Aloha!

Ben and Cait











My nephew Ben and his beautiful bride Caitlin had been planning their wedding for two years. Their hearts were set on a destination wedding at the Grand Wailea Resort on Maui. (Check out this amazing place online at http://www.grandwailea.com/ We didn't stay there, but we did spend a lot of time!) My sister Pattie and I flew into Maui prior to the wedding festivities, so that our kids could spend some fun times sightseeing and boy, did we! (What gave me away- my pretty pale legs? Eek!)

We arrived at our amazing condo... it was small, but only a stone's throw away from the beach, and it was decorated in such a homey way. Of course when we arrived the office was locked up, but within moments, a lovely security guard came to our rescue. We decided that we had been up for 21 hours straight at that point, but we went next door to the Denny's restaurant to grab a bite to eat. Therein came our first shocker, while the beauty in Maui was breathtaking, so was the cost of everything! We finally went back to the condo, crawled into our beds and before we knew it, the sun was rising on our first full day.

What a tourist I am! My sister Pattie and I had decided to just spend Friday at the beach catching up with ourselves after that long flight. It was great! until about 2 PM. At 2 PM, a wind storm swept down our beach out of nowhere, and we quickly grabbed our stuff and headed to safety. Safety in this case was the pool at the condo complex where the wind didn't seem to reach. It was so beautiful there. In the corner of the pool area, there were two grills built into the fenced in areas, and here we spent some of my favorite moments from the trip. We would grill out our meals and sit around the table just visiting while going in and out of the pool. Later that night we would begin again our tradition of card playing marathons until we couldn't keep our eyes open.