more maui...

for the first half of the vacay we stayed in a condo at the ritz-carlton.

the sweetest part about it was that we were a 30 second walk to the pool

and a 60 second walk to the beach.

the balcony had pretty much the best view in the world.

i gave dawson ender's game awhile ago and he started reading it on the trip.

i've never seen him read so much (besides the lsat book)

although with that setting and an amazing book to read, i sure don't blame him.

while i think we could have just hung out at the condo all day and been just fine,

most of our days we went out to one of the beaches nearby

and when we were tired of the beach we would hit up the pool.

it was really rough, i don't know how we managed it.

at night we would usually go out to lahaina
sometimes we'd get dinner, sometimes we'd just walk the strip
but we would ALWAYS end the night with shave ice

 

 
 
 

we also made it to church on sunday,
where my dad wore his lava lava like he always does every year.
even though every year he is the only one at church wearing one

halfway through the trip we had to leave the ritz condo

 and move to a house that was a 5 minute walk to the beach.

we missed the ritz condo but it was nice to have our own pool and more space.

 
 

and for dawson it was nice to have a massage chair

seeing as any free moment we had he would sneak up there

and get massagersized

and just as if there was any doubt that kylie was the favorite child...

let me show you HER room, aka the master bedroom.

she had to have it because "she was the only one who loved purple":

i have to add, that this was year's vacation was much better than last years for one reason only
me and dawson are MARRIED!
last year we went 2 weeks before our wedding and let me tell you.
it was pure torture.
needless to say, it was much better to be able to share a room with dawson
and not have to keep a 2 foot distance while in swimming suits.

alright then,
i only have one more post about maui and then it's aloha until next year!