Aloha!

I know many of you have been waiting to see how our trip went, but it has taken me some time to get this thing posted! I have been slightly depressed since coming home to snow in St. George and missing the beautiful beaches of Hawaii every second! But finally here it is! We had such a wonderful time! The kids did surprisingly well on the plane ride; the slept the whole way home! We did a lot considering we had 3 kids in our group. We took the highway to Hana, which was a crazy ride and very long for the kids, but they did great and we saw some of the most beautiful places in Hawaii. Taggart, Marion, Katrina, and I went on a helicopter ride. It was rainy, but we still saw tons. It was amazing! Taggart got a little nervous and hated the head set, so he took it off and napped for 20 minutes of the ride. The guys went deep sea fishing one day and Cam caught a huge mahi mahi fish, but the darn thing got away. We went snorkeling one day and saw some turtles and scuba diving another day and saw a shark, more huge turtles, eels, etc. We saw tons of whales and it was incredible! Taggart loved the ocean. Every morning he would wake up and say he wanted to go to the ocean and see if the crabs were awake. Maddie loved the beach too; we would set her down and she would scoot to the water- she was always covered in sand! We had such a good, relaxing vacation- considering we had our kids with us. It was so good to just relax and play with the kids and not have to worry about life. Our beach house was in Kihei, Maui and it was right on the beach. It was so nice to be so close and be able to sneak down to the beach when the kids were napping. All in all, we had a wonderful time and can't wait to go back to paradise! Aloha!