Category: Maui

Maui 2019

Its hard to express just how blessed we feel after one week all together in our beautiful Hawaii. We have been here at least once yearly since 1997. Through Spring breaks, college years, cramped hotel rooms full of pool toys and then Westin Ocean Resort Villas condos … our thinking that ‘maybe someday we might see grand-kiddies here!?’

This was the year we are all here together with daughters, fabulous sons in law and perfectly healthy and happy kiddos.

We are extra blessed this Easter week and are filled with gratitude.

Aloha from Maui!

Maui family fun

We arrived in Maui August 31 for a week with Meghan, Ben and Riley. Due to Riley’s very successful heart surgery, the Vicchio’s were unable to join us in the Spring so we regrouped and planned a Fall adventure with them. We stayed at the Westin Nanea , the newest of the Westin complexes on Kaanapali beach, as our usual Villas down the beach..were booked up. Nanea is Just a great property with excellent services we have come to love from the Westin brand.

Spending quality laid back time with Riley and parents was nothing but fabulous. She is an eating machine and growing so fast.

She is all in Pig tails and girly stuff and melts hearts everywhere we went.

We lounged by pool for the most part due to nap times and enjoyed dinners out most nights.

Monkeypod and Hula Grill in Whalers Village as well as A date night on Hula girl for kids and Fleetwoods on Main for us rounded out a pretty perfect 87 degree and sunny week.

We even managed to sneak in Mamas fish house!

Feeling alot of thankful Aloha for healthy grandlittles and happy times.

There are many ways to travel..

…Adventure around each corner, hiking through wilderness trails, traversing great bodies of water… all good…but sometimes its Hawaii and its laid back fun in the sun.

…plus the Aloha spirit calls along with a few Mai Tai’s and the occasional Shave ice ( never call it Shaved! Ever)

Beautiful Maui for 7 fun filled days with Eric, Erin, Jacks age 4.5 and Harris almost 11 months. Giggles and water slides and learning card games with Papa were daily activities. Watching turtles swim in the surf reminded us of Disneys Moana but in real life!

Learning how to Hula and feeding the neighborhood Koi is always fun.

This time with our family is always a cherished week carved out by our kids in their busy schedule and we are so blessed to be part of it. Meghan, Ben and Riley were unable to join us ( to close to last months surgery) but will next year and ohhh what a crowd of wee ones we will have together! Aloha!

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Week 2 with our good friends arriving and kids departing meant a whole lot of thankfulness for fabulous retirement schedule and zero need to get home. Relaxing fun for next week was heavenly. There was even a bagpiper to celebrate the setting sun at Mick Fleetwoods restaurant !

 

Maui 2017 Aloha blessings

We arrived to our beautiful Island yesterday and are settling in quite nicely. Each trip to Hawaii brings special moments and memories for our family. In the 80’s Coming as a couple on vacation, company events in the 90’s, traveling with friends a few times but most of all,our    True and cherished times will always be here with our girls. From teenagers lounging under plumeria trees and complaining about dropping blossoms to  young women bringing boyfriends along, to grown women with fabulous husbands we are wrapped up in the joyful “reconnecting Aloha” only a family vacation can bring.

 When Brian and I decided that Maui was a yearly must do ( 16 years ago) and bought these three Ocean front weeks at Westin Villas in Kaanapali , we joked that “someday maybe grandkids!”. Life is so sweet and true. We are missing Erin, Eric and Jacks this year because of pending ANYDAY new baby arrival. Erin is under strict conditions not to have baby until our arrival home April 1 ( she is due on 13th) and since they traveled to Disney Hawaii resort in January on Babymoon, we are not feeling too bad . We are also celebrating here with Meghan and Ben ! We found out just yesterday as they emerged off of plane from Scottsdale .. the gender of their new September grand baby ! They both wore pink and blue leis and greeted Brian and I by putting correct  lei on us ! No telling yet.. they will reveal soon…we are overjoyed with their news. One extraordinary and most beloved Jacks plus Two new grandBabies in 2017.. and a condo or two full of grandbabies next year. Almost like Brian and planned it!! Haha.

Brian’s retirement happens in a few weeks so even more celebrations ahead. We have so much to thank God for and so many blessings in this life. 

As we flew in, gate was not ready so pilot took us on a lower flyover around Haleakala and Hana. Areas unseen unless in air. Note the centuries old lava flows. A beautiful welcome to our Island.