The last time we were in Maui was back in 2010 for our honeymoon.
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| Here we are just outside Twin Falls, at a stop along Hana Highway in 2010! |
However, we were in Honolulu in 2011 for a vacation with Grandpa, Grandma, Uncle Ken & Aunt Judy!
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| Here we are in King's Village in 2011! |
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| Our family picture at the Last Lava Flow Maui, 2014 |
Without further ado, let me start by what was going on the morning of September 21st, when we left for paradise.
Everyone met at our house in the wee hours of the morning. We left Ellie Jo asleep for as long as we possibly could. Uncle Brian, Auntie Sloane, Alisha & T2 arrive first, and then the Andersons' shuttle service (AKA, 15-passenger van) arrived to take us all to the airport. We were all getting loaded up, and there was a misunderstanding about Ellie's stroller. I explained that we needed to have it, and that I wouldn't be able to carry her everywhere. We were able to collapse it and sit it between Jeff & Erin up front - amazing! (PS - Jeff is really an incredible luggage packer-upper! He made everything AND everyone fit!)
Robert's parents and sister arrived next, and we all got situated while Ellie fussed and cried in her carseat after being loaded up. I couldn't blame her. I wanted to fuss and cry. I think we all did!
We got to the airport, quickly disembarked and went our separate ways. Everyone else was leaving a couple hours ahead of us. We were flying Hawaiian with Bryce (best deal around, bar none).
Bryce and Robert hauled all of our bags while I raced through the airport with a crying baby in her carseat in her stroller to the Hawaiian airlines counter (seriously, the last one in Sea-Tac).
We checked our one gigantic suitcase (for all 4 of us), and went to security. It took forever. We learned about yogurt being a "gelatinous" substance, and only allowed for babies. We learned that some people who don't have small children and do airport security do not understand how much food you have to bring for a kid traveling over 10 hours. (We were told that we had "quite enough." Robert and Bryce laughed.)
Once we were through security, we had plenty of time to get settled at the gate, use the restroom a few times, and Bryce and I got breakfast. Elizabeth did pretty good, but she got a little restless while we waited to board. Unfortunately, the airline wouldn't let us bring her carseat on board (she was a "lap infant"), even though there was an empty seat and plenty of room Sigh.
Once we landed, we only had to wait a couple minutes for the minivan to pick us up! Robert's parents and sister had made a trip to Costco while they waited for our plane to get in. Loading up was interesting, to say the least! But we got it all to fit. We went to Ruby Tuesday's for food, then to the condo to unload.
Once we got unloaded, we wanted to check out the beach, of course! It's only a 4-5 minute walk from the condo. I purposed to put my toes in that sand every single day. There is just nothing quite like that feeling in the entire world!
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| Here's the baby, ready for the beach! |
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| Amazing sunset! |
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| Mommy and Daddy on the beach at sunset |
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| Tiki torches outside our condo! |
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| Oohhh palm trees! |
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| I'm not one for selfies...but that flower is adorable! |
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| Outside the pool at the condo |
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| Tiki torches along the pool gate |
That night, we all did a cook-out together at the condo, and had salmon and chicken from the grill! Delicious! (There was other stuff, too - those were just the higlights!)
Anyway, we were all pretty tired, and just happy to be in paradise!
More to come about day 2 tomorrow...
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