MAUI - 9 year anniversary trip!

Steve and I took a week long trip to Maui (kid-free!) back in September.  The last time we had been to Hawaii we had Ella with us, and while that was a special and fun trip - there is nothing like having alone time.  We really didn't do a whole lot on the island - Road to Hana, paddle boarding, but besides that we just enjoyed eating out (such a treat with no kiddos!), read by the pool, took NAPS, or layed on the beach.  It was AMAZING.

Always our first stop after the airport - Geste shrimp truck!  THE best shrimp on planet earth and the crab mac salad is amazing as well.  We went another time on our trip too!  My mouth is watering just looking at the picture.

First rainbow of the trip - so beautiful!  I love all the hammocks around the resorts. 

Shortly after checking in we were unpacking and we saw that the girls had packed a ton of stuff in our luggage including this HUGE pumpkin decoration.  We could not stop laughing!  

SO green and SO blue!

We hiked up to a blowhole and this heart shaped rock.  SO cute!!

A large portion of our trip was spent right here, with a book and diet coke.  Heaven!

These pictures are way out of order, this was at my favorite black sand beach during our Road to Hana trip. 

I'm not very original with poses.

Our first three nights we stayed at the Westin, which was so nice.  But we didn't know what nice was until we checked into the Ritz Carlton for our last three nights!  Holy smokes, that place treats you like royalty!  And their private beach is the best.

I thought I wasn't going to be able to do it but it wasn't too hard at all!  

Our first time eating at the famous Mama's Fish House - AMAZING!

Ian State Park - so lush and green!

We went on a hike by the resort right on the water - so beautiful.

Steve insisted on taking this "Ariel" picture for the girls.

Free cabanas at the Ritz!

It's not a Hawaii trip without hula pie.  

That's it!  We had such a blast getting spend lots of time together with zero little girl distractions - but you can bet we ran home and squeezed those girls the second we could.  Ella was asleep when we got home but I got her out of bed anyways.  I swear she looked and acted older!  

Til next time, Maui!