Some Pampering & $8.00 Virgin Pina Coladas

On Saturday the guys woke up extremely early to catch a 6:45am tee time at one of the Grand Wailea golf courses. Well, most of them did. Ian decided he'd rather catch some Z's, so Steven, Dad and Shawn enjoyed a round of 18. The day was just gorgeous and they had a wonderful time. (Steven somehow managed to not get one picture of himself playing golf in Maui.) While the boys had fun playing golf, I took my mom and my sister for some much needed pampering at the Grand Wailea Spa. We all got to be in the same room and enjoy an 80 minute massage after an hour of soaking in their tubs, steam rooms and pools. It was my mom's first professional massage! Can you believe that? She was so relaxed afterwards. I don't think she had ever felt that way before. It was incredibly fun for me to see her so happy. Natty got a special pre-natal massage as well. We all had a wonderful time. Afterwards we met up with the boys at Wailea Beach for some sun-soaking before our Luau that evening in Lahaina. The Luau was very traditional with a lot of interesting dances and an authentic dinner. They pulled the pig out of the sand oven they had dug and everything... It was very... interesting... The Luau itself was a very neat experience and I would recommend it to anyone as something you have to do once in the islands. My favorite part was the live band. They were fun!

Daddy swinging away

FORE!

Not a bad view...

Breakfast at the Grand Wailea before our spa treatments

Anticipation

After our treatments... Pure relaxation!

Wailea Beach

Drinking our $8.00 VIRGIN pina coladas... that's right, $8.00 EACH... No alcohol, people!

If you are going to pay $8.00 for ice and syrup, then do something with the garnish! :)

"Weeeeeeeeee wanna soak up the suuuuuun... We wanna tell everyoooone to lighten uuuuuup..."

Dad and Daughter

Ian and His Madre at the Old Lahaina Luau

Cute Couples :)

My Handsome Man

My brother, Mowgli

My Hubby Flirting with Me

Elijah's Parents

Ben and Glade always take interesting sun pictures on their trips, so this is my attempt at "holding" the sun. Hope it makes 'em proud...

Another beautiful sunset

After some of the Luau dances, they invited any couples out to dance under the stars while the live band played and serrenaded us with beautiful Hawaiian music. My hubby was a good man and took me out on the floor.

Cafe O'Lei and Crocodile Rock

Okay, so I know our vacation was almost 3 months ago, but I just have to finish my online journal about our trip. :) On Friday, Natalie's boyfriend Shawn came over to spend the weekend with us because it was Natalie's 21st birthday that Sunday. Friday morning we went to Polo Beach for some relaxation before Natalie and I headed to the airport to pick up Shawn.

She's so beautiful...

This was the first time I felt Baby Elijah move. He was kicking so hard becuase his mommy was lying on her tummy!

Polo Beach

Ian and Dad went for a snorkeling excursion and saw 2 sea turtles! I still hadn't seen one!

After we picked up Shawn, we met up with Mom, Dad, Steven and Ian at Makena Beach for a little while so Shawn could enjoy his first Maui Beach.

On the way to dinner...

I absolutely love this picture of my mom and dad... they look so happy.

We ate at a restaurant called "Cafe O'Lei." Don't let the name fool you, it wasn't Maui Mexican food. From the street, it didn't look like anything special. But once you got inside, it was such a neat place with beautiful fabric hanging from the ceiling, white tableclothes, artwork... And on top of all that, the food was delicious! I had a mouthwatering fish dish, and I don't even like fish! I will definitely go back there when I return to Maui and would recommend it to anyone traveling to the island.

Ian was thrilled with all the picture taking going on... :)

Me with my Mommy and Daddy. These two people mean the world to me. I love them and respect them and I'm so grateful to have them in my life.

At Hilo Hattie's after dinner and Coldstone ice cream.

Okay, so if you read my blog several month ago, I posted a video after our friends Cruise Vacation in August of 2006. The last night of the cruise was a Celebrity Impersonation Night and one of the songs was Crocodile Rock, which Steven and I then had stuck in our heads for the next 24 hours and we would randomly burst into song in our goofy voices (I think we were just really really happy to be on vacation). Well, lo and behold, on the way to Coldstone on Friday night in Maui, what song comes on the radio? Crocodile Rock! So it has officially become our Vacation Song... And of course, we had to video it this year too...