Aloha!

Last month we went to Maui for a Rowley family reunion. Originally we weren't going to go but tickets dropped at the last minute and so we booked out tickets a week before we left and we were glad we did because we had such a good time! I was a little bit worried about taking Rilynne on a 5 hour plane ride but Hawaiian Air was so GREAT! We booked Rilynne as a lap child and both there and back they had extra seats and allowed us to take on our car seat so she could have her own chair for FREE! It was so nice.

Rilynne loved Hawaii. Even now she will wake up in the morning and she'll say "Hawaii, ocey (ocean), outside. She LOVED the ocean. The swimming pool wasn't nearly as fun. She always wanted to get out so she can go to the ocean and play in the waves and the sand.

There is no place like Hawaii. One day we hope to have a vacation home there (wishful thinking). We did see some AMAZING houses in Wailea, although they ranged from $5 -$15 million. They were expensive but beautiful! Maybe one day. :)

Look at the smile! She loved the sand. Her hair is so curly and thick that it took several tubbies to get all the sand out of her hair. We couldn't get her to stop throwing the sand in the air and letting it fall down on her. She also loved to eat it but what can you do I think it comes with the age.

This is Rilynne's very first time being in the ocean. Not too bad for a little girl being in the ocean for the first time in Hawaii. We might have wrecked it for her though considering any other ocean water is going to be cold. She loved to be outside and couldn't get enough of the water.

Here is Ty and Rilynne at church. I just love her little sunglasses and Ty looks super handsome!

Here we are at Iao Valley State Park. It was a windy day and the win was blowing from the back so it is making my hair look super big! It was beautiful there. It looked like a rain forest.

Here is Ty and Rilynne at Haleakala (volcano on Maui). The elevation was 10,000 feet and it was super cool. Ty is doing his best to keep Rilynne warm. Rilynne discovered Grandpa's binoculars and couldn't get enough. It was the cutest thing!



Next we took a day trip with the whole family on the Road to Hana. Everything was very pretty but the road was long and very windy. We had 25 people with us so everything took forever. The total day took 14 hours! I think this might be a once time deal for us if we ever go back to Maui. The picture above is a scenic pull off. It is beautiful.

Here is the last pull off on the Road to Hana, the 7 sacred pools. These are the waterfalls that I really wanted to see and I wish we would have gotten there earlier in the day.

She loved the swimming pool too, although not nearly as much as the ocean. It was so fun to play with her. She was so happy!

She was showing off for some people at the pool. She would get out and jump to Ty but before she did that she would turn around and make sure that everyone was watching her. Every time she would jump she would laugh and scream "again, again". It was adorable!

Later we went on a snorkeling cruise with the whole Rowley clan and we saw bottleneck and spotted dolphins while we were out. Rilynne loves the fish and all the marine life that we saw there. Snorkeling was awesome, saw lots of fish. It was defiantly a highlight of the trip.

Our last night we spend on the beach watching the sunset. There is no place like Hawaii.