Another day in Maui!

So as I am doing this 'blog' thing, I just realized that I can type in between the photos. So I did that, but after all the photos I wrote about the past two days (I wrote that before I realized I could type in between the pictures) so I would skip the pictures, read below and then go back and look at all the picutres. They will make more sense if you read first. Also you can click on the pictures to enlarge them. The sunset at the Luau

Miles after the Luau, wearing his fancy rain poncho

Miles would not pose in the picture for us

Miles wanted his picture taken with the scuba diver behind him (notice how he is looking out of the corner of his eyes to make sure the diver is in the picture)

This is the underwater tunnel

Miles wanted his picture taken with "the man"

The boys at the aquarium

This is a picture of the coconut monkey, I explained below.

Kevin snorkeling

Snorkeling gear is so attractive

You can kinda see the backside of this fish

Beautiful coral

We saw a lot of these fish while snorkeling

Snorkeling Jayden

This is a picture of the beach where we went snorkeling

This is on the beach where we are staying

I love this picture, it's amazing to me what genes can do

Happy New Years Eve!!

Yesterday, we went to the aquarium and saw a lot of pretty fish and sea turtles. The kids really enjoyed it. Miles especially liked the under water tunnel since there was a scuba diver swimming around feeding the fish. (He associated the scuba diver with the one in the movie Finding Nemo, who catches Nemo. He walked up and down the tunnel following the scuba diver, then wanted to pose with the diver behind him for a picture)

In the evening we went to a Luau. I really enjoyed it! The food was delicious, it was an open bar :) and the dancers were very entertaining. We left Mollie and Jackson at the condo with 'grandpa Rickie' they ended up falling asleep on him....yes, what a rough night for Grandpa. Miles and Jayden enjoyed the food and the show. The sunset was beautiful.(i posted a pic. below for you to see) I bought a drink at the bar (free refills) and they put it in a hollowed coconut with a carved monkey face. It started raining towards the end of the Luau so they gave us these really sexy plastic ponchos :) more like thin trash bags....it didn't matter though, everyone still enjoyed themselves. I talked Jayden into taking a picture with a hula dancer, I told him he can show his friends back home and they would be jealous. He let me take the picture but I don't think he wants to show anyone.

Today, New Years Eve, we went out for breakfast at a restaurant on the beach. It was like a big gazebo as it didn't have walls. Rick and Cindy watched the kids for us.

Then we went and rented snorkle gear and went snorkeling. We had so much fun. It was mine and Jayden's first time and it was a great experience. The water is only 2-10 feet deep so we were super close to the coral and the fish. It was a little challenging to keep yourself from floating into the coral, but we managed without getting our legs scraped up. (Zachary's girlfriend though, scraped her leg on the coral and she said it felt like her leg was burning.) The brothers all saw a sea turtle because they went out far in the water, us girls weren't that brave to go that far out....about a 1/4 mile off shore. We saw many different fish...really pretty ones. I took some pic., but they didn't turn out very well (i posted them)

We don't have big plans to ring in the New Year, actually we are watching Hannah Montana and Wizards of Waverly Place with Jayden right now. :)

Bye for now,

See you in 2009 !!

Kevin and Jackson arrived safely on the 26th. Jackson did great on the airplane, no ear pain and slept 3 of the 5 1/2 hours. Kevin had an empty seat next to him that Jackson was able to lay on to sleep. I was very excited to see them.



Yesterday we went to a beach that is for boogie boarding-the waves are really big. It is right next to the Kapalua golf course. The signs are up advertising the Mercedes Binz PGA 2009 golf tournament that is happening the first week in January. Kevin and his brothers had fun boodie boarding, didn't catch many waves, but they tried. Jayden also tried to go out in the waves but they were a little too big for him.

Jackson ate a lot of sand as this was his first time sitting in it. He also had a lot of fun crawling into the waves...no fear of the ocean at all.



We then drove a little ways to a little beach that had an tide pool like area that was surrounded by coral, so the little ones could sit right in the water, it was like a foot deep.

Jayden found a mudpuppy (it's a type of amphibian, if you didn't know Jayden loves reptiles and has studied this kind a lot) so you can imagine how excited he was when he saw it. We told him he was like Steve Irwin because he started rambling off facts about the mud puppy as he was trying to catch it and telling us to be quiet as they are afraid of noises. :0



Today we played in the ocean and pool all day. We went out to a restaurant to eat dinner and saw geckos in the trees around us while we were eating....and yes, Jayden was excited and started telling us facts about them too.



We are having a great time. The kids are doing great and sleep well during naps and at night. Miles though will occasionally ask me when we are going back to mommy's house, and where's mommy's car and when are we going to the YMCA. He misses home but is still having fun here.

Aloha for now.

Christmas in Maui 08

Jayden, Miles, Mollie and I arrived in Maui on the 23rd. We are vacationing with Kevin's family. Kevin's grandfather paid for everyone to fly here and for our condos, he is very generous and we feel blessed.

Two days before we were suppose to leave Jackson got an ear infection so the Dr. said he couldn't fly until the 26th since his ear drum could rupture. We were very sad and it was hard to leave Kevin and Jackson behind. But they are flying in today and we couldn't be more excited!

The weather hasn't been the greatest, but we are making the most of it.

Miles and Mollie love the ocean and digging in the sand, but they really love the pool. Mollie and Miles swim with water wings and have no fear when it comes to water.

Jayden is a fish and has spent the last two days in the water ALL DAY! He made a few friends here and has enjoyed playing with them in the water.

I will post pictures soon and give you updates.....so check back often

Aloha