Christmas Eve On A Beach

Christmas Eve we woke up and it was raining... We had a nice breakfast and tried to figure out what we could do for the day even if it was raining. As luck would have it by the time we ate and cleaned up the rain had started to dry up some. We decided to brave it and try to find a good beach in the area to hang out.

We found a really nice beach in Kalapaki and settled in. It was great the rain stopped, the sun came out and the wind calmed down a bit. We plopped ourselves down on our beach mats and let the relaxation and reading begin. Later the boys went up to Burger Hut and grabbed some burgers and fries and we had a perfectly nice picnic lunch on the beach.

I decided to try out the water and after much manipulation and nagging on my part I convinced Brendan to join me in the water. Slowly but surely I got him further and further out into the ocean into bigger waves. We had an excellent time and couldn't stop laughing. Charley opted to stay on the beach and read and snap pictures of us being silly in the water.

After playing in the ocean we headed to the shower and then we hit some of the little shops along the beach to see what they had. Everyone was closing up early because it was Christmas Eve so we headed back to the condo to clean up and make some dinner.

This wave snuck up on me from out of nowhere. Brendan found it amusing.

Brendan was worried his mommy was going to drown so he kept trying to save me.

We got splashed, knocked down, pulled by the under tow and we had a GREAT time!