christmas is hawaii!

So we TRIED to get a "real" christmas tree but the first time we went we didn't have enough money. The second Attempt it was too late and everything was closed BECAUSE my flight was delayed about 3 hours due to the lovely storm that decided to hit. And finally the third time we left kohala a "little" to late and all the garden areas were closed. (bummers) so we decided to spend the money on presents, and I must say it was money well spent. So I was pretty bummed that we didn't have a tree so a couple days later we were on our way home from waimea on the mountain road and we saw trees that looked like christmas trees! so we joked about taking them untill we really thought about it, but the night we went to look they were UGLY! they weren't trees their more like bushes. Bummed again! Then FINALLY we took a hike in the back yard and found this lovely pine tree that looked well enough to work! Its not the real thing but its close enough and christmas finally came into our home HAWAIIAN STYLE!!!