Cheesy title aside, we have been living the sweet life in Hawaii for the past two weeks. My sister got married on 4/8/16 and we sandwiched that major event with a week of family time on either side. We got back last night and I just uploaded 700+ photos on to my comp that date back to weeks before we even headed to the island. That said, I fear if I go all the way back to the beginning of March I may never catch up to date.
So how about I just start off where I feel inspired.
Pre-wedding hair cut (with a selfie – insert eye roll). Ignore the bags under my eyes, but I definitely needed a professionally done hair cut. It’s been over two years people. I took my matron of honor duties very seriously. 🙂
The plane snacks were meant to be just that – snacks. But then our flight randomly got pushed early (like what?? that happens??) so I got zero seconds in the airport to buy breakfast. It. Was. Terrible. I barely got a coffee in my hand and then we were boarding. It was no bueno.
And after this schlepp I needed much more than a poorly made cafe au lait to get me through a six hour flight. Travel with kids is….interesting. Really though, our kids did about as good as they could.
Then we waited a month to get our friggin’ Budget rental car. Dude. Budget fail. I won’t go into the deets but it was hideous and I would strongly encourage everyone to pick a different company when considering future reservations.
But we eventually got the car and loaded up and got REAL food (everyone was starvvvvvving by this point). Whole Foods is right next to the airport and we needed groceries anyway so obviously lunch was happening there first.
Once we got some kcals in our bellies we went back in for a grocery run. I already had a list so it was pretty quick (quick is a relative term for a family with two toddlers).
And then we were off! No naps McGee passed out within seconds.
And slept allllll the way til we got to the rental house.
Rental house (!!!!!).
Pacific Ocean awe.
Once the kids were down Kyle and I got take out to eat while waiting for the stars to come out.
This was the daily fish special from Ko.
Not the best pic but YUM.
Then we hit up the dark chocolate covered macadamia nuts that I hoarded from the WF bulk bins. Vacation off to a wonderful start! More to come.
We went to Maui on our honeymoon in 2010 and it was so awesome. Hope you had a great time.
my husband was on a flight that got pushed early, but he wasn’t notified because he booked through a 3rd party service. so he missed the plane… that was supposed to bring him to the place where we were getting married in 48 hours. I might have lost it pretty bad, but I can’t remember because I blacked out from all the rage 😉
OMG NO WAY!!! thats insane!! i would have been LIVID!!!!
it was a fantastic trip. the kind where you never get that anxious to get home feeling because its so amazing you just want to stay and stay and stay…
Would you share the info on your rental house? We’re headed to Hawaii in April with our family and the house looks amazing.
The first week we stayed here: https://www.vrbo.com/48158 (in Makena, near Wailea – beach access is minimal, but you can drive to plenty of hotels nearby with pools and/or beaches)
I can’t find the exact place we stayed the second week but it was in the Maui Kaanapali Villas (in Kaanapali) which we also booked through vrbo. Those places are AAAAAAMAZING. I’d stay there a million times again and again. I love Kaanapali more than any other place in Maui. Definitely recommend the villas.