of his and Malia's birthday bbq that I watched him surf and he's getting pretty good. Not as good as I was back in the day (hahaha) but almost! I haven't seen him get barelled yet! As for my daughter Malia she's growing up faster than fast. Her passion right now is in dancing. She's all into the hip hop dance thing. Something I was into when I was 13 way back in the early 80's. It's pretty funny to think that I use to pop and lock and shock and do the worm and the wave at Wahiawa Intermediate! However judging by Malia's performance a week ago she's going to be better than I ever was. Being that she's pretty shy for the most part it seems like that all goes away when she's dancing. It's crazy to see both my kids interested in the things I was at their age. If this keeps up both of them will be doing the same thing I'm doing now and that's bbq-ing with their kids and their friends at Magic Island in 20 years!

Happy Birthday Nos!

Kelan's 2nd Birthday @ Magic Island