I should probably warn you... PICTURE OVERLOAD!
i can't help myself... my family, besties, and Hawaii how could you not take a ton of pictures!
anyway, we had a blast!
kids loved being together! Husbands played to exhaustion, and so did Jenn and I!
Thank goodness for days in the treme's at 'Spa Grande'
It was so much fun to be with our best friends and surf and swim and just play all day in the sun.
fabulous vacation... can't wait to go back!
Boston & Cory Paddle boarding
this boy was either skim boarding, paddle surfing, body boarding, or surfing the whole time!
He was in heaven. Chase & Boston were non stop and loving every minute of it!
total best buddies!
go bos go...
so sweet!
Cory & boston both caught the same wave 'paddle surfing'.
caden cruising olivia around on his board. I
could watch these granum boys surf and body board for hours. They are all SO good, even Crew.
Jenn & I coming in from paddle surfing.
She is a great teacher, It's a sport that i would love to try more
when i feel like i am NOT in everyone's way. Plus it's alot harder than it looks.
lots of work to get out to the waves {standing up}
we ate at some of our favorite spots...
Fred's {below}, Kimo's, roundtable, maui taco & flat breads.
But the best food after a long day of playing in the sun is bbq teriyaki chicken
and rice and chillin out on the lanai.
love my jenn
the waterslides & rope swing at the "Grand Wailea"
hayes & liv's & crew's favorite.
they were non stop coming down all the waterslides. My kids loved it!
we got to play with the gleeds too.
these two giggled like crazy every time they went down the slides... pure happiness.
***Carve boarding***
while the boys {and jenn & i } were carve boarding at night the littles
were serenading us with the "ukelele" ... not annoying at all x3. ~wink wink
***Crab Hunting***
we took the kids at night to go crab hunting! they loved it. well most of them.
afterwards we went night swimming and did the waterslides at the Grand Wailea.
The Ho'olei pool is pretty much my favorite place to swim. I love that my kids ALL of them love to swim and they did it all day everyday! Livi & Hayes are swimming so good now, and Ivy started swimming so good a couple days before we went home. She loves it!
"the three amigos" played so good together. with ivy as their tag a long.
Look at how she put her darling sunglasses on. Love her!
***Big Beach***
my favorite beach!
it's so beautiful and the waves are so BIG!
***Wailea beach***
best beach for paddle boarding and just lounging around while the kids make drip castles!
i loved that Ivy loved to go out in the ocean with me, she sat on my paddle board while we cruised around out in the ocean. We saw huge turtles and one turtle even popped up to breathe right next to us.
but still ivy really wanted to see Ariel... so jenn jumped in and pretended she was ariel. haha
good times!
loved this! My twins wanted nothing to do with
going out on the paddle board but my little ivy girl was all over it!
she is her momma's girl, we love the ocean!
we even saw a huge turtle {crush}.. he popped his head up to take a breathe right next to her.
It was amazing!
going out on the paddle board but my little ivy girl was all over it!
she is her momma's girl, we love the ocean!
we even saw a huge turtle {crush}.. he popped his head up to take a breathe right next to her.
It was amazing!
more waterslides, this time with ALL of us!
one night we all got dressed to go out to Lahaina to have dinner and shop.
We are quite the group now...
Best friends for almost 10 years! we've grown quite a bit in size since we first met.
Jenn blogged some awesome pictures when we took our first trip to hawaii in 2003.
click here to see.
Jenn blogged some awesome pictures when we took our first trip to hawaii in 2003.
click here to see.
my hubby makes me so happy~wink
Best buddies...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!
Jenn's birthday dinner!! one year older than me and wiser too.
Best 'mudd pie' ever!
Jenn's birthday dinner!! one year older than me and wiser too.
Best 'mudd pie' ever!
*** Glow in the dark, egg hunt***
jenn hid all these glow in the dark easter eggs out on
the beach and the kids just had flashlights to find them. It was so much fun!
the beach and the kids just had flashlights to find them. It was so much fun!
she is always a party!
SO. MUCH. FUN.
i swear we could start our own "kids club" while on vacation! haha
apparently this was a big swell day to be surfing. so we loaded
up the kids and off to do some more paddle surfing!
***The Ritz Carlton***
besides running my favorite run every morning with my best friend... this was my favorite day!
Ivy loved the kiddie pool especially because their was a playground right next to it.
Kapalua is beautiful!
then back home for some night swimming and "roundtable pizza"
