Christmas in Hawaii – who could ask for more?! Though it did rain most of our stay on Oahu, it was still 75 degrees every day. AND luckily that flu that had me so sick on Christmas morning was gone within 24 hours – so overall I’d say it was a pretty fun trip!
But the greatest part of Hawaii is how nice everyone is. I unfortunately live in Scottsdale, where fake boobs and shallow personalities rain free, so visiting the islands is a great way to meet people I can actually have a conversation with. Seriously – even the lady at the check out counter in the grocery store is friendly!
I do feel out of place once sometimes however (with my red hair and freckles), especially when I met my fiancé’s entire family at their annual Christmas party. An entire roomful of Asian faces and… me. Haha! At one point my fiancé’s uncle came over and introduced me to the only other white guy in the room – saying “Haole… meet the other haole.” (pronounced How-lee, meaning white person) Since this is kind of a derogatory term in Hawaii my fiancé was mortified that he said that to me, but I though it was hilarious! I don’t mind being a Haole and it was all in good fun.
Spending time with my little niece was the greatest. She’s about 15 months and already has SO much personality. At one point I was reading her a book while she sat next to me on the couch. After a while she got kind of bored with reading and decided to push my boob with the palm of her hand and then giggle! We were absolutely cracking up.
Christmas morning was also comical because it took her 15 minutes to open one present and then she would ignore the toy and play with the wrapping paper. Adorable!
In general, it was a relaxing vacation and now it’s time to concentrate on the wedding (only 11 weeks away!) But I’m sure I’ll be blogging about that later hehe…