Aloha

Our big trip is finally here!  It was over a year ago that we sat down at the table at my parents' house and they told us about this trip.  We had so much fun talking about it that I laughed myself into labor:)

When Tyson was accepted to school, he decided he would not be able to come on the trip.  We were so sad!  But the day before we left, he changed his mind!  He made the arrangements to be able to come for a few days and we're so glad.  Tyson's flight left early Tuesday morning and he arrived in Maui Tuesday evening.  He got to go to a dinner with my parents and sisters who were already there.  He got autographs from Jordin Sparks and all the celebs who where golfing in the event including Bruce Jenner.  (He showed me the picture on his phone and I had no clue who the guy was.)

The boys and I left Tuesday afternoon with Cassidy and Kelsey. The first flight to LAX was TERRIBLE.  I wanted to turn around and go home.  Callan hated being confined to one seat and Easton had serious issues with his ears hurting.  We're talking screaming at the top of his lungs for the last half hour of every flight.  To make matters worse, neither of the two had slept at all that day.  They were so tired but wouldn't sleep!  In LA we ate at McDonald's and then got on our plane to Honolulu.  I finally got smart and pulled out the cough syrup before this flight.  (Give me a break- they really do have coughs.)  They both fell asleep right away and slept the whole time.  Until Easton's ears started hurting.  I didn't think it would actually wake him up from his sleep, but sure enough before the pilot even announced that we were descending Easton would start screaming.  So sad.  There was nothing I could do for the kid but hold him!

We slept in Honolulu and caught our flight to Maui in the morning.  That flight was awesome.  Right about the time we reached the air it was already time to come down again.

Easton was SO EXCITED to see his aunties and grandparents at the airport!  He went running out yelling their names.  We got our rental car and headed to our hotel, the Ritz-Carlton.

We went to the pool and the beach. 

Callan prefers the pool and Easton prefers the beach.  Of course.  The beach and pool are close to each other, but not close enough for me to keep an eye on both of them!

Kate, Cassidy, Ty, Callan

Kennedi, Tyson, Kate, Collette

Callan in the sand.

We went on two little hikes to some rocks that look like dragon teeth and to a blow hole.

The kids get so tired by 5:00!  They beg to go to bed!  We try to keep them up until 7 ish.  It's kind of funny, they wake up at 4:30 no matter what time zone they're in...  At least the four of us fit much better in our king sized hotel bed than we do in our queen at home!

Yesterday the boys woke up so early.  Callan and I took a 45 minute shower to pass the time.  Tyson and Easton went down to the beach to fish in the light of the full moon.  We went to the store to get Callan some medicine.  Did I mention we're all sick?  It's terrible, but we'd rather be sick here than at home!  Callan has it the worst and I feel so bad for him.  Yesterday was my dad's golf event for work which is why we all get to be here.  Some of us went to go be part of the clapping crowd for the first few minutes.  

Then we drove to Lahaina for an underwater boat tour.  We went down stairs to the bottom of the boat and looked out the windows to see all the fish in the coral reef.  

Waiting for the boat.

Sea Turtle

I personally didn't think it was worth the money... We saw a couple sharks and turtles and a few fish.  But what you see in the picture is pretty much what we could see.  We had a good time though.

pirate cannon

Banyon trees

Poor Callan pretty much has snot running out of every hole on his head.  He's a trooper.

We ate lunch at Cheeseburger in Paradise.  

After that we all had a good nap and went back to the beach and pool until dinner time.

Heading down to the beach now!