Maui 2017

Addy had fallen asleep at this point, which I was bummed about because we were only half way done.

still squeezing this one into the solly baby wrap! ;)

^Tyler & Addy

Ella wanted me to hold her the entire time we were in Maui! Not complaining about those extra cuddles! ;)

I was so sad I accidentally left my Canon at home. I feel like these would have made some stellar shots. Bummer!

Tyler snapped these as I was swimming back and we didn't even notice those people up there until we looked at the pictures. haha!

^ we had someone tell us this was a horrible way to do Hawaii. hahah which we didn't care because we were in HAWAII! :)

entertaining Addy! ^

headed home we go!

I know, I know... I'm way late at writing this blog post. I figure, better late than never right?? I love writing these blog posts because they are so fun to look back at years down the road. I'd like to think Addy and Ella will enjoy them too. :) This was our first family vacation as a family of four and it was so fun! Our first day in Maui we took the girls to Maui Ocean Center. The girls' eyes lit up as they saw all the pretty fish and sharks. Yikes! This is such fun age for these two to explore and the reaction on their faces was priceless. Once we left the ocean center, we explored Kihei which had cute fruit stands up and down the road. Later that evening, we went to a Luau. That was one of the highlights of our trip. We sat next to some pretty amazing people...we got lucky on that part. Tyler even got his face painted. Hilarious! The girls weren't used to staying out that late and so they fell asleep on the way walking back to our hotel room in our arms. It was the cutest! Plus, they both slept so well that night. Win Win! for mommy and daddy. Ha!
The next morning, we woke up early and drove to Paia to do the Twin Falls Hike, which I highly recommend. I felt like I was walking through a Jurassic Park movie. Also, it's a bit slippery and I may or may not have lost my flip flop more than once and had a nice lady hold my arm as she guided me across the slippery rocks but it was totally worth it. Tyler was laughing at me the whole time. I think he had mentioned he filmed the whole thing. Ha so rude! But once we got to the waterfall, Tyler and I took turns swimming back and forth while the other watched the girls. This was by far, the highlight of my trip. Once we were finished swimming, we headed back and attempted to drive the Road to Hana while the girls napped. We drove less than halfway before we were over it. Everyone I talked to had strongly recommended it but we just didn't want to be in the car much longer so we headed to the cute town of Paia and grabbed lunch at Flatbread Company for pizza. So good! Tyler and I shared a pizza and salad and we wiped our plates clean. After that, we headed to Paia Bowls to get an acai bowl. Yum!!
On Saturday, we woke up and went to Maui Tropical Plantation and walked around. Later that morning, we beached it all day and then headed to Frida's Beach House for yummy Mexcian food. It was the cutest pink restaurant right on the beach and it did not disappoint.
Sunday was our last day in Maui so we headed to the beach to go snorkeling. Tyler saw a turtle which I thought was so cool! That night, we headed to downtown Lahaina to have dessert and dinner... in that order. ;) After, we walked around and shopped for souvenirs to bring home with us. It was the perfect ending to our trip.