I still cannot believe it has come and gone so quickly, but my mom, brother (Matt), and sister in law (Mary Margaret) came to visit for Thanksgiving!
They arrived at 6pm Thanksgiving night (November 24th, 2011)... |
| picking them up at the airport |
...and we took them home for some Thanksgiving dinner with all of our friends!
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| Pat showing Matt where we are |
We woke up Friday morning and headed to Makena for some sights and a Big Beach day!
[See website below for some fun facts about Makena, HI]
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| Mom and me at Secret Beach |
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| Norms got adventurous |
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| the gang at Big Beach |
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| look at that model! what a picture, seriously! beautiful, momma! |
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| sunset at Wailea Beach |
Saturday we took on the Road to Hana...
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| Ho'okipa |
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| surfboard fence in Haiku |
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| i honestly don't know what this is...any hints? |
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| getting on Hana Hwy |
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| "on the road again..." |
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| painted eucalyptis |
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| so excited in the backseat |
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| Meat doing what he did best the whole trip |
mile marker 11...
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| Tarzan |
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| otherworldly |
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| Ke'anae lookout |
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| perfect way to end the trip...rainbow at 7 Sacred Pools |
heading home...
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| HEY COW |
On Sunday Mom, Matt, Mary Margaret, and I cruised to lahaina for some window shopping and sight seeing...
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| Pioneer Inn (across from the harbor) for lunch http://www.pioneerinnmaui.com/ |
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| cheers! |
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| gotta watch out for the paparazzi around here |
ka'anapali to see black rock
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| ba-na-na! |
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| Ka'anapali beach |
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| Black Rock |
back to Kihei for sunset...
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| Aloha Sun! |
Monday morning the boys went to play golf at the Blue course in Wailea, so mom and I met Mary Margaret at the Grand for some beach time! It was a gorgeous day!
Monday night we attended the Grand Luau at Honua'ula
http://www.grandwailea.com/resort-activities/documents/GrandLuau.pdf
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| super tourist |
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| digging up the Imu http://www.primitiveways.com/Imu1.html |
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| hula dancers |
By Tuesday we had all checked into the Grand Wailea and we spent the next two days enjoying the view!
http://www.grandwailea.com/
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| view from our room |
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| sunset view |
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| Aloha Matt! |
http://wailearesortdining.com/humuhumu/
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| insane dessert at the Humu |
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| all decorated for Christmas |
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| saying goodbye :( |
Such a good week and we were very glad to spend a holiday with family! We are so glad you guys got to see our home and meet our friends and experience the beauty of this island! Mahalo for coming to visit us! We miss you all dearly and will see you soon, i'm sure!
xoxo,
lace and pat.
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