MAUI Trip 2009

Okay...I'm FINALLY blogging about our Maui Trip....

** disclaimers before you read on:
1. There are ALOT of pictures and this is just the tip of the iceburg lol
2. If you don't want to see me in a bikini or are planning to judge me for wearing one..don't look b/c I Lived in it anytime I was at the beach:)

Maui was wonderful...aside from the constant wind storm we had, I was in love.
by far the best part of the trip for me was our day trip to the Island of Lanai:)
I was able to swim with a resident pod of dolphins (story below) and fullfill a dream I've had for over 18yrs.

Day 1 on the plane...we were SO excited ...we could not believe we wer ectually on our way!!

Notice how I look all chipper and Steve is about to fall asleep ? lol...it was actually opposite, I fall asleep as soon as the plain takes off everytime...it's like someone has given me a sedative.
We couldn't help ourselves...we got to our hotel, dropped off our luggage and literally RAN to the beach and jumped in! I was incredibly happy in that moment!!

We grabbed the first person we saw to get a picture of us before we got drenched.

I learned the power of waves and water very quickly....I was in the water and a huge wave came behind me and knocked me into a full summer sault which slammed my head into the floor of the ocean and left me with a lower back muscle pulled for 3days. oops....we should have listened to the pool boy who told us not to go in.................nah!

Just enjoying the beach infront of our hotel:)

That big scrape on steve's chest is from his first encounter with the waves too...he got washed up on shore and scraped himself pretty bad on the sand:)

we look so happy here! and we WERE!

Steve riding the waves in

This was at Big Beach in Makenna...it was one of my favorite beaches

we met a nice young couple on their honeymoon who took some pics for us

Look at Steve. He is SO funny! he said going in feet first with the waves was "the best" lol

a beautiful shot of our beach

"Sunset Love" in Lahaina harbour

Thanks to Google earth we found this AMAZING place called "La Parouse Bay"...

it is so stinkin' beautiful!

Steve snorkelling. we did LOTS of snorkelling and LOVED it

I LOVED this water....about to jump in!

It was colder than it looked...next time I'm going in May!

Recognize this guy?

cute.

On the boat heading to Lanai for our day trip snorkelling....

still on the boat

first stop. snorkelling in a bay near Lanai

we look like snorkelling nerds here, I love it.

This the island of Lanai...there is 2 hotels there and that' s it. Cost from $500 - $7,000 night to stay there. it's incredible! I want to live there.

Oh...and this is Steve's bay watch picture! LMBO

The Pod of Dolphins I swam with!!!!

When the dropped us off on Lanai for 3hrs, we left our snorkelling gear on the boat=not smart.

we were on teh beach for mabye 3minutes when we saw these guys. You've never seen me strip down and get in that water so fast in my life! I swam SO FAR to get to them but it was totally worth it. there was about 50 and one baby. truly the most amazing experience!!

My bay watch picture lol

everytime I look at these I laugh to myself and think we are such geeks and the people there probably thought we were nuts

Hiking up Sweet heart rock

Sweet heart rock is taht rock to the left of me in the background. Legend has it a man took his dead girl friend up there, barried her and then jumped off and killed himself.

You could see the grave. Not sure if it's true or not but it is a cool story.

On the beach of Lanai

I loved the palm trees

back on Maui...overlooking some crazy coastline

what I call the "crazy bridge". This should not be allowed. super freaky.

Hiking:)

I think My husband looks like a GQ model here. don't you?

Me getting really tired of smiling for the camera. This put him off for a while.

and this is me about to cross the "crazy bridge again"

On our dinner cruise...overlooking the mountains of Maui. so beautiful!

I have to add that while I was in Maui...I missed my girls SO much..when I got home and woke up Megan to see her at midnight I just cried and cried. I learned to appreciate my role as a mother even more and how important quality time is with them. I've been staying off the computer more and just being with them. I'm glad I learned that while being away.

As for the girls...you're probably wondering what we did with them?

They were in GREAT hands with Lacey the whole week. She far exceeded my expectations in being a mother of 3!!!

She has been a great friend and I can't ever thank her enough for being so fabulous.

Her sister in law and My other friend Lyndsey was here all week to help her out. They took the girls to the western party at the school and did so many fun things with them. I felt so much peace knowing they were in the hands of 2 women who would LOVE them the way that I do!

thank you so much girls for everything...I will truly love you forever for helping us out the way you did!!!

xo

Here they are!

for more pictures of their fun filled week, see Lacey's blog at:

http://poytress.blogspot.com