The Hall Family: January: Maui

In 13 years of marriage we have never left our kids for more than an overnighter in town. This has primarily been because of Brian's protective nature in making sure his kids are always all right. This all changed when Brian decided to go to a medical conference and take me with him. And he didn't take baby steps to get us away from kids. No, it wasn't 50 miles, 100 miles, or 500 miles, it was Maui, Hawaii and yes, I was giddy.

We stayed at the Hyatt in Kaanapali and if you ever have an opportunity to stay there, it's worth it! Costco runs deals to this resort.

The resort has pools that are interconnected and everywhere.

It has beautiful landscaping indoors and beautiful Japanese gardens outdoors with lots of wildlife.

It was hard to choose a spot to relax at every day.

Kids area including a long waterslide.

There was even a bar in the underground pool area.

We spent a lot of time in the hot tub.

It was a rough conference. Brian was in class till noon every day and yes, he went to all the sessions.

Ninety percent of the time I either sat reading, chatted with my good friend Lisa, drank pina coladas or people watched.

Ten percent of the time I jogged or walked on this path. It was a 3 mile round trip path with a shopping center at the end of it.

We went on a drive one day and it was fun to watch the surfers.

We also did some fun shopping on Front Street in Lahaina.

We committed to this trip the year prior with our friends the Burt's but then backed out. This year we didn't back out and convinced them to come and it made the trip so fun to visit with friends.

Our friends the Shields were also there but with their kids too. They had packed days while in Maui whale watching, snorkling, luau's and playing on the beach. We did nothing but drink pina colada's, Fortunately, Charie got me off my butt and helped me learn to snorkel and I was blown away by the florescent fish I watched. It was so much fun.