Christmas in Paradise

CHRISTMAS DAY IN HAWAII!

Nala was less than excited about the big day... too much excitement through the night.

Dave was almost as excited as Nala!

I guess I overcompensated for everyone's lack of excitement. I also straightened my hair! ...which will be the last time I do that in Hawaii, lol. It didn't last long. :(

The view from our apartment Christmas morning

The view as we drove to the Reukert's house. Yup -- that's a rainbow.

We ended up having an awesome time with our friends. We made, for the first time, my favorite dessert -- pavlova! It didn't turn out asthetically, but that didn't effect the taste. It was delicious! We're definitely making it again. Dave made yams for the first time, lol... which were more "candied" than yams. :) We also marinated our ham in root beer for a couple days before(thanks for the inspiration, Grandpa!) , and that turned out excellent as well. After eating, we tried a couple new games we got for Christmas: Pictionary Man, and a new Wii game for our friends (Outdoor Adventure, I think?). Despite my humiliating failure to depict "Super Freak," I thought Pictionary Man was fun. The Wii game was cool, too, and Dave and Rusty got a wonderful workout at the same time!

All in all, it turned out to be a really good day!