Hawaii - Day 3 and 4 {Maui}

Good Morning, Maui!!

Days 3 & 4 were spent in Maui. 

Day 3, we did the excursion Road to Hana. This was an all day excursion. 

We were picked up at the port and headed to Hana. 

This was a definitely an adventure! 

We had many stops along the way, which was appreciated (and used for vomiting). 

We enjoyed swimming, gorgeous views, and banana bread! 

One of our stops was a black sand beach. 

Our guide shared to not turn our back on the waves. I did not listen. 

I was pummeled by those Hawaiian waves! 

The girls had an absolute blast!

This was a must have for car sickness, which really affected Ava. But I truly believe we all were feeling it by the end of the day!

Stop for Coconut Ice Cream, it was amazing!

Rainbow trees!

And then we made it to Hana. Which was incredibly underwhelming. 

We were out of the town in about 21 seconds and heading back to Maui!

But a very cool detour on the way back to see the turtles at the beach! 

It was so very cool and I facetimed my mom and Tracy to show them! 

This was probably one of our very favorite highlights of the trip!

Back to the ship for showers and dinner! 

Day 2 in Maui! Also known as John's birthday and the day Sara almost died.

We woke up to breakfast and Bloody Mary's. 

I passed because I was driving! We rented a car to head to the North part of the island for a day of shopping and beach fun! 

We had lunch at Leilani's and it was so yummy! 

We also bought some swag for our sweet niece because you don't see this name very often.

John's Birthday dessert...So yum and the hot fudge was perfection. So we ordered more!

Then we headed to the beach. I did not listen AGAIN. 

These waves did me in. If John wouldn't have been next to me, I would have drifted off to sea never to be seen again. 

I lost my sunglasses, my Aloha Beaches hat and my pride. 

Needless to say, I never went back in the water again on this trip. 

Back to the car (by way of Haagan Daz) so we could head back to the ship!

On the way back, some of us had to use the restroom really bad, so we dropped off part of the group so they could enjoy the "sharks teeth"

Dinner and birthday celebrations! 

And ice cream...always ice cream.

Hawaii - Day 2 (Walking around Honolulu/Boarding the Ship}

 We woke up bright and EARLY (those time changes...) but were super excited to see our CRUISE SHIP coming back to port! 

That just added to the excitement!

We dressed in matching shirts (much to the dismay of some teenagers), had breakfast,  and made more TikTok's.

We had time to kill before we were to board, so at the direction of Itty, we ventured out to explore. 

THEN IT WAS TIME!!! 

We boarded the shuttle to head to the ship! 

Check in was a breeze and fun! 

Our room wasn't ready so we headed to the dining room and endulged in some dranks and lunch!

We spent the rest of the day unpacking, exploring the ship and a early bed time. 

Those time changes...

Hawaii - Day 1 {Travel Day}

The day was finally here! We were going to Hawaii! 

We met at The Do's bright and early for our travel day. 

We walked in the door and realized we had yummy snacks for the plane! Thanks, Roz!

Then the most exciting thing in Addy's life to this point had arrived. 

I think she was more excited about this than Hawaii, itself.

We arrived at the airport and it was as smooth as can be. We found our gate, left the dads with the girls who were making their TikToks...

...And went to the bar...

We finally boarded the long (but direct!!!) flight to Honolulu.

After an ok meal, an amazing pizza stick, lots of movies and Friends...

We made it to Honolulu! 

Still smiling!

We hopped the shuttle to our hotel

Found a nice little restaurant within walking distance to our hotel for Shirley Temples and Burgers.

We even found a little sign that our other BFF's were with us

Showers and amazing views and even Fireworks ended this long travel day! 

We all went to bed exhausted but a little giddy of what was to come!

We went to HAWAII!!!

We started planning out bucket list trip about a year ago. Imagine our joy when the Dougherty's decided to join us! 

Anyone who knows me knows that I am an extreme planner. So I got to work. 

I put everything together and invited the Do's over for Hawaii presentation. 

With that being said....

Here come the Hawaii posts. 

We spent seven days on the Pride of America cruise ship and an additional two nights in Honolulu. 

It was a wonderful trip! 

Stay tuned...