Day 3

We all woke up early and today was THE ROAD TO HANA! So we headed out early and Hana well is on the opposite side of the island from where we are staying, because now we are staying on Kanapalli Beach. After a 2 hour drive, probably a little more, a really all over the place type road (see picture), and some sickness from other people in the car we finally made it. I drove, so I wouldn't get sick and it worked great for me. The drive was absolutely beautiful the whole entire time. Driving in it was lush green forest and driving out it was wide open, and mountainous. I wish I would have gotten a picture of the backside but I ran out of memory card space from the hike. We stopped and hiked through the bamboo forest to an amazing waterfall! It was about an hour and a half hike up to the waterfall, but really only because I took my time going up taking pictures. I love to take pictures, and so I was going slow. I like to enjoy my time going up, and then I'm speedy going down. It was so pretty, muddy, and rocky. If you have a chance you HAVE to do this hike!!

The winding road to Hana it was like this for about 1.5 hours!!

Beautiful ocean view while driving

Hahah... I love Gideon off to the side

The waterfall :)

The shoes we wore for the hike. Maverick got a mud foot mask and my sandals held up soooooo good!

Day 2

 3 AM. That's what time Aaron woke up this morning. I woke up and he's watching a movie and then he went to reading and then he goes on the computer, and he is completely wired and ready to do something because her normally wakes up around 5-530AM for work and so he was still on a California time schedule. I was awake but I just lied there and try to sleep because I want to adjust to the time. So it was at 6 AM I decided to yelp for a breakfast place in the area to go and try and I found Kihei Cafe. They open and at 5 AM, and they had pretty good reviews. We headed over there, ordered, and absolutely LOVED our food!!!! If you in the Wailea/Kihei area you HAVE to go and try this place. Loved the atmosphere and the food couldn't have been any better if you didn't notice in the pictures.

This was Aaron's breakfast, recommend by the owner herself. It was SOOOO good!!

Buttermilk Pancakes with macadamia nuts, bananas, coconut syrup, and buttermilk syrup topped with BUTTER!

The family flew in late last night so we didn't get to see them, but they came over and we hung out at the pool for a while which was really nice. I got in trouble for by the attendant for the boys playing chicken fight in the pool, because it's supposed to be the quiet pool... I think the people around actually liked :) haha but I could be wrong. We went and got lunch at this taco stand off the road, I didn't really care for the food which is why I don't remember what it was called, but it looks good anyways, I just wouldn't recommend it.

We spent the rest of the day at the pool, playing volleyball and waiting for Chanel and Cameron to fly in. Then when they got in we had dinner and went to Lahina. It was fun, relaxing, and nice.

P.s. WE SAW GIDEON!! We saw him for the first time since he has been home from his Mission! It was great to see him, and it's fun to have him around again :)

Day 1

I am going to try and keep a brief journal of days traveling for the next 3 weeks! Lets see if I can!! I always travel and then look back on the places I've been too, but it gets blurry as time passes because I don't have anything written down! Hence my effort to try this out!

Today, Aaron and I flew to Maui and we are here tell next Saturday! We got in around one and then we were able to check-in to our hotel for the night and go to the pool and beach and relax. Tonight we are lucky to be able to stay at The Grand Wailea. We have heard so much about it from other people ad we finally get to experience it for ourselves. So far I can just tell you it's beautiful and we still have yet to really form an opinion, but when we got back from the beach there were chocolate covered strawberries and wine ;) in our little kitchen!! I'm a sucker for chocolate and strawberries! The weather is warm, but windy. We went to a restaurant in Kihei called 808 Bistro. Loved it! Quaint and pretty next to the beach and the food was delicious. It had a great atmosphere, not loud and bustling but more calm and relaxed but nice. So if you're in the area it's a nice little place to go to.

Aaron's great photo skills (hahaha)

Nike Free

For my China trip I have been thinking about what I am going to wear/walk around in and I had come up with the idea that my rainbows would be sufficient enough to walk around china. They are comfortable, worn in, and not to mention I have done some serious hiking in my rainbows so I feel invincible while wearing them. My mom surprised me though yesterday with a pair of NIKE FREEs!! I love the coral color and they are SOOOO light!! In fact I went to go weigh them on the scale and it didn't even turn the scale on, so then I pulled out the food scale we have and they weigh 7.5 ounces! Crazyy... Anyway, I'm excited to wear them and have some closed toed shoes, I don't think my mom could bear the image of not having some form of closed toed shoes to walk around in. Thanks mom! I love them, they're pretty, and I can't wait to wear them!!!