We spent our Thanksgiving in Maui this year. It was incredible. Beware of all the pics. I took over 500...so this is just a sneak peek.
We snapped some family pics one night...here are some:
We met Joel's brother Tony and his family there. We had so much fun with them!
The morning after our arrival. We got Leis when we checked in
We stayed at the same hotel as Adam Sandler... he was there with his 2 daughters (sadie and Sunny) and his wife, his friend Allen Cureton who is in most of his movies, ("Andrew" in Anger Management, limo driver in Wedding singer, homeless guy in Jack and Jill) and Kevin James and his wife. It was pretty cool to see all of them just hanging out like normal people. We didn't ever talk to him, but we rubbed shoulders in the pool, on the walkways, and Sadie actually was right behind him in the slide line at one point. We swam in the pools right next to him. That was the highlight of Sadie's trip. She just saw Jack and Jill before we left. I had to sneak pics of him cuz we didn't want to bug him, everybody for the most part left them all alone. He seemed pretty nice and even made a joke going down the slide once. The hotel we stayed at had 7 different pools all connected with slides, a rope swing, one of a kind water elevator, and a shallow beach pool for the kids. It was ideal for the kids. Tons of stuff to do and tons of fun!
Sadie, tess, and Kylie tried to scuba in the pool. They stayed under for a good 40 minutes. We were amazed that they did it!
The rope swing the kids couldn't get enough of.
No surprisingly, Tess was doing gymnastics all over the beach, too.
Piper loved standing on the board and riding it on the coast line. She did this for a long time.
Keaton found his own way to ride the waves in a tube!
Tess tried boogie boarding, but didn't fall in love with it.
Thanksgiving dinner at Kimo's! We ate fish and shrimp for dinner! No turkey there! :)
Piper jumping off the platform instead of using the rope.
Piper drew lots of fun pics in the sand.
Going down the waterslides together. This was the one at the end where your head would go under, so everytime we went down Joel had to hold Keaton up high so he WOULDN'T go under. Otherwise we knew he would not try it anymore. :)
Sadie boogie boarding. Love this action shot. Kinda missed this wave :) But she hit more than she missed.
We spent a lot of time on the beach doing this. Keaton loved digging/ throwing the sand and the girls loved building castles.
Keaton flew a kite...he wanted to do this the whole time we were there. It was windy enough one day, so he enjoyed flying his crocodile kite for about an hour. He was loving it.
Pieces of coral Sadie collected herself from the ocean.
While waiting for our flight the last day we took the kids the aquarium. Way cool.
On the North Shore watching the surfers.
The girls chose their own oysters and each got different pearls. Tess got 2 black ones and made earrings, Sadie got 2 white ones and had earrings made, Piper got 1 beautiful bluish one and had a pendant made. we did this on the last day...they looked forward to it all week.
Hooray for Maui. We love you!
SO many things to be grateful for:
My heart was so full over Thanksgiving. I couldn't have asked for a better "break" from our normal lives. Joel and I both had so much fun with our kids. Our kids were so happy, they played so hard they wore themselves out. I love that they played TOGETHER and the fights only happened when we got into the car (which was not that often). We couldn't feel more blessed this Thanksgiving holiday. We recognize our blessings and we know where they come from. I am SO thankful for a loving husband who works hard so we can play hard, who loves our children as much as I do, who loves me and I know it. I am so grateful that I have been given the gift of motherhood...I truly feel priviledged to be the mother of my 4 beautiful children. I feel so grateful that we were able to make some wonderful memories spending time together as a family in truly one of God's masterpieces here on earth.
