Aloha Maui

We went to Maui for a couple of days to see Aaron's mother while

she was on Maui on vacation. It was a fun little weekend trip. If

only we had the money to do them more often. I just love Maui so

much. I could move back there if we had the opportunity come up.

Anyhow, we got there on a Thursday afternoon and just spent the

evening with Grandma Leslie and Papa Rudy. It was really windy

and the beach was rough the whole weekend. We spent a lot of time

in the pool. The girls had a blast in their swimsuits all weekend.

We wanted to do one thing while on Maui and that was to

go to the Maui Ocean Center. I really wanted the girls to

see the aquarium there because it is a million times better

than anything we have on Oahu. The girls loved it all. They

especially enjoyed the seahorses. Keeley didn't want to leave.

Even after we left the aquarium and went to lunch they

wanted to go back to the aquarium for more.

This was an upside down jellyfish...really cool!

After the aquarium and lunch at Peggy Sue's we went to show
Rudy some of the south part of the island. We went through
Kihei and down to Makena. We showed him the place where
we got married. The exact spot. It is just as beautiful as it was
then. Maui is so gorgeous.
Kayla was resting in the sand at Big Beach. It was hot and windy
and the waves were shore break. The girls had a really good time.
They were so worn out by the time we got done they fell asleep
in the car on the way home. I have to say, I forgot how sticky the
sand was at Big Beach. There are no showers and the sand is so fine
that it sticks like crazy. I think they had sand in their hair and ears
for the rest of the weekend. I just love that beach though, so beautiful.
Friday night we went out to dinner with Leslie and her friends.

We went to Cheeseburger in Paradise in Lahaina. The beach is

right there and the girls happened to see the little crabs going in

and out of their holes at sunset. They wouldn't stop talking about

them all through dinner. Keeley started to get impatient toward

the end and kept grunting..."crabs, I want to see the crabs."

Kayla was so funny on the way back to the car because she

wouldn't take off her sunglasses and she was walking with

both hands in her pockets. She looked so cool!

On Sunday we decided to drive around the northern tip of the

island and see the sites. However, we didn't plan that well

and when we left Lahaina both cars were on 1/4 tank of gas.

We were lucky and got all the way back to Wailuku before we ran

out...JUST IN TIME! By the way, I had to pee the hole trip and

there is no where to stop. In fact it is a one lane road and

Aaron was freaking out. Pretty funny actually. It was quite a

trip for all of us. Leslie did get some of the "World's best"

banana bread in the middle of NO WHERE!

The picture below is a great surf spot and snorkle spot. The

water was really murky though and we chose not to venture

down to check it out. Beautiful place though.