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E Ku Koa Au A Hiki I Kona Ho'i 'Ana Mai.
Psalm 18:32-35

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ALOHA E!!! Ok…so you wanna know a lil about me huh?!?!

Ok let's see... my name is Nina, well ok it's really Christina but NO ONE ever calls me that unless they don't know me or I'm in trouble (DAD, hahahaha!!). Truth be told, everyone who knows me calls me Bean, Beaner, Beanz or Neenz. Bean is a nickname my sister Carmen gave me waaaaaaaay back in High School and it stuck to me like white on rice :) Hahahaha….

I am a closet photographer. I ABSOLUTELY LOOOOOVE taking pictures (as you can tell if you look through my PICS. On any given outing, I take a minimum of 200 pictures. I love documenting the lives of my family and friends. I think pictures are priceless.
I am very much addicted to tattoos... I just love them! Always have! I have had 15 total (I think)...I started with 8, had 7 of them removed and then got like 7 new ones over the old ones and in some new places too! (It's a long story) I know...it sounds weird and kinda retarded, but if I explained the full story to you it would all make sense! Hahahaha....

I LOVE to LAUGH! I love to play jokes on people and cap…hahahaha…I can’t help it! I am extremely shy...unless I'm around my sisters and friends, then it's ON & CRACKIN' cuz we love 'people watchin' and we LOVE TO CAP (no one is safe!!!) :o)

IT DON'T STOP! Hahahahahaha!!

We got some sick clowns for people, but you gotta love the mind caps!! Hahahaha, you know...when you're cappin' on someone (in your mind) but they don't know it...and you can't help but laugh out loud cuz it's so funny, so you just end up lookin' like a lunatic. Yup, that's me!! I know...that's horrible huh!?!?! Hahahahaha!!

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I hate when boys make me cry…..

Sometimes I think my sisters and I are alone in this world…we seem to be so different from every other broad out there. We genuinely care and we’re for real! We handle our business! We grew up being taught how to be pleasing to others and how to be wives and how to serve…and I don’t think that’s necessarily a bad thing.

Somewhere along the line it was built into us girls, to be “people pleasers” but it’s the benefit of those we love. So if you are lucky enough to be in that inner circle, don’t be stupid and fck it up! Hahahaha……

I love my family! I don’t know what I would do without them...

To be completely honest with myself (and you)….I am really lost right now and I know it. Unfortunately just “knowing” it, isn’t good enough, I need to do something about it! My life has never been the same since Jeremy died. I still feel like I’m floating around in space and haven’t been able to land yet… does anyone get that??
I feel as though, my entire life is still in limbo. I’d love to be on the ground again, settled…moving on. I’m trying to get there. I have made some great strides though! Some people (myself as well) are amazed that I am still standing.

I feel stronger today then I think I ever have and I have more confidence in myself and what I want in my life then I ever have, and it feels good "really good" for all the Nacho Libre fans out there! Hahahahahaha!!

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These are my two beautiful babies. Yes, they drive me cuh-razy just about everyday, but I can't live withouth them....I love 'em with all of my heart.

And I have 3 very beautiful sisters who are amazing in their own ways, and I LOVE THEM ALL to death!! I honestly couldn't live without them.

Carmen (aka Sherms) I love you! B & B...we all we got! Hahahaha...I love you sis! We've been like two peas in a pod for a minute now. I guess it helps, bein' only 10.5 months apart... hahahaha. I love you and can't picture my life without you. Keep ya head up Sis!

Theresa (aka Chreetha, aka Tito)...you are truly my patna' in crime and I LOVE laughing with you! I know it gets on everybody's nerves, but we can't help it ya'll!! SORRY! We gotz to laugh...itz wut we do! I luv you Tito and I'm so glad that we're all hangin' out again! I've missed you so much. I love you sis!

Elena (aka Elayna, aka Lenny) why in the world can't anybody frickin' say yo' name right?!?!? It's practically ALL VOWELS PEOPLE!! It can't be any simpler... EH-LEH-NAH, simple as that! Not EeLayna, Alana, Elaina... Sheesh! Anyway sis...I love you and hope things start to turn around for you. I miss the "old Lenny". I hope you find your way back soon...

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Ok....what else,
I am a Christian, I gave my life to the Lord in September of 2000 and now I try to live my life to glorify Him and Him alone...and I am trying to live my life according to His Word! Trying to glorify Him daily…through my actions, my thoughts and my words.

I started dancing hula in November of 2000, right after I witnessed the beauty of Christian Hula during an evening baptism service at my church, Templo De La Cruz in Hayward. As the tears flowed at the awesome beauty from this form of worship, I knew the Lord was calling me. Very soon after, I came to find out that dancing hula was my gift, a gift graciously given to me, by God Himself.

Unfortunately, I have not danced in a very long time…I’ve only danced hula (in front of people) 2 times since Jeremy passed away on 2.1.06.
This is devastating to me, because I'm coming from dancing at a great halau 3x a week, and each practice was AT LEAST 3 hours long (almost NO breaks). That is pretty much non-stop hula!! 9-12 hours a week and I LOVED IT!!!!!

I love hula...it makes me happy to learn about my mom's heritage and our family roots...hula was such a huge part of my life, and Jeremy supported me every step of the way. He loved watching me dance, coming to my classes to watch me practice, watching me work so hard for something I loved so much.
I felt beautiful every time I danced. Every time I put on my hula dress, my pa’u skirt, and every time I started cutting Ti Leaves to make my kupe’e, I felt beautiful...It’s was an amazing feeling!

Well in the last 6 months or so, the Lord has given me the desire to dance again. Now I don’t know exactly when or where it will happen, but I know it’s coming. And when it does….oooooooh watchout! :)

I've really missed dancing hula, because it gives me so much joy and peace, I can't even begin to explain it. I feel beautiful when I dance and it makes me happy.

One day after I picked up Courtney from her hula practice, I sat and thought about my life. I thought about hula and wondered why it was that I really didn’t want to dance. Was it because Jeremy wasn’t going to be there to see me or smile at me because he was so proud? Or was it because I knew it would be emotional and it was something I wanted to avoid?
Well as I sat and really thought about it…. I began to understand that I didn’t need Jeremy here watching me to be able to move on, to feel like I was going to be ok. I know that if he was here, he would be smiling when I dance, and even though I can't see him...he's still there…the memory of him is still there, still supporting me and still encouraging me to go on...to keep living...to keep pressing forward and to use the gift that God gave me for His honor and His glory.

This “revelation” inspired me to create this picture...and I wanted to share it with all of you!

Ok, so that’s me!
As you can see, I don’t hold back (never have been able to). I’m very honest and always let people see and know the real me.

So if you want, take a glance at my pics and feel free to leave a comment. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

THIS IS GOING TO BE MY NEXT HULA!!!

LISTEN TO HOW BEAUTIFUL THEY SING THIS SONG...
IT'S ABSOLUTELY BREATHTAKING.

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