Aloha, Greetings from Maui

~Beautiful Hawaiian Hula Girls~ ~Waterfall on the 'Road to Hana'~

~Morning sunrise outside our hotel~the tide was low so you could see the reefs~

~The water was crystal clear~

~Top of Mt. Haleakala~10,200 ft~Looking into the crater~

~Very windy and cold up top~40 degrees~Hanging out with the clouds~

~Makena Beach near the Molikini Crater~No sand just lava from last eruption~

~View of Mt. Pu'u Kukui from the boat~

~Getting ready to find some whales~(we found 4)

~Dinner at Bubba Gumps~

~New meaning to the term "scary" This is a one-lane winding road on top of the mountain~Thank goodness we were ahead of him~

~Another beautiful sunset~

~West Maui near Black Rock, whales in the background~

~View from our hotel~

~Traditional Hawaiian Luau~

The last week of April was spent in a tropical paradise!! Matt and I went to Maui for a week to attend and celebrate his sister's wedding. The island was breath-taking, the weather was perfect and the wedding was beautiful. Couldn't have asked for a better trip. It's hard to phathom how beautiful it really is and how different each part of the island was. We went on a whale watch and found some Humpback Whales and their calves, we went to countless beaches (black, red and white sand), went to the top of the crater (All I know is that it started with an H) Survived the road to Hana and saw some of the most beautiful waterfalls and scenery along the way, and of course just lounged around on the beach enjoying a few tropical drinks :) Here are a few of my favorite pictures from our trip.

Happy Easter!!

Hope all of you had a very Happy Easter!! (Yeah, I know I'm writing this a month later, but I have a few cute pics of the kids at the egg hunt and surprise, surprise, no one is crying. Last year, Ava cried because she was afraid of the Easter Bunny and Grant cried because he wanted more candy:) This year, Ava actually hugged the bunny and Grant didn't care about the candy because he was tooooo busy playing!

"Look mom, no tears!!"

"Okay, I'll hug him if he gives me candy"

Weeeeeeee!! Grant picked up one egg and was ready to play!

"Wow, look at all these eggs!" (so when we got home, Ava just threw her eggs into her toy bin not knowing that there was candy in them, oh the look on her face when she figured out there was stuff inside, priceless:)