Flyin' Hawaiian

I've never been the biggest fan of ziplines. The ones I've been on have been a waste of money because they're expensive and they last maybe 15 seconds.

In Hawaii last week, mom signed us up for a zipline and I was excited for it because it was in Hawaii. Everything's exciting in Hawaii! But this zipline blew all other ziplines out of the water. It was so dang much fun.

It was a 4-5 hour zipline, and we took 8 different zips and hiked in between each. We saw so much of the island and it was gorgeous!

All set in our sexy vest seats and our lovely helmets!

You get to take two of the wildest off roading road trips of your life! Seriously so fun! I'll see if I can post videos of the craziness!

These handy dandy little contraptions were what they used to attach us to the line, we hiked with them everywhere

This right here was one of the funniest things I've witnessed. Both Bailey and Abbie didn't quite make it and the guide had to slide to them, hang upside down, and use his feet to maneuver them across the rest of the line.

So beautiful!

Not sure how she got her hair outside of her helmet!

Came in too hot! Went way too far!

A cool thing they do to keep the land from being built upon is they plant native hibiscus flower plants! We got to water a few each.

oh, it was just so much fun! Seriously, if you're going to Maui, you have to do it!

Check them out here!

 Flyin' Hawaiian Zipline

Zip on, Zip on!

P A D D L E

We knew, as soon as we knew we were going to Hawaii, what we wanted to do. 

PADDLE BOARD

And boy oh boy was it fun!

We rented 4 boards and rotated them between the 6 of us

The weather was beautiful

The waves were perfect... 

calm enough to let us learn, rough enough to make us tumble a few times

It was the funnest, and one of the hardest things we've ever done

Standing on that board isn't as easy as some make it look

We spent most of the time on our knees and our bottoms

When we were daring enough, standing became the only thing we focused on

However, standing was scary due to the coral 3 feet under us

We were told: "When you fall, fall flat"

Whaaa?! 

Falling flat is tough stuff

Then, this handsome cut his foot open on the coral and paddling was over for him.

isn't he cute?

Hawaiian Sunrise

We are in HAWAII this week!!

We all (mom, Kev, Der and I, Bailey and bay's friend Abby) arrived around 11:30 am yesterday and after grabbing our giant Yukon, we were off to the beach! 

This morning, we woke up at 3 am and drove 2 hours to see a sunrise. All the way up, the only things said were "Who's idea was this anyway?!" 3 am is so early for something you're not even sure will be cool. 

Turns out... it was the coolest thing I've ever seen. 

You get to the summit (about 10,000 feet) and you're seeing the same view as if you're in an airplane. You're above all of the clouds. 

This is how it looked at first.....

So neat right? Derek wanted to jump and fly through them... we decided the guard rails were put up because of people like him.

Then, slowly, the sun showed up... and it's been said to be similar to a religious experience... and it really was majestic...

NONE of these have been edited... 

Enjoy this cute photobomb from my sister

I love the iPhone 5 panoramas! In the bottom one, the rainbow shape was made out of clouds... so neat.

Then... we went to this breakfast buffet and had cinnamon french toast with coconut syrup... to die for!

Then it was off for a nap and then the pool!

We ended this beautiful Mother's Day with hawaiian shave ice... complete with coconut ice cream!

Hawaiian Shave Ice was all she wanted, and she sure got it!

Happy Mother's Day to our beautiful mothers! We love you both so much!