Hawaii, Maui

Our trip to Maui was heavenly! Eric had to work halloween night so after the kids were done he went back to work. My mom came over and I got up at 2:30am. I went and picked Eric up from work and we headed to the airport. We slept the whole way to Oakland and even on the airport floor. The flight to Maui was almost five hours and it was cramped. We got to watch "Spiderman 3" but I wasn't that impressed. As soon as we got to our hotel we crashed and slept until the next morning. Our hotel wasn't anything fancy but clean and great views. We had a great room that overlooked the main area with pool that was right on the ocean. We did a lot of driving around the island and saw lots of cool stuff. We had bought a book that described everything to do. We went on a few hikes and saw these really cool pools that were made from lava. You could swim in them and see all sorts of fish, crab, etc. We went to Lahaina which is where all the cruise ships stop. It was fun and had lots of shops and historic sights. We ate at a restaurant called "cheeseburger in paradise" and that is exactly what it was. It was right on the ocean and you could just sit and feel the awesome breeze. No kids and nothing to hurry us. We walked along the beach at sunset and just relaxed. I was kind of surprised that we ended up only spending one day on the beach. We tried to find a really cool place to snorkel but you have to just wander through a huge lava field with no trail and wing it. I didn't like snorkeling which also surprised me. Our last full day there we were going on a all day snorkel trip to a little crater in the ocean that has awesome snorkeling with turtles then you head to another island and see dolpins. Well, it ended up getting cancelled due to swells. We could of rescheduled except we left the next day. We were ready to go home even though it was a nice break. we missed the kids so much and I swear they grew and inch in a week. They loved having grandma's and aunt Niki come. We are so thankful to them. Well, back to reality, work, cleaning, laundry, cleaning, paperwork, cleaning, etc.