my bff and i in maui...

I can't believe our trip is just about over. How time flies when you are having fun. Our trip started leaving early Monday morning. We boarded the plane for a 5-6 hour flight.

View of Phoenix from the plane

View in mid air. the clouds are so fluffy they looked like a bag full fo cotton balls

View as we arrived in Maui

We landed mid Monday afternoon. We got our rental and headed for the hotel. When we arrived to the hotel we went straight to our room.

This is the view from our bedroom window. It was an amazing sight to see every morning

And every night.

That night we went to dinner at...

Can you believe that our first meal in Maui was at Outback? It was just as good as the ones all over the US, but the price was about doubled. Other than that it was a great meal.

After we left Outback we saw a Hawaiian shop so we could look around for some gifts for the children. When we entered the store a lady greeted us by saying "Aloha" and then putting a necklace of shells on us. Not but 2 seconds later another lady greeted us with keys. We each received a key to open a treasure chest. She told us if the key opened the chest we would receive a free gift. I tried my key first and of course my key didn't open the chest. Craig tried his key and the chest opened. What he won was 1/2 off an oyster. Each oyster was guarantee for a pearl. Some oysters may have 2 pearls in them. I told Craig why not lets see what we get. Well I picked the oyster out and when the lady cracked the oyster our oyster had 2 pearls in them. They were real pretty lavender pearls. So we made our 2 pearls into earrings for Ashlee.

I liked the pearls so much I wanted to go back and pick one out for me. I told Craig I would pick an oyster that would only have 1 pearl in it and I would make it into a ring. In and out of the store I promised him. Well, I picked my pearl and guess what?...I picked an oyster that had 2 white pearls in it. We couldn't believe that. So with my 2 pearls I made them into a necklace and a ring.

Pictures don't do them justice. They are all very beautiful. After I received my ring and necklace the sales lady said we qualified for a free oyster. Craig picked another oyster and had the girl open this one up. We figured our odds would be against us and we would only receive one pearl this time...nope...we got 2 more pearls and they were black pearls. Craig put his foot down this time and said we could not make these into jewelry. I agreed with him and told him I would wait for awhile before I did. I was also band from the store! lol

One day we went snuba diving and then today Craig went scuba while I snorkeled. It was real fun swimming around a looking at all the fish. Here are a few things we saw between the two trips.

I saw Craig...

bottom left of this pic is a shark! YEP, I did see a shark..Cool ha?

this one is a sea turtle

Me snorkeling

more fish

Craig getting ready for diving

I am getting ready for diving

More scenery

along the beach there were a lot of sand crabs

We had a great time and would love to come again. We would love to bring the children too. We enjoyed each other and it was nice to go away with out children. Every couple should get away to help bring them closer together. I do have to admit though, I miss my kids! I am ready to get home to the wild and craziness of family life. I am glad I took this trip with Craig, but I also can not wait until I get home!