Merry Merry Christmas From Kauai

We actually for the first time in my memory slept in on Christmas morning - now if you know us then you know sleeping in is like 7:00 AM but still we did things differently this year. No tree, lights or traditional homemade muffins that I make on Christmas morning. This was a different kind of Christmas and the very first Christmas in my 40 yrs on this planet that I was not with my mom on Christmas day.

We got up and I set up our chocolate Christmas tree and put out the couple of gift bags that we had to be opened. This year with the trip and expenses on top of how hard it is to drag big bulky gifts with us on the trip we opted to keep it really low key and simple. A couple of Brendan's gifts were actually back home for him to open when we got back. Charley opened his Geoffrey Bean tie and cuff links along with his cologne. Brendan opened his House Bunny video, aftershave soother, cologne and his newest hot wheel for his collection which was a totally cool VW bug with a surf board on top. I got a IZ CD that I have been wanting for awhile now and a Hawaiian calendar too.

- Special Note - It was brought to my attention that I never mentioned what I got for my birthday. I received a gorgeous sapphire and diamond tennis bracelet to match my earrings and necklace from last year. And Brendan got me a cool CSI field kit which is actually for kids but he knows I like forensics so he thought I might like playing with it. lol

After we opened our gifts we split the chocolate tree up and ate it. Then we made a nice breakfast and tried to decide what we should do for the day. We were supposed to go on a snorkel boat trip but the company cancelled on us last minute on Christmas Eve so we had to think up something fun to do. I did manage to schedule a boat trip with another company 4 minutes before they closed on Christmas Eve for the day after Christmas so that was luck!

We went to the Coconut Market and some of the local shops to see what they had to offer and I got a cute t-shirt for the grandbaby and a gift for my mom and my niece that was house sitting for us. After shopping we went up to Wialua Falls and took some pictures. Then we grabbed a glass of wine at a place on the beach. The rain moved in shortly after that so we headed back to the condo.

We were supposed to go see the movie the Curious Case of Benjamin Button however there is only one tiny theater on Kauai and they were only showing it one time on Christmas. When we got there the parking lot was overflowing and there was a line out the building. We opted to take a pass on the movie and see it when we got back home.

Overall, a nice relaxing day with the boys and it all worked out in the end.