Mike and Susie Jensen Family

"Enjoy the Little Things in Life, for one day you may Look Back and Realize they were the Big Things."
~Robert Brault


Saturday, May 01, 2010

Maui, Hawaii-Snorkeling, Swimming, Sunsets, Movie Night

Once a week at night our resort does a "movie night by the pool." It's so much fun because everyone brings take out for dinner and parks a lawn chair in front of this huge movie screen. This night they were showing "Avatar." Mike and I had already seen it, so we approved and let the girls watch it. Katelyn and Lauryn were asleep before the movie was even 1/4 through and Ashlyn loved it! We love this little tradition.






One of my favorite things about going to Maui is their incredible sunsets. Ahhh...they are spectacular. Everyone gathers around the beach at sunset to enjoy in these beautiful sights.

This is Black Rock at the Sheraton. Every night at Sunset, they have a cliff diver that lights the tiki torches along his path to the edge of Black Rock and then takes a dive off the rock. It was neat to see.



At dusk, the girls met up with the official "lighter of the torches" around our resort.



One night we met this Father/Son Duo who were lighting the torches that night. That little boy was so cute!



Spectacular skies. This is the view that I was looking at as I lay on my beach chair while the girls enjoyed their last swim in the resort pool, play on the beach, and swim in the ocean on our last morning in Maui. It was really at this moment that I realized that I absolutely did NOT want to get on that plane that night to come home. Frankly, Brynlyn was sick and had been for the week while sweet Janelle and Eric watched her and tried to nurse her back to health. Had she not been sick, then I might NOT have gotten on that plane. Can you blame me???


Me, Emily, Rob and Mike. They came over to our resort to hang out with us for the afternoon. We loved that they were in the islands at the same time that we were. Good times, guys...







Mike bought this Bloody Mary drink, virgin, of course. I love these! And I always get these on airplanes during the flight. Tastes like a delicious Spicy V8 juice. Yummmm... And as you can see, I'm trying to protect myself from any more sunburn.





Robbie, Emily, Ashlyn, Katelyn, Me and Lauryn preparing for an afternoon of snorkeling at the reef along Ka'anapali Beach.









The kids found this sand crab and named it Sandy. They had so much fun playing with it and building her lots of huge sandcastles.

Robbie and Mike helping the girls get situated with their snorkel gear at Napili Bay.
Katelyn, Emily and Ashlyn being washed away with the waves


Swimming at Napili Bay


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