We have been trying to take photos on our good camera but found a few good ones on Steve's cell phone...
The drives were gorgeous and the island so unique everywhere we went!
Tuesday, March 22, 2016
Pictures!
Luau!
Yesterday we had another hotel day. Woke up played some more tennis and then hung out at the pool. The wind finally died down.. Yay! Then we got ready for the drums of the pacific luau. 
Our cheesy picture!
It was pretty fun. So awesome watching the girls reactions to everything. Adessas eyes were huge as the men came out in their loin cloths and she commented more then once how it was "inappropriate" haha!
Danika was loving it and went up on stage to learn the hula dancing she loves shaking her hips! Food was yummy and interesting. The Pork was super tasty that they pulled out of the ground... The girls were pretty grossed out watching them take it out of the ground so wouldn't eat it... But Steve sure enjoyed a few helpings!
It was a perfect evening weather wise and we all had a great time. Very fun having mom and dad with us!
Monday, March 21, 2016
Sunday
Today was great. We woke at the crack of dawn again to Amara waking us up. Put her back to sleep but I couldn't sleep and was going to go for a run but Steve convinced me not too and instead we drank coffee and opened our doors to listen to the waves and watch the whales jump. When mom and dad woke up they told us they were heading to church which is across the road from us so we hurried and got ready and headed over. It was a beautiful little service put on by a school group visiting from Ohau so lots of hill song was sung and the girls really enjoyed it. Our girls are so awesome and went no problem to children's church when dismissed and were the only girls!
After church grandma and grandpa treated us to McDonald's and then we had an awesome time just hanging out at the resort. Amara napped for a long time so Steve hung out and did some work and I went and read poolside.
It is still insanely windy and so it was nice hiding from the beach so we wouldn't get sandblasted.
We really enjoyed our day. The pool was sheltered from the wind and it was hot. It was our first "Mexico" feeling day. The girls were happily occupied all day in the pool and made new friends. Danika was a superstar and took care of Amara so Steve and I could just sit and visit and drink our ciders and beer! We loved it! Grandma and grandpa stayed at the big pool and had a little break from us.
When the sun was about to set we took a walk down the beach and played in the waves. Then I sat and took pictures of the sunset while Steve played with the big girls and Amara made friends with little boys on the beach.
After the amazing sunset we went back to the kids pool and played in the hot tub until grandpa came and got us and told us grandma had dinner ready for over an hour!
We were outside all day! And didn't get upstairs until 7 pm!
Currently all girls are happily tucked in bed and we are watching the passion as a musical on TV... Pretty neat show but I'm reminded how much I hate commercials!
We are looking forward to another relaxing pool day tomorrow and then a luau in the evening!
Sunday, March 20, 2016
Everyday has been an absolute adventure but today the highlight for me was snorkelling with Danika. She has become an absolute superstar snorkler.
The island weather has been extremely windy and so we have spent time in the car driving around. Mom and I did a day at Ross shopping which is always a highlight for me! And then for moms birthday we played tennis and then hung Around the resort and went out for a fun dinner where the chef cooked at our table in Lahaina. we also did the road to Hana which was an all day affair and was not worth it with kids. But was amazing to see the bamboo forest and waterfall... Which was a bit disappointing as there were no pools to jump into. And poor Adessa was sick on and off the whole way there... But wow were the views ever amazing!
Yesterday we did the aquatic center which was very fun and then stopped off at a little beach to snorkel on the way home and found an awesome reef to snorkel on that was super calm even though it was very windy. And we saw all the amazing fish we had just paid a ton of money to see. Very cool experience!
This morning we woke up and headed to slappy cakes for a delicious but extremely overpriced (seems to be the theme here!) breakfast. It was so fun for the girls as they got to create their own pancakes on the built in griddle on our table!
The weather was again windy and a bit rainy so we asked our waiter for cool stops and he gave us a list heading past our resort to more unknown spots. We hit them all up and saw some amazing surfers and watched for quite some time surfing huge waves. Then we drove on and saw the blowhole which was pretty cool. Then kept driving on crazy windy roads to another spot that has pools in the rocks which you can apparently jump into and they have their own ecosystems below but was far too windy and wavy to do which was sad.
As we were heading back to the resort the sun came back out so we went back to the snorkelling beach we found yesterday to eat our picnic.
It was soooooo windy but no waves in the water so we headed out snorkelling again for an amazing experience and went quite far out and saw so many cool fishes. Danika kept up the whole time and loved every moment. We were so proud of her- she never panicked once and was pointing out fish to us. I think she was braver then me! So very cool.
It has been fantastic having mom and dad with us so we can have some one on one with the girls with built in babysitters.
Steve and I have been woken up each morning at 5:30 or 6 am from Amara which is actually fine because we pass out so early. But yesterday we woke up, put a show on for the girls and took off... Went through McDonald's drive thru and then explored some areas and cool beaches around us. We haven't had a date day yet but are hoping for one when the wind dies down... Hopefully it does!
We were feeling pretty thankful for another week here as my burn was so bad I haven't enjoyed the sun too much and it has been so windy... So here is hoping for some nice weather this last week!
Monday, March 14, 2016
Hawaii!!!
Our trip to Hawaii was a long 15 hour trip... From the time we left our house. We drove up to Sidney to Amelia's and Nathan's house to drop off meeko for the two weeks we are gone and then are having them take the van... Soooo fantastic having friends live minutes from the airport! And meeko will be in paradise for the next couple of weeks! 
Riding in style through the airport! 
My seat buddies. The girls did so good but we're sick of fruit snacks and granola bars so we caved and bought the ridiculously overpriced sandwiches that tasted awful and cost us $30! 
Steve and Danika having a good time watching shows. 
Breakfast at our first hotel. 
Girls swam like little fishes all morning while I sat and drank coffee and read my book. 
We were waiting for my mom and dad to arrive before we met them at Costco to load up and head to our condo in kahana. 
We found soooo many... This guy was our favourite though. 
Horrible!!
Flight was delayed by about an hour which was crazy stressful because as we arrived in Vancouver they told us that the next terminal was on the exact opposite side of the airport! But they grabbed us a cart and shot us through the airport and we made it just in time for their last call. But sadly did not get to eat dinner that we were banking on!
Amara slept pretty good as I gave her a gravol and it knocked her right out! 😁👍
The rest of us slept on and off... But not very comfortable!
We pulled into the airport at 12:45 am and then had to wait for a long time to wait for our car seats to come through and had to rent a 5$ luggage cart to carry our car seats and luggage to the shuttle line for our rental car which was a joke!
It was crazy windy and raining and we waited about an hour as the line was so huge! Our girls were superstars though and did so well.
Once we got Taken to budget the line up was out the doors So we waited about an hour and half to go through and ended up with a sweet Cadillac! 😜
By the time we got to our hotel it was about 3:30 am. We were spent!
We slept until about 8 am but were then itching to head out to the pool and explore.
After another ridiculously overpriced breakfast we headed out.
We put Amara down for a nap in the condo and then adessa and I went lizard Hunting!
Costco was a nuthouse... But so many cool things. We loaded up and headed out. It has been crazy windy!
We got to our hotel and were feeling quite sick at how much we paid for it... It is nice and the view is absolutely unreal but it is a sick feeling knowing how much we spent and that we won't be in it very long!
But we are very thankful to have this opportunity and kept seeing signs to be thankful for! Beautiful rainbows... Giant sea turtle on the beach and the gorgeous sunsets.
Our first full day we went between the beach and pool. We body surfed and boogie boarded and it was amazing. I went up for lunch and Steve had put Amara down and I got on more sunscreen. I wasn't burnt at all. End of the day after being in the ocean I came in and my whole body looks like it has been coloured red. And it hurts! 😞
Monday, January 11, 2016
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