Aloha from Maui

Aloha from Maui! We are just ending our week in Paradise to celebrate our 6th anniversary. I can't begin to capture in words what an amazing trip this has been. Of course it was been good for us to have some time away from our kids (thanks Mom and Dad for taking the kiddos). We have had restful chill time, exhilarating adventures that remind us that we are young and made some new memories together basking in God's glorious beauty. I believe this is a taste of heaven! 

I wouldn't begin to try to share all of our photos in one post. But here are some of my favorites that help share of our time on Maui. First off, the Island is beautiful. However I can say that all the Hawaiian Islands are. But our place of residence in Maui was a slice of heaven (that is actually what the owner calls in on VBRO). I picked it because it was right on the water (about 20ft from our Lani). But it was also really affordable too. We loved our little kitchen and the grills that overlooked the ocean. It was the most awesome time of day to grill while the sun was setting and eat uninterrupted at Sunset. 

Like I said, favorite part of the day. Amazing moments of reflection and peace.

Our good friends and neighbors Chris and Sheen planned their trip to Maui at the same time as us so we could share some of the time together. It was a blast going to dinner and laying by the pool!

Some photos that captured our little tranquil place and the gorgeous grounds.

Since we had no kids with us :( we took advantage of the adult time and did TONS of diving. Well, for us a dive a day is a lot. Molikini Island was our favorite although we were up at 5am to catch our boat. The visibility was over 100ft and the fish were plentiful. In between the 2 dives we had fresh pineapple that our captain cut up too.

4 of 7 days we dove. 3 days were shore dives and this was one quite the adventure. Honoma Bay (above) was a crazy dive. We hiked about 1/4 mile carrying our tanks which weigh about 40lb and then dove out into the bay at about 7 in the morning when no one was there. Sounds a little rough but it was worth it! By 9:30 when we left it was swarming with tourist and so we felt lucky that we had it all to ourselves. I am not much of an underwater photographer (using a little digital camera in a cheap camera bag) but I did get a couple of shots including this one of a tunnel in the reef. Pretty cool.

In the top left photo you can see the Island of Molikini and the other other photos are from the Ahihi Bay which was my favorite shore dive. Very calm, great fish, amazing protected reefs with 8 different kinds/colors of coral. Outstanding!

Of course, since it was our anniversary we had a week of special "US" time. I love this man SO much. We share so much and in turn get to experience life accelerated on trips like this. So glad we went. It was paradise.