Aloha from Maui! Mahalo for checking in....

It is so exciting to be on Maui and to see the comments. Thank you (Mahalo) so much Mom, Alicia, and Michael.

As we were on the LONG flight, I thought, "why are we doing this?". But now that we are here, I remember exactly why. Maui is superlicious. Worth every minute of the lengthy flight. Ahhhhhhhhhhhh! Life is sooooo good. (Wonderful, actually-that was for you Michael!)

Okay, everyone wants to know how it is to fly to HI with a 20 month old. Not as bad as you'd think. I gave everyone seated adjacent, in front or behind us a set of earplugs, when we all boarded. Many people travel with noise cancelling headsets, so that is WONDERFUL. On a scale of 1 to 10, 10 being angel and one being devil, she was about an 8. We landed and I thought, hey this isn't so bad. But then we had the hour long wait from H&*^%$#@ at Budget rent-a-car. It was polynesian paralysis to the max. Amy had a cow. She was a negative 3. She was using every little muscle in that little body of hers to fight, and cried on full volume for that hour, inconsolably. After that my nerves were entirely shot.

But this morning, we all woke up refreshed and have been savoring every sight, sound, smell and taste that this gem of an island has to offer. I am in heaven to be in such a place I love, with my beloved husband and gem of a daughter.

These pictures are of when Amy announced this morning that she wanted to call Grandma. We just got off the phone with Grandma. It is 4:21p EST and 10:21a Maui-time.

Alicia, Mom said to tell you that she is unable to get on the blog due to computer trouble, so you would know she isn't ignoring you.

Aloha!