Maui - Day 1

We headed out this morning at 5 am, which meant the alarm was set for 4:45am. Yikes. After a semi-steady diet of pretzels, biscoff cookies and cranberry juice and SIX long hours on the airplane, we landed in Maui. I can't believe how easy it is to travel without kids (no offense guys, we love you anyway) :) It makes me mad to think how people traveling without kids can be so annoyed by people who do. Is it really making your life so hard to watch me wrestle my kids while you turn up your headphones or try to get a nap in a public place?

The weather is beautiful, the beach is amazing and we are feeling really lucky to be here. We went on a long stroll through the waves along a perfect beach, swam in the Pacific, saw TONS of lizards (Calvin would LOVE those) and got settled in. I've already eaten too many chocolate caramel macadamia nut clusters. They are wicked good! (Also found at your local Costco).

We miss our kids! We love you guys! And we are SO GRATEFUL to the Tillmans for watching our 5 crazies for the next few days. The time change is catching up to me so I'm off to bed. We're up early to drive the Road to Hana.

On the beach in front of our hotel.

Jeff driving our convertible rental car. It's actually been pretty fun to drive with the top down. Can you say mid-life crisis? Kidding.
Our hotel was a little disappointing. I guess you can't argue with free, but it wasn't what I expected from the pictures on the website. This little guy was waiting for us when we came back from dinner tonight. Something you have to try not to think about while you lay in bed trying to fall asleep. Good thing I'm REALLY tired.