40th Anniversary in Maui

The first part of December the whole Kent family ventured off with eleven suitcases on an American Airlines flight to Maui.  It was Emma’s first time on a plane and she did wonderful.   The plane to Maui wasn’t full so the gave us an extra seat to put Emma’s car seat in.  She slept in the car seat nearly the entire  5 1/2 hour flight.  Everyone on the plane was commenting on how beautiful she was and how happy and content she was. 

As usual, my Dad had made all the arrangements and we stayed in a lovely condo at the Marriott Ocean Club in Kanapaali.  The resort was gorgeous and the rooms were very similar to other Marriott time shares that we have frequented.  The first two nights we shared a condo with Daniel, Krissy’s boyfriend and then we moved to a larger condo with a kitchen and laundry facilities. 

The weather was perfect.   Most days the high was in the low 80’s.  The only complaint was that we seem to have brought the wind with us.  The wind made for rough seas which affected are diving opportunities.  We ended up only diving one day with Lahaina Divers.   The company was just OK but I think we have gotten spoiled by Austin in St. Kitts.  We went to two sights.  The first was the Carthaginian which is a sailing ship that was sunk to create an artificial reef about seven years ago.   It lacked life and the ship wasn’t anything spectacular. The highlight was seeing Sponge Bob.  The second sight was a broken down pier that actually had some sea life.  We spotted a few turtles and two white-tipped reef sharks.

Other highlights of the trip included indulging in frozen yogurt from Yogurt Land which was in Whaler’s Village, a nice walk along the beach from the condo.  Elle loaded her yogurt up with every topping that looked yummy.  It looked disgusting actually! She was in heaven though. 

One day a group of us went to the Maui Ocean Center which is a sea life aquarium.  The kids loved it and I always enjoy seeing jellyfish and sea horses.  Luckily Grandpa kept Emma behind so Harley and I could enjoy the experience as well.

Another day, Harley, Daniel, Krissy and I went ziplining.   It was definately an experience.  The guides we had made it quite entertaining.  It’s quite a  thrill and not scary at all really!  It was the first time for Daniel and Harley and I think they had a blast as well.

As with most of our travels, we cooked in the majority of the time.  We went to Costco and Safeway to purchase food and took turns cooking.  One night we treated my parents to a Anniversary dinner night out at Kimo’s.   Some stayed back for pizza and the dive in movie! Nicole, Daniel, Harley and I went to Leilani’s on the Beach.   Nicole really wanted king crab and clam chowder and she got her wish that night.  

The last night we all went out to Cool Cat Cafe down in Lahaina by the big banyan tree.  The burgers were good and the company was great!  Another treat that we devoured was Hawaiian shaved ice.   Along with the shaved ice and flavoring, they out ice cream on the bottom and sweetened condensed milk on the top.   It was truly heavenly.   So much for trying to shed any baby weight this week.

  

One of the biggest highlights of the proposal and subsequent engagement of  Krissy and Daniel.   Welcome to the family Daniel!   Atleast this week you got a pretty good clue what the Kent family is about.