Last year for Christmas, my entire family on my mom’s side
spent the holiday season in Maui. There were 20 of us there, and we had a great
time spending some quality family time on the beach. The place we were staying
at was right on the beach, and our whole family was in the same hotel. There
was a shopping center about a 2 minute walk down the boardwalk from the hotel,
and it had lots of designer outlets and shops, as well as a whaling museum. My
cousin Erin and I walked to Sephora at least once every day to do our makeup
with all the samples they had out. When we weren’t at Sephora, we were at the
ABC store or at the self-serve frozen yogurt place eating as much as we
possibly could. In between shopping sprees, Erin and I would tan on the beach
with our other cousin Sarah. On the beach there was a sand volleyball court,
and it would be an off day when we didn’t start at least one volleyball game with
almost the entire family playing. It was so much fun to play the sport that I
love with the people that mean so much to me in a warm, sunny and fun place. My
older cousins Matt and Greg would spend the whole time chirping each other
about how much beer the other had had that day. This amazing experience was a
result of my grandparent’s generosity, as it was my Grandan’s 79th
birthday present to the rest of the family. It was originally supposed to be
this year for Grandan’s 80th, but he had a run-in with cancer last
year so we decided to push it forward by one year. (Don’t worry- he’s now
cancer free!) I feel very lucky to have shared this amazing vacation with my
family and extended family over the holidays because of all the fun we had and
because who doesn’t love Maui!
