The Fighter's

Easter Morning 2017.  Sunny, bright, joy.  We were up early and the girls found baskets from the Easter Bunny who visits in Hawaii too!  Then we were off to a Hawaiian sunrise service at a Lutheran church located about 20 minutes North of our hotel.  The service was outside, simple and beautiful.   Don't the girls look pretty in their Easter dresses :-) After church, we drove back for a quick breakfast and headed to Maluaka Beach.  We pulled into the parking lot and there were chickens and across the street there was this sweet church - Keawala'i church - built in 1832.  And the church was next to a beautiful beach where we relaxed all morning on this beautiful Easter Day! Sand angel... After the beach we stopped at Bubba's shrimp and dog shack for shrimp and hot dogs.  So fun! We got some glimpses of Easter back in Ohio - here's my sweet niece Ella in bunny ears...

Day 2- Road to Hana.  I was a bit apprehensive about this adventure but we decided to go for it!  We only live once!  And I am SO thankful we went for it - the day ended up being one of my favorites  of the trip.  We saw so many different, unique, natural, truly beautiful sights.  Doug downloaded the "Road to Hana Maui Driving Tour" app and we listened to it the whole way.  It was a GPS guided tour by "Shaka" who gave directions, told us where to stop, gave the history and facts about each stop (and places we passed by), shared the history of Maui and played Hawaiian music.  It was awesome!  Made the journey that much more fun.  The girls loved Shaka by the end of the day! Here we are - bright and early.  Ready to go!  First stop along the way - breakfast at McDonalds!  Haha!  The girls were so excited because in Hawaii they serve Portuguese sausage and rice along with their eggs.  Ava ...