Maui, maui

We are thoroughly enjoying Maui!!! We have been getting lots of sleep at night and resting and enjoying the beach during the days. We had an awesome whale show on Tuesday where we saw a pod of probably five that were jumping in and out of the water for at least 15 minutes. They were far enough out but they are so big that we could see there huge splash.... It was quite impressive. Today was our best day by far!!! We saw two turtles mating out in the water and then they both came up on the beach, one staying for quite some time. I said a little prayer when they were farther out that we would be able to get a better view....I'd say God cares about the little things too as they were only a few feet away!  I did not realize how big they are-you can't really tell from the picture, but they are 3-4 feet long!  Pretty amazing :o). 

The sun was out all day today and the waves were awesome! We were out body surfing for a couple hours on and off and we didn't realize all the sunscreen had worn off where we scraped in the sand, so Ryan is lobster red and I am pink on my knees and in weird places (Even though we reapplied sunscreen at least twice!). It has been entertaining to people watch as well. I finished a book today and I can't even remember the last book I read from start to finish :).  View from our chairs!

Getting ready to watch the sunset, although the clouds didn't allow it, so we'll have to try again!

The kids are doing great at home with grandma thank the good Lord! The night before we left Ryan, grandma and I were cleaning up throw up for a good 45 minutes at midnight. Poor Khalif either ate something bad or had a mild bug and it was an amazing mess :(. Seems like this is the MO whenever we go somewhere. The good news is it happened before we left and everything's been great since! We've face timed with them a couple times and it's good to see them and they are excited to see us. Ainsley explained to K that grandma was like a substitute teacher....pretty good analogy for a 6 year old :). We miss them a lot but we are really enjoying each other and having the freedom to do what we want to do....what a gift...thank you mom and dad!!!