Oh what fun are the holiday's?! After much anticipation, Kaylee got 4 top braces. The girls all had parties to close up school before two weeks of break. Daddy even had a work party at the Queen Mary and got his BBQ! The girls had fun painting a winter scene at Leah's Birthday party, then it was Christmas Eve. We prepared for Santa's arrival and a fun morning together as a family. The girls got up and headed to our room for some cuddle time, before we all got out of bed and tackled the mound of gifts that we shared with each other. The best part of the day is being together. We took a nice walk outside then shared our time with wonderful neighbors and friends. First we headed over to the Snow's for afternoon fun before going over to spend the evening and a wonderfully prepared meal at the Ferrario's.
The next day was spent preparing for our big departure to our Hawaiian Adventure with Poppa and the Marty's. We got a perfectly timed flight out of Long Beach. We had a beautiful morning walk to the airport, then after a nice flight to Oahu we had lunch at the Honolulu airport before our quick jaunt to Maui. We were greeted with Lei's when we got off of the flight and after we picked our Challenger rental car and drove to Kanapali, we met up with the Marty's at our amazing cottage homes for the coming week.
We spent the evening exploring the place and taking in our surroundings. We ordered room service for dinner and enjoyed the company. The first full day Mommy and Daddy took and early run down the beach path, and we all spent some time at the beach before we learned the way of the shuttle service and went to Whaler's village. That evening the parents all went to an incredibly entertaining magic show and dinner. The cousins also had fun hanging out together without us.
With a plan to head to the large Banyan tree in Lahina we did some more sight seeing and hit up Lahina Pizza Co. before enjoying Ululani's shaved ice. More fun in the sun, then take out dinner from Paia Fish Market ended out another great day.
We were so fortunate with the weather through the whole time we were there!!!! This snorkle excursion was the best ever. First time the girls had snorkeled. The trip on the boat wasn't windy and the weather was warm. They took to snorkeling like the fish we got to see! We first went to Molakini crater after a nice breakfast on the boat, and they weren't even put off that we were out in deep ocean water. Each of them even went off the slide at the back of the boat after an hour of snorkeling before heading to Turtle Beach which was even cooler since we got to snorkel with turtles that were about 3 feet long close to where we were. We all had a fun party back to the Maui dock with a nice BBQ lunch including cookies. That evening all 9 of us got in for another great dinner at Monkeypot, again in Whaler's village.
Then came the last day of 2019. We went to explore more of the island heading North to check out a blowhole and some more waves at DT Fleming park. We came back in time to dress up for the upcoming Luau and a scheduled photo shoot with the Hotel photographer. The Luau was at our hotel and the food and entertainment was all that we could've wanted to bring in the New Year!
Mommy and Daddy enjoyed their 3rd run together before we joined Trevor at his Surfing Lesson. He caught on really quick and had a great time. We all then went to Maui brewing company for lunch and played another round of cards while we made tacos for dinner.
Snorkeling and wake boarding was next on the agenda to rent the next day as we all walked to the other side of black rock. We again got to swim with fish and turtles. These turtles were a bit smaller than the others, but still so cool to see. We had a big dinner planned for the evening at Leilani's in Whaler's village. We got there with some time to spend so the girls purchased some items that they had previously picked to buy with their Christmas "credit cards". Kaylee bought a Hawaii water bottle an stickers to remind her of our time, and Cienna got a really cool T-shirt from a local Cahini wear shop.
Only the last morning there did it decide to rain. We all took a walk and enjoyed every last second. We said goodbye to the Marty's and Poppa and set out to the airport with a colorful rainbow behind us. The flight was easy and another walk back home was good to get the jitters out. We were happy to be home and see Porter and Cuty.
We are so fortunate and thankful for all the adventures we get to spend together!!
The next couple days, we spent getting back to reality and enjoying being home together. We also had a very involved 12th birthday party to plan.
Cienna went to a murder mystery party birthday for Lexie, and we started building games for her Game Show Themed Party. The most involved was the Plinko board with Cliff Hangers painted on the other side. There were also plenty of details to iron out for the games as well as the entire structure of the party itself! Mommy and Daddy had fun working together to make a full proof plan, although the 2 hour birthday party had to change to a 3.5 hour party due to all the fun that needs to happen.
Then back to school and work, except Mommy got called in for Jury Duty that Monday. She made it to the panel, then got graciously excused the second day. As we all started getting back in the grove of things, Cienna was a star on stage for her first Middle School Chorus concert. Then the next weekend Mommy coached the Optional's for their first meet before we all enjoyed some time with the Natal's on their Disney vacation at Ballast Point Restaurant for dinner in Downtown Disney.
Let the good times roll!!!
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