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
Hula Pie is one of our favorite treats when we come to Hawaii. It is absolute perfection with macadamia nut ice cream at the base, drizzled with chocolate sauce and macadamia nuts with whipped cream on top and it covers almost an entire plate, so it's big enough to share with a friend...or two...or three...or four...or five... YUMMMM!!!!
We love going to church to the Lahaina 1st Ward. The building is really close to our hotel and it's the ward we've been to 3 times now. Atleast half of the building is visitors (or so it seems) and it's always fun to say hi to people we've seen around on the island (or on our airplane over.) It's such a great feeling to know that the church is true and consistent wherever you are at in the world.
These pictures were taken back at our hotel after church. The camera was on the wrong setting, but I loved how these pictures turned out with kind of a "soft focus" look to them.
In front of the church building
A sunset view from our balcony
Lauryn soakin' up the sun at the hotel pool
Katelyn sporting shades
Katelyn, this is a normal look from her. =)
"Surfing" in the ocean
Ashlyn strikes a pose by the pool
Lauryn
more surfing in the ocean
The girls loved playing in the ocean and begged us to be down at the ocean all of the time. It's a great beach to play on and it's so close to the pool hotel. The location could not be any better.
We visited this area called Ahihi Cove, near Wailea. It's located in the Ahihi-Kinau Marine Reserve. It's full of lava rock from the volcanos millions of years ago. The views of Molokini Crater are amazing and beautiful! The kids loved climbing all over the lava rock and finding sea critters hiding in the little tidepools that were created in between the rocks.
A few nights while we were over there, we'd get the girls settled for the night with take-out for dinner (usually Subway) and get them started watching a movie and then we had a chance to go on a "date night." The girls never wanted to come with us because they were too tired from the days activities and they just wanted to rest and chill out at the hotel. Fine by us. =)
The nightlife in Maui is usually in Lahaina. The ocean front stores stay open until about 10:00 and restaurants are serving until then. It's a great place to people watch and just to hang out, shop, walk the streets, get dessert, see a play or musical or movie. One night we went to a magic show called Warren and Annabelle's Magic. It was soooo neat and alot of fun. It was a higlight of our trip and we had a great time.
Eating a Hula Cookie Ice Cream Sandwich. Oh wow, these were soooo delicious!!
Hula Pie! We always said, "Oh we'll never finish this by ourselves." Well, we always did. Hmmm....I guess we weren't so full from dinner afterall. ha ha
Trying on some new digs in one of the many, many shops along Front Street in Lahaina.
At Warren and Anabelle's Magic Show
A great thing about Hawaii is that there are always rainbows wherever you go and atleast you see one once a day. Living in the desert where rainfall is scarce, this is such a wonderful, rare beauty and it always made us smile when we saw one.
It is an absolute fact that the sunsets on Maui are the best! They even beat Arizona sunsets, which is a tough thing to do. One of our favorite things to do is to stop and watch the sunset no matter what we are doing at the time. They are beautiful!!!
