December 22, 2006 came with the arrival of my sister Betsy, husband, Bruce and nieces, Jodi and Kailey to celebrate Christmas. Oh boy, were we excited!! Yeah, time for fun in the sun!! They would have 4 sleeps with us and then they'd be off to their cute little restored plantation home in Kapa'a. Boo hoo.
Okay, without snow here on Kauai, Christmas was a little different. Sure we went through the motions of Christmas, but sweating during the hanging of the house lights and setting up of the Christmas tree hasn't been a part of my frosty and snowy past Christmas memories.
However, we were all forced to spend the perfect Christmas Day enjoying Poipu Beach on the south shore and boy, what a treat! We went snorkelling off the shore where we saw a sea snake, needle fish, parrot fish, unicorn fish, ornate wrasse, convict tang (a white fish with black stripes) , angel fish, the colorful state fish...Humuhumunukunukuapua'a....and tons of others. Also the tide pools intrigued us with huge sea cucumbers, rock-boring urchin, cauliflower coral, finger coral, crabs, and a pebble collector urchin. We were also treated to a visit from a rather large sea turtle, three monks
seals....three!!...and a very active humpback whale breaching and playing in the distant ocean. It was, by any and all stretch of the imagination, an amazing day at the beach. The most amount of monk seals on the beaches of Kauai ever recorded at one time is 8. To see 3 on one day at the same beach was spectacular!! What a day!!Jeremy and Meagan arrived last evening, exhausted after a very long and trying day of travel. Tyler arrives tonight.
On our list of things yet to do are kayaking the Wailua River, Koke'e State Park, a traditional garden luau, Allerton's and perhaps a cruise of the Na Pali coast including whale watching, sea turtles and dolphins.
A very Merry Christmas to all our friends back home in Winnipeg, especially our relatives and our Riverwood Family. Mele Kalikimaka to our Kalaheo MC Ohana!! Mahalo nui loa for your love!!
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Yes, I can imagine how strange it must feel to go SNORKELING on Christmas day, as opposed to...oh, say tobogganing! I love that you had such an amazing day though. And it seems that you are having a wonderful time with all your guests, which is fantastic! Isn't it great that you don't have a job there Laurie? You are obviously needed as close to full-time tour guide and hostess extraordinaire!
I didn't say Merry Christmas to all of you in time, but I can still wish you all the best for 2007! That will be from both Kyle and I. Sending our love from awful, bitterly cold, wintery Winnipeg to sunny, gorgeous Kalaheo!
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