Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Samoan Xmas Redux

Yes, I've been here long enough for the holidays to repeat themselves.
Though Markus was off-island there was plenty of activities to keep me busy.

The now traditional Christmas Eve Gift Exchange at Naomi and Aaron's. I tried hard to get me the ukulele or the American Samoa flag (a few of this years "hot" items). Sadly, I came away empty handed after a cut throat round of ro0-sham-bo. As a wonderful surprise Dr. Dave came through for me and gave me my very own ukulele!

A few highlights:

Aaron, sporting his awesome Xmas shirt getting just what he asked for:

The much sought after ukulele
Einstein getting into the fun with Ben:
Kelly gets a shoot a Parrot game:

Matt super stoked on his ping pong equipment.

Lisa and the much sought after American Samoa flag.

Maria super excited by her awesome tie.
Naomi gets a calus cutter from Ned. Awesome.Ned gets this hat as Karmic payback.

View from Naomi and Aaron's bungalow:View from Brian and Nadia's house on Christmas day, where we had a nice feast.
And every Xmas post should end with a cute baby picture (Ona ready for walk):

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Einstein looks happy!

Mountain Shasta Mary said...

Looking fwd to hearing you jam on the new ukulele.... You have 57 days to learn Tip toe Through the tulips!!!
Love you, Mary

The Brown's said...

That is a cute picture of Ona! She looks even more like a midget in that giant stroller. It was great to spend Christmas with you!