Maui Baby!

Here are a few pictures of us in Hawaii, on Maui, the rest I put into the slide show.

We finally made it to Hawaii!! I guess it was my birthday present and it was great. We almost didn't make it though. Our flight from SLC to LAX was 30 min late and when we got to LA we were pretty bummed. But it turns out there were other (paying) customers going to Maui as well and so they had a van waiting to take us across the terminal to our connection to Maui--it was amazing that we made it.
We got in about 7:30 pm got our rental car and drove to the beach and pitched our little tent. That is right we camped on the beach in Maui for 2 nights! The weather really was perfect not too hot or too humid and the water was nice. Sunday we went to the beach and got fried! my thighs burned and Ryan's back burned. Oh ya we did not go to Hawaii prepared to bare all we were so white, it was a little embarrassing! Oh well. After the beach we showered in our swimsuits at the beach showers, we were not the only beach-goers with that idea. We drove around a little bit then went to dinner at an amazing seafood restaurant! It was a little pricey but after all it was my birthday. But the food was sooo good I had fresh Opa, never had it before... and for dessert we had mango cobbler-it was amazing! If you ever go to Maui you should eat at Buzz's Wharf. Monday we did a little more exploring after breakfast, as we drove up this really narrow winding mountain road we saw some tour vans pulled over close to where we saw a waterfall so we decided to follow their trail. After putting our swimsuits on and a lot of sunscreen we walked down the path and found these beautiful waterfalls and ponds and people swimming in them! They were a bit cold but it was amazing!
Later that day I went on a helicopter tour it was pretty cool and my first time being in a helicopter. We get deals with one of the helicopter companies through Skywest but we once again fly standby and they only had one seat open, since Ryan had been on a few tours in Alaska he let me go. He is so sweet! We were supposed to fly up to a big crater, but it was covered in clouds so we didn't get to see it. We did see lots of waterfalls and an ancient Hawaiian temple where they used to make human sacrifices!
After the helicopter tour since we still had time on our hands, our flight didn't leave until 10:00 pm we decided what the heck we are in Hawaii we have to go to the beach even though we are still quite red. So we did and it was fun! So we had a great trip! On our way back to the airport the guy driving the shuttle asked us about our trip and we told him we camped on the beach and he was surprised and asked us if we had any trouble, apparently people occasionally get robbed out there. But we didn't have any problems and I am glad he told us that after we camped and not before because I would not have done it! It was also nice to have things be so familiar and in english so we could find our way around and askn people questions if we needed to. I slept the whole way home on the airplane I never do that, but it was much needed since we got into SL at 8:00 am and I had to be to work at 11:30 am! And the girl who sat next to us just thought Ryan was so good looking and she was flirting with him and making sure his plans for the future were solid, maybe she hoped he would make lots of money and come sweep her off her feet. Apparently she didn't take much notice of me and the fact that I am his wife. When we were waiting to deplane she asked if we were married and I smiled and said yes very nicely! It was kind of funny!