Maui

 We spent 2 weeks in Maui this year! My mom came with us, which we kept as a surprise to the kids. It was funny to see their faces when she showed up at the Calgary airport! We left at the end of January, and I feel like it was the perfect timing to get away. We stayed at the Honua Kai Resort on Kaanapali beach and we loved it! We had a room on the ground floor, which was perfect for the kids, and it was really close to the pool. Gibb was signed up for a dental course with Brad for 5 days while we were there. And it was so perfect having the McCoy's there to hang out with. Jayna and Kepler loved having other kids to play with. We did a pretty good mix of relaxing and downtime at the resort, and going out to do stuff.

We spent a ton of time at the pools! Jayna and Kepler both got a lot better at swimming while we were there. 

Warming up in the hot tub

 

I didn't take Keira in the water as much as I thought I would, since she loves to swim. And I didn't even get any pictures of her in the water.

  

 

Avery, Jayna and Abby

Jayna's new snorkel, she mastered it pretty fast and was swimming without her life jacket the whole time after that!

 

Kepler took a little longer to get used to his mask and snorkel, baby steps!

 

 

 But he did get up the courage to go snorkeling in the ocean with Gibb. That didn't last long, he was scared a shark was going to come eat him!

 We also spent lots of time at the beach

 

 

 

  

 One of the great things about going to Maui in the winter is that it's whale season. We saw whales all the time from the beach. You could see the spray from the blowholes almost constantly sometimes. They were usually pretty far out there, but one time there was a mama and baby swimming along the shoreline so close! You'll have to look pretty closely to see it in this picture.

Out for lunch

 

 Daddy's girls

 

 Jayna loved these flowers and was always begging us to pick them. A couple times she found them already fallen off on the ground and she was so happy!

 

Jayna and Avery being silly, these 2 were pretty much inseparable!

Jayna, Avery, Kepler and Jackson

We let Jayna and Avery have 2 sleepovers, one at our house, and one at theirs. Of course Kepler and Jackson couldn't be left out of the movie night.

One night Gibb and I took just Jayna out for a little treat. She was so happy to be alone with us, we'll have to remember to do this more often.

We saw a boat stuck on the rocks that looked like it was going to tip over. So we had to be the typical tourists and pull over to take a picture.

Keira was so good on this trip! Of course it helped a ton having my mom there. She was always so happy and smiled at everyone. *(I was just re-reading this and realized this last sentence sounds like I was talking about my mom. I was referring to Keira, but that actually applies to mom too. Maybe Keira will take after her namesake!)