Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  I tūpono te riri o te wahine marena hou ki te hopu i ēnei whakaahua. Ka haere a Brandi rāua ko Randy Russell, me ā rāua tamariki tokorua, ki te takutai i Hawai'i, ki te hopu pikitia whakamataku ki ngā rōpū marena kāore i mōhiotia, nāna i tuku mano ki ngā hākari moemoea. Ko te whānau tokowhā, nō Lenexa i Kansas, i noho ki te motu ātaahua mō ngā tau e rima, ā, i whakatau rātau ki te tango i ō rātau whakaahua pōhēhē ki te moana moana o Ko Olina. Ka tū a Brandi rāua ko Randy me ō rāua ringa i roto i te āhua o te ngākau i te wā e marena ana te tokorua i Hawaii. I tino aroha ngā tokorua Smitten ki te wāhi ataahua, i tae mai rātau ki reira tata ki ia haora, nā reira i puta ai te whakaaro ki te whānau ka taea e rātau te uru atu ki ngā pukaemi marena i te tau 2004. Ko Brandi, 36, he kaiwhakaako mahi tamariki, i mea: 'He tino auau, he mea whakamiharo. 'Kei te maumahara ahau ki tētahi kōrerorero i tētahi rā, i te wā i whakaaro ai māua ko taku tāne, "E hia ngā whakaahua marena o ngā tāngata noa kei te papamuri i a mātau i roto i ā mātau kakahu kaukau?". 'Mai i reira, he wero ki te haere ki roto i taua whakaahua marena.' I roto i tenei pikitia ka kitea a Brandi e kumea ana i te mataata, heoi, e kii ana ia kua mutu te whakaahua tika i nga huihuinga marena i muri i te amuamu a etahi tangata. Ka tū a Brandi rāua ko Randy ki te takutai i te wā e whakaahua ana te tokorua hari i a rāua e noho ana i muri i a rāua. Ko Brandi rāua ko Randy, 38, me ngā tamariki ko Kyler, tokowaru, ko Elle, tokoono, kua huri i te mahi whakangahau hei tikanga whānau. Engari kua tutaki ratou ki etahi ātete mai i nga tokorua hari me nga manuhiri. Ka mea a Brandi: 'Kua hohoro ta mātau i te mōhio, ehara i te mea pai te whakairo whakaahua. 'Ka peia atu mātou e ngā kaitohutohu o te marena, ka whakahawea rānei ki a mātou e te rōpū marena hou. 'Ehara i te kāhua o mātou kia pōhara. Na, ka tīmata mātou ki te tango pikitia o mātou anō me te marena i te papamuri. He iti ake te whakaeke, he ngahau tonu.' I tēnei pikitia, kua tangohia e tētahi hoa tētahi pikitia o Brandi rāua ko Randy e kōrerorero ana i te papamuri o te rā marena o tēnei tokorua hari. E ai ki a Brandi ko ia me te whānau e whakamātau ana ki te whakaaro i ngā tūpāpaku mō ā rātau pikitia, kei konei rātau e huna ana i muri i tētahi rākau. Ko te...
Ko te whānau Russell e whakapakeke ana i ngā whakaahua marena o te iwi ki Hawaii. I muri i taku kitenga i te maha o nga whakaahua a te iwi. I tēnei wā kāore anō kia 'whakaahuahia' e rātou, engari ka whakaahuahia e rātou i te taha o ngā tokorua. E mea ana a Brandi Russell: 'Ehara i a mātau te tikanga kia pōhēhē'