Exciting News!!

My sister is getting married!!!

Katie and Chris got engaged last week during our family vacation on Maui. We all met up afterwards and celebrated with champagne.

Ben and I are very excited and look forward to being able to celebrate more with them, since we will be on the mainland, starting this Fall.

Photo taken at sunset from the back deck of our house on Maui.

Maui family vacation

Part 2

Vacations always go by way too fast! Today we said goodbye to my family. We wont see them again until this winter when we spend the holidays together during our road trip.
While on Maui we stayed in a beautiful home, Haiku Hale tucked away in the mountains of the windward side of the island. Below are a few pictures of the house.

I don't know about your family, but in mine we all have different interest so we often split up, have our adventures and meet up later.
Ben and I took off to complete our drive around the island, play with goats at the surfing goat dairy farm and enjoyed the aroma of Maui lavender high in the hills of eastern Maui.


The View from Haiku Hale

West Maui Mountains

Hello September!

Today marks one month left in beautiful Hawaii Nei before we head out on our adventure around America.

This week Ben and I have spent some time in Haleakala National Park.

We stamped our National Park passport book and bought our first patch. 

We decided to begin collecting patches from all the places/parks we visit. My goal is to turn them into wall art and display them creatively. 

Our first patch. 

Inside the crater. 

At the summit.

Silver sword plant only grows above 6,900 ft.

Hawaiian nene bird. 

10,023 ft / August 2013

Sunrise

Sunset

Maui Family vacation

Part 1

We have a few more days left on Maui with my family. 

It has been great, we went to the summit of Haleakala National Park twice (sunset pictures to come). We drove the entire island, road to Hana and around the west Maui mountains. Last night all six of us went on a sunset cruise over looking Lanai and Molokai.

 Fun, exciting news to come! 

Seven sacred pools.

South shore Maui

Hiking the kings trial with my dad and Ben.

Mom and dad on the sunset cruise.

Katie and Chris on the sunset cruise.

Check out that rainbow!