Channing and Joe met in Missouri I don't remember if he is from there or Florida maybe(?). Channing and her famiy lived on and off in Hawaii when she was a teenager then at 16 her parents got divorced, relocated to Missouri her mom got remarried, her dad worked in television I believe, he had a couple of girlfriends.luci417 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 10, 2020 8:22 am I know this thread is dead but I watched them on and off - why did they move to missouri? it seems like they really hate it there, was it financial reasons? i assumed channing's husband was hawaiian and that's where the kid's names come from and why they lived there but maybe im wrong.
Channing wanted to move back to Hawaii really badly. When her ex (Phong, Jovi's dad) let her stay there after a Holiday they moved back there with Joe (probably Phong got out of paying child's support and he went to med school or something similar)
Chan went to culinary school in Missouri I believe. She met Joe when she was a host and he bussed tables at the same restaurant.
They moved to Hawaii to live in a room with a friend of Channing and she got pregnant with Kobe straight away.
They seemed to have financial difficulties all the time, then they had Cali Thrill (I believe named in honor of a friend of Joe that passed away when Chan was pregnant?) then the boy Koa and in Missouri unexpectedly she revealed a bump and that was Irie.
I think the name thing is mostly Channing's doing. She Always said that she really likes very unique names.