Christmas Vacation Part 2: Christmas in Maui

Christmas Eve started with, of course, some time on the beach!

"Paige, how big are you'"?

This little hill provided hours of entertainment

Luckily we headed back to the condo early for some pool time and discovered they were doing a free steak BBQ for all the guests...complete with Santa!

Then we got ready and headed to Lahaina for a delicious dinner at Kimos.

Then for the traditional family pictures at the giant banyan tree.

My cute parents

Mom with her girls

We finally headed back to the condo for our nativity program, which included a lot of songs and a nativity dash.

Ben was the donkey, carrying in Grace as Mary

 Paige was "all animals"/any animal noises she knows :)

 Mom in her usual role of angel (she prefers to sing her part)

 3 Wisemen, bringing some interesting gifts

 Ben quickly transformed from donkey into really excited shepherd

We concluded with "12 Days of Christmas", with Paige as the partridge in the pear tree.

The next morning my mom kept her strange-flying-man-gift tradition going with screaming flying monkeys.

 The rest of the trip consisted of:

More beach time, including surfing! I'm proud to say it was like riding a bike and I got up on the first time! Granted, the boards are huge and the ways are tiny, and you can stand in the water, but I was still proud! All of us, including Evan, got up!

Playing the the condo. Lots of pool time, shuffle board, and miniature golf. Paige loved having grandpa as her swim instructor, and learned to jump in the pool and blow bubbles/drink a lot of water

And the trip wouldn't be complete without Tommy Bahamas and more shaved ice.

Our last night was, well, interesting. We were taking a red eye flight back, so we had to switch to a completely different complex for a few hours. We didn't realize how tiny this room would be for all of us, and how many hours we would spend there.

As sad as we were to leave Maui, we were happy to be out of that room. And thankfully Paige had her own seat on the way back and we all slept! Thanks mom and dad for 9 days of pure happiness in the sun!