Monday, May 10, 2010

25 Years of Wedded Bliss!

We just got back from Celebrating our 25th Wedding anniversary! We took the whole family and spent a week in Maui! It was fabulous! We left a snow storm in Moscow which I guess lasted most of the week! The weather in Maui was fabulous! We stayed in a condo behind the Grand Wailea! We even got to swim with Adam Sandler! They were filming a movie at our hotel! We drank smoothies, played at the beach, snorkeled, swam in the ocean, played on the waterslides, shopped, ate Shaved ice (my Favorite)and all got a little sunburned. It was so relaxing and a great way to celebrate 25 wonderful years!
Here is what everyone said about the trip

Steve - Snorkeling at Molokini was my favorite, It was so clear I never wanted to get out! Grace was amazing! She was a great snorkeler for her first time! I loved having the Whole family together
Lauren - My favorite was how we did the water slides as a whole troop! 8 people in a row just going down the slides one after the other!
Derek - It was warm there. (he is man of few words)
Savannah - My favorites were the beach, pools, smoothies, shopping, Jackies fat stomach - oh pretty much everything!
Grace - My favorite was going to the beach! I just always wanted to be at the beach. (true - she was like a little fish - she did don't come out of the ocean unless we were going to go on the water slides or she was building a sand castle!)

It is too late to get a hold of Jackie and Justin so I will post their comments tomorrow!
Here she is - our little fatty
(In case you haven't heard she is having a boy & a girl)
Jackie went on all the water slides - the little pill - she said the babies loved them!
We spent the end of each day in the pool - washing off the sand - Grace had a lot of sand so steve decided to see if the wind could help
We tried to tell him that you couldn't surf on a boogie board - He gave it a good try
Jackie and Justin - I think we have Justin convinced that Disneyland isn't the only fun vacation - he loves the beach!
UMMMM! Shaved ice - with icecream!
Off to do a little snorkeling
She was always in the water!
Only out of the water to drink her smoothie - favorite one is cookies & cream
Lauren and Grace swimming in the ocean!
Enjoying the beach
Playing a little frisbee!

Derek giving me a paddle board ride - then . . . . .
oops! I think he did this on purpose! We weren't very balanced!

Grace giving Steve a paddle board ride!
Grace's first big snorkel trip! We went out to this crater in the ocean with a reef- it was so clear and beautiful! She did so great!
TRUE LOVE!
(then she tried to drown him! HA)

8 comments:

Cassy said...

My parents went to Maui for their 25th anniversary, but none of us kids were invited. Sheesh! haha! Looks like you guys had a blast! Happy anniversary!

rexburgskinners said...

Looks so fun! What a way to celebrate.:)

Jessica said...

How FUN!! It is wonderful that you took the whole family. I hope that we can be like you in a handful of years. Congrats on 25!!

Anonymous said...

Looks like you all had a wonderful time in the Aloha State! Your pictures beautiful. Happy 25th!

Diana and Derek said...

How fun! Sounds like a great family vacation! Happy Anniversary!

John and Ann Tolman said...

Wow, I can remember a cute couple "running" out of the reception (before it was over!) to be by themselves...what happened???

Shannon said...

OHHHHHHHHH how i love Maui... and cookies and creme smoothies!!!!!

great pictures. You should have flown me out, i could have cut hair and babysat!!

i love the snorkel pictures under water. Sweet camera!

Cindy Merris said...

Congratulations!!! What a fun way to celebrate.