Maui!

Ari and I went to Maui for the weekend without the kids! We were so lucky to have my mom, my dad, and Stacy to watch the kids!  The boys were so excited that they were coming. Thanks guys! 

On our first day in town, we swam in the hotel pool, played on the pool slides, walked on the beach, and went out to dinner.  On our way home from dinner around 9:30, someone threw a glass bottle out of their car window which hit Ari in the leg.  We kept walking home and then realized that he was bleeding.  When we got back security looked at his leg, and said that we needed to go to the hospital because they could see the bone.  We went to the Maui hospital emergency room, and Ari had to get two stitches. Poor Ari was in a lot of pain, and then they told him that he was in Maui but he couldn't get in the water for the next two weeks. We didn't get back to our hotel until 1:30 in the morning which was 6:30 in the morning in Dallas.  We hadn't slept more than a 20 minute nap on the plane in 24 hours.  We were very tired.

The doctor said we could try hiking.

So, we went to hiking spot with lots of waterfalls along the Road to Hana. 

We walked to this area first.  It was a short walk.

We kept going in to the slightly more challenging part to see the bigger waterfall.

Ari had to be really careful not to get his leg wet.

He made it around the outside of the watery area on some rocks.

We couldn't swim in the waterfall pool, but at least we got to see it and take our picture there. 

On the way out the smoke monster from lost tried to eat me.

Here is a picture of one of my many fruity drinks.

Ari and I watched the sunset that night on the beach.

We went out to an awesome fancy restaurant where I had another fruity drink.

 The next day while Ari had a meeting I rented myself this bad boy to lay around and read on.

This was my view while I laid in the shade to listen to the ocean, drink a fruity drink, and read a book.  Does this sound like heaven to anyone else? 

 For my last day in town, we got up at three in the morning to go to the top of a volcano to see the sun rise.  Sounds awesome right?  Except all we saw was this...

It was freezing and rainy with no sunrise. Whoops.  At least we got a better view on the way down.

We tried to get a picture half way down the mountain.

 Ari spotted this rainbow halfway down the mountain.

I might have made him stop to take a picture of me under it. I mean who doesn't love a rainbow in Hawaii? 

Since we got up so early and didn't stay to hike, I had more time to read on the beach.

Maui was gorgeous and relaxing, and I wish I could have stayed longer than four days. 

I did finish four books in those four days, so I think I did pretty well. 

Now the boys and I are just waiting for Ari to get home from Maui this weekend after the rest of his conference.