Last Weekend

Last Friday night we celebrated my friend Jennifer and Linsey's birthday. A group of us went to 21 to eat. Food was wonderful. Afterwards, we did a little bar hopping downtown.

Aden's first day at Montessori

Aden started the tot program at Montessori. He is going there on Monday's and Friday's and then to the Goddard extended day MDO on the remaining days.

Montessori tots have music on Friday's. The music teacher is with the FS symphony. I actually went to high school with her. Small world.

Anyway, he seems to be doing well so far. He has messed up his clothes every day so far. They don't allow sippy cups there - I think that it is part of the whole independent learning method. So, Aden takes a small water bottle with him.

Here's a picture of James and Aden on the first day.

The Jamie Foxx Picture I promised...

Well, here it finally is - Linsey and I with Jamie Foxx at the luau in Lahaina. Considering it was the only picture taken, I thought it turned out quite well. =)

A very active little boy...

Well, we're back! We had a blast, but it's good to be home again. We missed our little punkin! I think that he was glad to see us again too.

Aden stayed busy while we were gone. His nana was nice enough to give us a few photos she took.

At the playground

Splashing around

Aden officially starts Montessori tomorrow. We are really excited about the program. James took Aden to drop-in orientation on Tuesday (I had to work) and he was really impressed with the teachers and how well they worked with him. Aden will be going to the Montessori school on Monday's and Friday's and to the Extended Mother's day out program at Goddard United Methodist on the remaining days. I know it's kind of a crazy schedule, but we will see how it works out!

Day Three

Today we all got together after breakfast and attempted to map out the remainder of our vacation. I can't believe we are already half way through! I'm still not really adjusted to the time change, but it seems to be getting a little better.

The boys went to play golf in Wailea at the Old Blue Course while Linsey, Tiffani, and I went back to the "big beach". The sea was much calmer today and I decided to give the ocean another chance.

We later had a cookout by the pool and called it a night. We have a lot of activities coming up in our final days in Maui.

Day Two

We started off day two with a few rounds of tennis at the Wailea Tennis Club. James beat me 4 sets in a row. =( After tennis, we went to the BCBG store and I found a few cute things there. We also went to the town of Kihei, where we visited a small Hawaiian market and some surrounding shops. Later on, we all went to the Old Lahaina Luau, which was a lot of fun. Jamie Fox was even there. Linsey and I had our picture taken with him, but it is on Linsey's mom's camera so I will have to get the photo and upload it later on.

 
James and I before leaving for our luau dinner show.

 
Linsey and I at the luau.

 
James, mom, and I

 

Casey and Tiffani


backside of Jamie Fox


Luau Dancers


Traditional Pig Roasting


Us with the hula girls

Day One

We aren't adusting too well to the time change so far. We are getting up super early and going to bed super early. Maybe in a few days we'll get up to speed. We started our first day by going to breakfast at a wonderful little restaurant called Longhi's, followed by a trip to the grocery store to pick up a few items for the week. Once back at the condo, we went to the pool area and then "Big Beach" (aka Makena beach). The waves were so strong it was crazy. It was fun until I got pulled under and slammed into the bottom. It really is quite dangerous. There are many injuries and a few deaths that occur at this beach every year. James, Linsey, Tiff, and Casey stayed in the water for a bit and then one of the local surfers had to tell them when it was safe to get out (so they wouldn't catch one of the waves at the breaking point)! Here are a few pics from our day!



Casey and Tiffani on the beach



Our sandy feet



Pretty Maui Sunset view from our balcony



James and I at dinner

Finally Here...

And it took FOREVER. We arrived at the Fort Smith Airport yesterday morning at
5:30 am. We arrived at our condo in Maui at about 1:30 am CST (which was only 7:30 here). Definitely glad to get here.



We flew first class from Seattle to Maui. Here's a picture of our dinner. We had 6 hours worth of wine, which made the time go by a little smoother. Also, don't waste your time with the movie, Leatherheads. It was absolutely horrible.




Our condo kitchen. We even have a wine fridge!




View from our balcony. The mountains in the background are breathtaking.

Our Wedding DVD Slideshow

This DVD slideshow was played at our wedding reception in the corridor.

Summer Play

Here are a few pics of Aden from the week. The first picture is of him relaxing on the couch. The latter picture is from swimming at his mimi's over the weekend.

Our First Anniversary

To celebrate our first anniversary, we went to dinner and a movie. I picked the restaurant, Rolando's, so I let James pick the movie. He's been wanting to see the new batman movie, The Dark Knight, and surprisingly enough, I enjoyed it.

Happy Anniversary to my James Allen!!!

It's hard to believe that one year ago today, we walked down the aisle together. I feel very blessed to have such a wonderful husband, who I grow to love more each and every day. Thank you for your patience, your loyalty, and for just being you! You are an amazing father to Aden. You are my best friend and my soulmate. I love you James! Happy 1st Anniversary!!!