Maui, Hawaii - Day 1 (September 1, 2011)

Last week on Wednesday, I drove to Vernal to drop the kids off with my mom (she met me in Roosevelt for lunch and a little shopping).  My parents and sister watched the boys for the week while we were in Hawaii (thank you so much!!) We had a wonderful time in Maui - it was an incentive trip that Nick qualified for from work!!  Thanks love for working so hard this last year so that we could go on this trip!!  LOVE YOU!  XOXO 

Wednesday night after I dropped the kids off, Nick and stayed up packing until late (why do we keep it for the last minute??) but packed and downloaded some music until the wee hours of the morning.  We got up and were out the door by 5:30 to meet Nick's dad so he could drop us off at the airport.  We flew United with a layover in San Francisco.  Our flights were so close together that we got off the plane, waited for them to get us our carry-ons, ran to the bathroom and literally ran onto the plane before they closed the door on all of us!  We continued on and landed in Maui.  We went to the rental car place where we decided to upgrade to a Red Mustang Convertible (loved every minute of it - thanks to the Ethingtons for their recommendation!!)  We went and checked into our hotel (Wailea Beach Marriott), unpacked, and walked around the property and stepped onto the beach before dinner.  A few of us couples made reservations at Mama's Fish House which was recommended to us.  I think it was the BEST dinner ever!  Day 1 was FANTASTIC!!

Wailea Beach Marriott Resort & Spa
The property was amazingly beautiful and we unfortunately didn't spend much time on the property but spent most of our time running from place to place enjoying various activities but the property was lovely and the view was specular 

Our room at the resort

View of the Serenity Pool from our room

Oceanview from our room

Red Convertible Mustang for the week - loved it!!

Interesting cemetery on the way to dinner

Mama's Fish House on the beach

Andy and Michelle

My Dinner:  Opah Fish with Jasmine Rice and Steamed Veggies

Nick's Dinner:  Stuffed Crusted Mahi Mahi with rice, corn and asparagus

Chris, Shane and Kate

This was our best dinner on our trip (cost a pretty penny but so worth it).  Highly recommend it to anyone!!!!
We got some shrimp for an appetizer and drinks.  We ordered some dessert but they forgot ours.  It was okay - we didn't need the extra pounds after that delicious dinner - we did try Deboro and Alana's dessert and it was to die for!!!  We were suppose to go to dinner here again on Sunday but never made it back in time for our reservations.  

 Day1 was complete and a success - we headed to bed pretty early that night since we were going to be waking up for an adventure at 1:30 am to begin Day 2....

Wailea Beach