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:

Maui, Hawaii - Part 1

Aloha! We just returned from a 3-week vacation & boy do I have pictures to share! You know I love taking pictures and I have enough to blog every day for the next 2 weeks. Don't think I'm kidding! We kicked off our trip with a special family vacation in Maui with my family:

We flew in on a Tuesday to meet my parents & my sister's family who were already there to celebrate:

My parents' 50th wedding anniversary! We've had this trip planned for a while, so we were super excited. My parents are members of the Marriott Vacation Club, and they have spoiled us all with a few trips through the years:

We stayed in Kaanapali & even though we have visited this area, we had never stayed here before, and I really liked it! As soon as we checked in & were walking up to our hotel, we saw a rainbow:

I'll start with pictures of the property because it was beautiful! 

This was the view from our balcony:

Bryan & I both woke up by 5:30 or 6:00 every morning because the sunrise was early and because of the time difference, so we enjoyed our early mornings:

We went for a walk or a run on the boardwalk every single day and then we hit up the gym. Not a bad view from the gym, huh?

We were pretty active the entire time we were there, but we did spend our first day there being lazy & enjoying the resort:

They had free snow cones every afternoon:

and we brought floats from home that we all took turns with:

Our first night there we went to dinner at Duke's & on our way we saw more rainbows:

The girls had just gotten home from camp, and they were all about pictures & had all these new poses they were showing dad:

Thursday morning, we woke up early & ready to zipline:

My mom stayed home with Max while Daniel & Kason went golfing:

We got to drive ATV's up the mountain & then we had 6 lines to cross:

My dad bought the picture package for us to share so we have tons of action shots:

Before we went down our last line, we walked across a hanging bridge:

We have ziplined several times, but this was one of my favorites!

When we got back that afternoon, we met up with everyone else & played bingo:

and we found the pink pong tables:

before going back out to the beach & the pool:

where we were surprised with a pool side hula show:

We ended the day at the resort when the guys grilled us some hamburgers for dinner:

followed by a beautiful sunset:

And that was just the first 2 days! Come back all week for some more aloha fun!