Querencia draft

Its 8 o’clock in the morning, and see the bright beautiful sun shining through my windows. I smell the spam getting fried, and the coolers getting packed. I jump out of bed from all of the excitement that’s waiting ahead. Then I got into the kitchen to greet the family “good morning” and ask “do you need help with anything” their reply is “of course!”. So now I am off to work to get the day started.

            Next, I see my aunty going through our long checklist of things to pack. I hear her saying the list to herself “spam musubi’s …. check, chocolate cupcakes … check, plates, napkins, forks… check”. I am so excited to start a long fun fulfilled day ahead of me. We finally get ready by loading all of the coolers, boogie boards, sand boards, chairs, tents, volleyball and hibachi. We pack 2 cars full of beach supplies to keep us busy the whole day. I am impatiently waiting in my uncle’s car to reach Mokulei’a beach. I wait for 45 minutes listening to the radio and talking story with my uncle.

            I finally see the beach after my long ride and now I’m super excited to start my day with my family. My family and I got out of our cars and start unpacking. One by one I then see my aunty’s, uncle’s, and cousins arriving to join us on a beautiful day at the beach. “Thank goodness our beach isn’t that crowded today,” I tell my mom. Next I grab one side of the tent and help my uncle set it up. As a result it became a 20x20 tent and a pop up tent on the side of that, which on the inside had a table full of ono BBQ meat, dessert, chili, and a lot more. We also have at least a dozen chairs scattered under our tent, with mats on our floor.

            I see the sun shining bright and saw I looked a little white so I grabbed my towel and ran to lay in the sun to get a nice tan. I then see my cousins grab their towels and lay them out get a tan as well. Then I look at my watch and 10 minutes went by and I run and jump into the ocean to cool off, but as I was running I could see my dog Marley run after me. As I jump into the ocean I said to my self “OMG this feels so good right now!”  By lunch time the whole family comes to join us for a nice day at the beach, and there were at least 20 of us.

My cousins and I then grab our buckets to make our sand ramp for sand boarding into the water. We finally finished after 15 minutes of busting our butts off. I yell out “It’s time to sand board!”. I see my cousins grab their board and head down the hill standing with two feet on the board going down a steep wavy ramp of sand. I think to myself “what am I doing still standing here?!” so I grab my board and join the fun. I go down the hill so many times I lose track after the fifth time. I got tired of falling into the sand and salty ocean, so I slowly walk back up the hill of sand and reach my phone in my bag. I look at my phone to see what time it is and “it’s 5 o’clock already!” My mom said “Brookie go call your cousins we’re about to leave soon”. So my cousins and I gather our belongings and help clean up. Mokulei’a is where I can be myself and at the same time have a bunch of fun with my family.