Family shots...

My family was here for Christmas and New Years.  This means I had my tripod in tow and had my picture taken more times that I'd have liked.  Thus, it has left me with a bunch of 'group' shots from various places around this island.  Here are a few...plus a couple other pictures from their circle island tour.

Christmas Eve around the Charlie Brown Tree.

Christmas Day in Waikiki after church.

Jerry, Laura and Beth on the lava flow rocks (Spitting Cave of Portlock).

Their picture with the cave below...can you see them way over there?

Laura and the Spitting Cave

Laura found a coconut!  She was very excited.

Sunrise at Kailua.

Sunrise at Kailua.

Us all posing with Chinaman's Hat Island (The politically correct name of the
island is Mokoli'i, but no one in this state is politically correct).

Shave ice at the famous North Shore shop, Matsumoto's

Sunset at Kaena Point

Mahalo for visiting.

Mele Kalikimaka...

Mele Kalikimaka!   (Merry Christmas)

So this post is late, but I have a really good excuse:  Kalikimaka Eve turned out to be a long day when someone tried to steal my car at 10:30pm after I went downtown to look at some of the Kalikimaka lights.  After dealing with the police, insurance company, and tow truck company, I finally climbed into bed at 3:30am on Christmas Day.  Kind of a bummer start to Kalikimaka, but overall Christmas was still great (and I'm blessed with a roommate who has constantly allowed me borrow his car while mine hangs out at the shop for a while).  I spent Kalikimaka at the beach followed by dinner at my place with family and friends.

Here are some Kalikimaka pictures I've taken.  Mahalo for visiting and I hope your Kalikimaka was great.

Sandy's Beach Park: My stocking is hung on the driftwood with care...

Ignore any shadow figures; The place was super crowded and I used long shutter speeds so the people didn't show as much.