Aloha!

Our family recently returned from our summer vacation to Maui. Angelo and I haven't been there since we were "Mauied" many moons ago. It holds a special place in my heart. There is no better word I can think of to describe it than 'paradise'. This time when we went we took the kids. We all had such a great time that no one wanted to come back home. Just wanted to share a few of our favorite photos of some of the things we saw and did.

One of our McKayla's favorite things to do was look for seashells. So, every morning we would walk the beach looking for seashells (she has quite the collection) and every night we would watch the sun set. The most beautiful sunsets ever!!

Jordan and Kamryn loved playing in the ocean, especially Jordan. The bigger the waves the better. He loved to body surf and boogie board. Went to the Black Sand beach, Hanoma Bay and Polo beach at our hotel. Morgan didn't like the waves but loved to make sand castles.

Morgan turned 3 while we were there. She has been looking forward to this for months and keeps talking about her 'Hawaii b-day'. She will be surprised on her b-day next year when she just has a regular birthday party. I think she thought the trip was planned just for her. What she doesn't know won't hurt her, right?She had a lot of fun.

Went deep-sea fishing. Jordan caught a couple of small fish, not the 'shark' he was hoping for.
Instead of snorkeling with the littlest ones we decided to take a submarine ride. At one point we were 135 ft. under water. We had a great time watching the fish. Some would come right up to the sub. and eat the algae from it. My pictures from that excursion didn't come out very good.

My pictures from the ocean aquarium turned out much better. I am fascinated with sharks and could watch them all day. Just don't want to swim with them. Well, maybe if I was well protected in a cage!

Had a great time at the luau. Don't know if the guys liked the food, entertainment or the pretty ladies best, hmmmmm.

Never know what McKayla is up to next. Morgan got a hula girl outfit with coconuts for her birthday. McKayla had more fun wearing it than Morgan did. She wanted to wear it everywhere. She loved all of the 'compliments' she got and even performed the hula a few times when asked.