Maui

We got back from Maui a week ago and had a fantastic time, but we had too many pictures for just one post, so we decided to break it up.

Iao Needle

One of our first activities on Maui was a hike to see the Iao Needle. Lindsay had confused this with another hike she had considered so we were pleasantly surprised when what we thought would be a two mile hike turned out to be not much more than 200 yards. I can definitely carry Max 200 yards.


We wanted to get him down from there but we couldn't find any arrows or stones. We probably would have missed him anyway.


At the end of the hike we found these three monkeys.

The road to Hana

I think every tourist is required by law to drive to Hana while on Maui. It's a great drive if you love beautiful scenery and 40 miles of extremely windy roads. We stopped off at a waterfall on the way so Max could make this face.


Grandfather coaxed Reed into the chilly water and they had a blast playing in the waterfall.


Here we are at the sacred pools at the end of the road. The place was amazing! It was a long drive so don't expect the boys to look at the camera.

Black sand?!

I had no idea why a black sand beach would be so appealing until we made this stop on the road to Hana. Lindsay says this was her favorite part of the whole trip. The kids loved it, too.


Max may not have loved the water, but there was more than enough to keep him occupied on shore.


I'm not sure Reed and Luke ever went in the water here.


Max made sure everyone knew how he felt about bikinis.

Molokini

One of our favorite activities was the trip to Molokini, a half-submerged volcano with underwater visibility extending hundreds of feet. We made it there safe and sound even though a four-year-old was steering the boat.


Aye aye, captain!


This little boat was just perfect. It had a little window in it that let Reed see all the amazing fish...and two reef sharks!


The boys had so much fun at Molokini they danced a jig on the way back.

Water world

Of course we were always near water so there were plenty of activities that involved water. That didn't mean Max had to like it, though. Here he is sleeping to make it end quicker.


The rest of us loved it! Lindsay and Tracey had a great time paddle surfing on these rented boards. Lindsay says Cameron Diaz made it look way easier in People magazine.


Sam Haslam and I went spear fishing. He speared this fish and we just had time to cook it and eat it while packing to go to the airport.


Reed and Luke had as much fun cleaning off as they did in the water.

Just playing around

Our first night in Lahaina we went to a luau. Max really got into the dancing.


The boys posing by a tiki torch after the luau.


We found a beach park south of the house in Kihei. Here's Reed and Luke hanging out in a tree.


Reed, Belle, and Luke loved the tire swing as long as it wasn't spinning too fast.

T-ball

Reed had his first T-ball game this Saturday. It was very cute to see little boys who are still figuring out the basics of the game play. Reed did pretty well for his first time out. His biggest problem was that about half way through he was getting "too hot and tired". Fortunately I was able to bribe him with an after game snack to keep him out there.


Doing his "power hit"



While we were working hard to keep Reed on the field we were simultaneously working hard to keep Max off the field. He so wanted to be out with the big boys. He cried whenever I tried to take this batting helmet off so I let him wear it. Even though he was being difficult he was still pretty cute.



"Put me in coach!"