Hawaii Hodegepodge

You've gotta love a long weekend in January. There's only so much of the indignity of work after whatever loveliness the holidays have offered each of us. This year was admittedly extra lovely for me and mine, and the return to our co-called real life has brought a relentless barrage of illness, mess, and disrepair.

I miss Hawaii, and I'm sick and pale beneath what lingers of my tan, so let's get our Uncle Merv on and take a look at some of my vacation photos!

Shall we?

Lahaina harbor

To celebrate mom's second night on Maui, we splurged on a beautiful luau. It was a gorgeous night and the scene was so idyllic, it was impossible not to pose for endless photos.

I could do a whole post on the ways I ruined otherwise perfect photos. It's a gift.

The kids haggled for hand carved weaponry of some sort

The show was beautiful, and the occasional rain made it feel all the more tropical. Of course we had beach towels in the car, so we stayed warm and dry. 

White boy with wahine

Brownish girl with kane

Some of my favorite moments on the trip were completely random, yet utterly unforgettable. On Christmas Eve, my girl and I walked down the beach for a gander at the neighborhood. Suddenly, the sky opened up, and we were close to a resort that was two hotels down from our condo, so we ducked inside.

It was such a completely awesome find, this bar! I tried to call my boy, my man, and my mom but no one picked up their cell phones. So I did the next best thing and called Ellie!

Another great moment:

Christmas dinner!

I think my favorite beach day would have to be our day at Kapalua bay

There were so many beach days to enjoy, I loved them all. On one of our last days, we returned to Kaanapali and took advantage of the opportunity to dork out

There were trade winds most afternoons this trip, and they would whip up pretty fiercely in the afternoon. One day after lunch, Bill and I both dozed on the beach. We woke up looking like shake-n-bake cutlets

There was no shortage of great spots for afternoon power naps. Everyone needs a little rest after a long hard day at the beach, especially when happy hour started at 10:00am!

hammock=happy place

This is the view from the hammock. I had my eye on that slanted palm tree

And this is the view from that slanted palm tree, where I enjoyed more than one opportunity to ogle the sunset

The only sunset that didn't fill me with joy was this one, our last day. Their last swim.

Mahalo, Maui. Uncle Merv misses you.