Family vacation to Maui!!!!
I had been looking forward to this trip since LAST year. For the past couple years I had forgone the family vacations to go visit my ex. Hindsight is always 20/20 right? So when this year came around I was dead set on going with them to Maui!
First it was even iffy if I would even be able to get the time off of work July is a hard month to get if your seniority isn't high. Luckily they did give it to me...which was good cause I'd already bought the $$$ plane ticket!
July felt like it would never roll around, I swear throughout the year ever family gathering had a discussion about Maui. lol But finally July 24th finally arrived. I couldn't have been happier!
My parents, my sister Mercy her husband and neice Janelle, my sister Marlo, her husband and my neice Megan and nephew Mikey all hopped on the plane and made our way to paradise. After a long 5hr flight, short 1hr layover in Honolulu and another 45min flight we arrived.
To write what happened day by day for a week might be a bit much for my brain since it was a few months ago. But let me just say it was the BEST vacation I've ever had in my entire life.
Not to sound totally cheesy, but it completely rejuvenated my soul and awakened things in me I hadn't felt in so so long. When I was younger you couldn't get me out of the water. Whether it was a pool, river or beach I lived to swim and just be outdoors. That week I lived in my bikini and I lived in the water. We did do a few excursions (snorkeling and a raft ride) but my M.O. was to RELAX and I did just that. It was SO amazing.
Oh and the place we were staying at, which is my sisters timreshare, The Westin Kaanapali Villas was a-maz-ing. To be in paradise in the lap of luxury is having your cake and ice cream too! And our villa was ocean view only a few hundred yards from both the pool AND the beach!! The pictures pretty much speak for themselves.
Welcome to Paradise!! (My iphone takes amazing pics btw...)
View from our balcony at sunset
Poolside
Beachside
Another day, another perfect sunset
Bliss
Walking down to a hidden snorkeling spot
My nephew Mikey and a local =p
mee in my uniform for the week lol
Shaved ice = heaven
Me and my niece megan
Mom, Megan, Mikey and my dad
Another local
SO GOOD!!!!
View from our balcony
So gorgeous at dusk!
Paradise
Tons more pics here...just threw them in there so they can be a bit repetitive! lol
http://www.flickr.com/photos/10785312@N02/sets/72157627619262044/with/6125083789/
First it was even iffy if I would even be able to get the time off of work July is a hard month to get if your seniority isn't high. Luckily they did give it to me...which was good cause I'd already bought the $$$ plane ticket!
July felt like it would never roll around, I swear throughout the year ever family gathering had a discussion about Maui. lol But finally July 24th finally arrived. I couldn't have been happier!
My parents, my sister Mercy her husband and neice Janelle, my sister Marlo, her husband and my neice Megan and nephew Mikey all hopped on the plane and made our way to paradise. After a long 5hr flight, short 1hr layover in Honolulu and another 45min flight we arrived.
To write what happened day by day for a week might be a bit much for my brain since it was a few months ago. But let me just say it was the BEST vacation I've ever had in my entire life.
Not to sound totally cheesy, but it completely rejuvenated my soul and awakened things in me I hadn't felt in so so long. When I was younger you couldn't get me out of the water. Whether it was a pool, river or beach I lived to swim and just be outdoors. That week I lived in my bikini and I lived in the water. We did do a few excursions (snorkeling and a raft ride) but my M.O. was to RELAX and I did just that. It was SO amazing.
Oh and the place we were staying at, which is my sisters timreshare, The Westin Kaanapali Villas was a-maz-ing. To be in paradise in the lap of luxury is having your cake and ice cream too! And our villa was ocean view only a few hundred yards from both the pool AND the beach!! The pictures pretty much speak for themselves.
Welcome to Paradise!! (My iphone takes amazing pics btw...)
View from our balcony at sunset
Poolside
Beachside
Another day, another perfect sunset
Bliss
Walking down to a hidden snorkeling spot
My nephew Mikey and a local =p
mee in my uniform for the week lol
Shaved ice = heaven
Me and my niece megan
Mom, Megan, Mikey and my dad
Another local
SO GOOD!!!!
View from our balcony
So gorgeous at dusk!
Paradise
Tons more pics here...just threw them in there so they can be a bit repetitive! lol
http://www.flickr.com/photos/10785312@N02/sets/72157627619262044/with/6125083789/