Maui, Hawaii - Part 4

Monday was our last full day together, so we woke up ready to enjoy the resort with no agenda:

One of the items on Zoe's bucket list was parasailing so Sophie wanted to go since she didn't scuba or snorkel, so Nat & I took the girls out. I got to go with both of the girls & then Nat & Zoe went together:

We weren't brave enough to get dipped in the water, but we sure had fun on the boat ride while we were out there:

It was such a fun way to end our trip! When we got back to our hotel, Hayden & Tatum walked down so the girls had fun swimming together:

That night we went to dinner one last time & enjoyed one last sunset:

before we woke up early the next morning ready for our next adventure. Aloha Hawaii!

Maui, Hawaii - Part 3

 We might have had a late night with the luau, but we woke up early on Saturday to hit the water. My dad & Natalie's family went on a snorkel sail that left early that morning:

And while they were gone, Bryan & Sadie booked a dive trip:

They did 2 deep dives in 2 different parts of the islands & had a great time together:

Meanwhile, my mom stayed behind to take care of Max and Sophie did not want to go sailing or snorkeling. Not her thing, but she does like to shop so we had our hotel drop us off at Whaler's Village:

We walked around and shopped until Max was over it, so when my mom went back, Bryan & Sadie came & joined is. The girls were so excited to try:

Where they got dirty Alani's!

They love dirty sodas, but they had never had a dirty Alani. I couldn't help but take a picture when I saw them posting a video about it:

Then we were so excited to get our souvenirs together - permanent ankle bracelets! Sadie had one for years, but it broke a few months ago. Sophie has always wanted one and I always told her we would get one eventually and I even said on vacation, so this was the perfect thing for the 3 of us to do together:

We got the same chain, but I got silver with pink accents and they both got gold with blue accents:

That night, we were super excited for dinner because we had friends on vacation at the resort next door, so we met them at:

We were so excited to see our family friends, The Hills:

Sunday morning, we woke up early for a very special morning together, but I am going to wait & do a separate post for that. But afterwards, the guys went golfing:

while the girls went to brunch at:

Slappy Cakes! I had never heard of this concept but quickly became a fan. It's kind of like hibachi, but instead of cooking Asian food in front of you, you have your own griddle table where you can make your own pancakes:

They had a gf/df batter, so Sadie & I cooked ours first and we had fun picking our toppings:

Since the guys were still golfing, we went back to shop & we surprised Zoe with an early birthday present:

She got an ankle bracelet too! And you know what's even more fun - we loved one of our guides when we went ziplining and she worked at the jewelry bar! We knew her schedule so we waited to go over the weekend when we knew she would be working so the girls were excited to see her again:

Since we ate out earlier in the day, we grilled again that night. This time we did fajitas & had a picnic by the beach followed by a late-night swim:

Ok, if you are still hanging in there, I have one more post than I will wrap up Hawaii, but you will never guess where we went next & I am so excited to share!

Maui, Hawaii - Part 2

 Friday morning, we had another adventure - surfing! I originally reserved a private group lesson for the 4 kids - Kason, Sadie, Zoe & Sophie, but when we got there, the dads decided they wanted to surf too! Our concierge recommended we use the Goofy Foot Surf School, and they met down the beach towards Lahaina, so we drove down & met them at a random spot right off the road with a very rocky beach, but the kids were still excited:

They started with lessons on the beach:

then finally they headed into the water:

I tried to take a few action shots, but honestly, I took more videos. The beach was so rocky, it hurt my feet so I didn't walk out as far as I had planned so the picture quality isn't as good since I had to zoom in:

It was a 2-hour lesson so they would take turns coming in for a water break when they got tired:

They all did really good & popped up right away! I really liked our instructors and would totally recommend them. I was even happier to hear that we were helping them out since they lost everything in the Lahaina fire.

We went back to the resort after that for lunch & a little r&r before our evening. Thank goodness we got there in time for free snow cones!

That night we went to a luau & as luck would have it, we saw a rainbow on our way:

Last year we celebrated my in law's 50th anniversary by throwing them a party with all of our family but instead of throwing my parents a party, we treated our family to a celebration at the Maui Nui Luau by the Black Rock:

Clearly, we had fun taking pictures as soon as they gave us our leis! Then the kids had fun doing the activities from bowling to tattoos & flower bows:

Finally, we ate and then the sun set just in time for the performance:

We had a table on the front row, so we had a great view & because we were close, the girls got picked to go on the stage & dance with them:

Afterwards, the guys had fun taking pictures with the dancers, especially Max!

It was literally the perfect evening! Great weather, great luau & a phenomenal way to celebrate with our parents. So grateful we all got to be together & cheers to 50 years: