Holiday Season 2008

Hello all,

Hope you're doing well. We're doing peachy. We (I) drug several hundred rubbermaid containers out of the attic today, or at least it felt like a hundred. They were packed with as much holiday cheer as you can stand in one sitting, including dust, old shit we don't need, more old stuff, broken stuff, and a few really nice holiday items. Big D and JJ decorated our fresh tree like pros, and yes, the tree I picked up from Home Depot in Kapolei Hawaii was probably better than any tree than I can remember from recent past. This of course flew in the face of my hypothesis, which was that the real trees here would be terrible, or that they'd try and sell us a palm tree with a scott pine tag on it...no such luck. Anywho, we've been busy lately.....mostly with work, but some other various enjoyable activity.

Prior to picking up the fourth member of our team, we decided we should do some traveling, so we packed up and took a 30 min flight (which is less than our usual commute to work) to Kauai. Great place, laid back and beautiful. The very first conclusion that we came to is that in order to really see Hawaii, people need to get off of Oahu and go to the neighboring islands. They are a world apart from the hectic nature and overdone-ness of Oahu. Don't get me wrong, where we live is agreat place, and I wouldn't trade if for anything, but the other islands are the real Hawaii. Big D and I spent Turkey day at home, I cooked a 5 lb. bird, that was tasty. The ladies enjoyed it and we're still making turkey sandwhiches. After turkey day, we relaxed a bit and took a day and went to the North Shore to eat mediocre Mexican food and see big waves. The mexican food lived up to it's mediocrity, but Waimea was a flurry of activity. As we arrived, there was some "Lost" star and his posse hanging around (I'll have to apologize, I didn't recognize him), a guy being drug out of the surf after nearly drowning, and the rest of lifeguard crew being dispatched to help a wayward set of three lads that we're drifting out to sea. The surf was "wow bob wow". I've attached a few pics.

We're looking forward to the holidays and spending Xmas on the beach in 80 degree weather (by the way I'm sunburned after spending afternoon on the beach). Let us know how you're doing, we'd love to hear from you. Expect to recieve our Xmas cards in Feb, right on time for us.

Take care,