On Christmas Day, we fed the Elders biscuits and gravy, scrambled eggs, orange juice and got them set up to Skype with their families. We called Elder Cameron's dear parents and siblings, took a nap (Santa came early), then, WE WENT SNORKELING! Actually, there were a lot of people with the same idea. Since winter is when the ocean on the North Shore is turbulent and only for tough surfers, we went to Turtle Bay which is for novices and gentle folk, such as we. There is a rock barrier that keeps the snorkeling area quite calm. However, that barrier also limits the type and amount of sea life that is available. Well, I had a grrrreat idea. I took one of the left over biscuits and gave those fish a Christmas feast! Word travels fast under water. Very quickly, we had a plethora of sea life to enjoy. The biscuit dissolved into a million crumbs and fed our distracted entertainment. I have since learned, from those who know, to feed the fish a whole, peeled banana. I will be checking out that suggestion with the locals.
After our refreshing swim, we Skyped our delightful family and felt sorry for ourselves because we weren't with them. We are grateful for the technology to see one another so conveniently and clearly.
We, then, grilled chicken and pork chops for the Elders, and enjoyed a relaxing Christmas evening reminiscing with them.
The point of all of this is:
We went snorkeling on Christmas Day!
What a blessed and memorable day it was for us.
Mmmmmmm. All of that sounds wonderful!
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